diff --git a/drivers/misc/pvpanic/pvpanic-mmio.c b/drivers/misc/pvpanic/pvpanic-mmio.c
index 69b31f7adf4f1..d4a407956c074 100644
--- a/drivers/misc/pvpanic/pvpanic-mmio.c
+++ b/drivers/misc/pvpanic/pvpanic-mmio.c
@@ -93,7 +93,7 @@ static int pvpanic_mmio_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
 		return -EINVAL;
 	}
 
-	pi = devm_kmalloc(dev, sizeof(*pi), GFP_ATOMIC);
+	pi = devm_kmalloc(dev, sizeof(*pi), GFP_KERNEL);
 	if (!pi)
 		return -ENOMEM;