diff --git a/sound/soc/intel/boards/bytcht_es8316.c b/sound/soc/intel/boards/bytcht_es8316.c
index 305e7f4fe55ab86fbe1e711f54d538ee863728e1..adc26dfc7d654d3064d0999366ac99ea71c5f742 100644
--- a/sound/soc/intel/boards/bytcht_es8316.c
+++ b/sound/soc/intel/boards/bytcht_es8316.c
@@ -243,7 +243,7 @@ static int snd_byt_cht_es8316_mc_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
 	int i;
 	int ret = 0;
 
-	priv = devm_kzalloc(&pdev->dev, sizeof(*priv), GFP_ATOMIC);
+	priv = devm_kzalloc(&pdev->dev, sizeof(*priv), GFP_KERNEL);
 	if (!priv)
 		return -ENOMEM;