diff --git a/drivers/crypto/cavium/nitrox/nitrox_lib.c b/drivers/crypto/cavium/nitrox/nitrox_lib.c
index 4fdc921ba611b..ebe267379ac95 100644
--- a/drivers/crypto/cavium/nitrox/nitrox_lib.c
+++ b/drivers/crypto/cavium/nitrox/nitrox_lib.c
@@ -148,7 +148,7 @@ void *crypto_alloc_context(struct nitrox_device *ndev)
 	void *vaddr;
 	dma_addr_t dma;
 
-	vaddr = dma_pool_alloc(ndev->ctx_pool, (GFP_ATOMIC | __GFP_ZERO), &dma);
+	vaddr = dma_pool_alloc(ndev->ctx_pool, (GFP_KERNEL | __GFP_ZERO), &dma);
 	if (!vaddr)
 		return NULL;