diff --git a/security/smack/smack_access.c b/security/smack/smack_access.c
index 356e3764cad9e93b80dfeac5a3010e391e9339c1..a4b2e6b94abd49f8dde1aa04c4f61f99b40a0ff5 100644
--- a/security/smack/smack_access.c
+++ b/security/smack/smack_access.c
@@ -504,7 +504,7 @@ int smk_netlbl_mls(int level, char *catset, struct netlbl_lsm_secattr *sap,
 			if ((m & *cp) == 0)
 				continue;
 			rc = netlbl_catmap_setbit(&sap->attr.mls.cat,
-						  cat, GFP_ATOMIC);
+						  cat, GFP_KERNEL);
 			if (rc < 0) {
 				netlbl_catmap_free(sap->attr.mls.cat);
 				return rc;