diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gvt/debugfs.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gvt/debugfs.c
index ec47d41145541..62e6a14ad58ef 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gvt/debugfs.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gvt/debugfs.c
@@ -66,7 +66,7 @@ static inline int mmio_diff_handler(struct intel_gvt *gvt,
 	vreg = vgpu_vreg(param->vgpu, offset);
 
 	if (preg != vreg) {
-		node = kmalloc(sizeof(*node), GFP_KERNEL);
+		node = kmalloc(sizeof(*node), GFP_ATOMIC);
 		if (!node)
 			return -ENOMEM;