diff --git a/fs/ocfs2/dlm/dlmmaster.c b/fs/ocfs2/dlm/dlmmaster.c
index 005261c333b090f5f53f376bd5bbed55b8e16ba7..33ecbe0e6734a7deaf0c8712934b9eb78fb44197 100644
--- a/fs/ocfs2/dlm/dlmmaster.c
+++ b/fs/ocfs2/dlm/dlmmaster.c
@@ -2020,7 +2020,7 @@ int dlm_dispatch_assert_master(struct dlm_ctxt *dlm,
 			       int ignore_higher, u8 request_from, u32 flags)
 {
 	struct dlm_work_item *item;
-	item = kzalloc(sizeof(*item), GFP_NOFS);
+	item = kzalloc(sizeof(*item), GFP_ATOMIC);
 	if (!item)
 		return -ENOMEM;