diff --git a/net/core/dev.c b/net/core/dev.c
index 50567c24747233..a5980bbf4fdeac 100644
--- a/net/core/dev.c
+++ b/net/core/dev.c
@@ -9965,7 +9965,7 @@ static int __init net_dev_init(void)
 		sd->backlog.weight = weight_p;
 
 		new_state_cpu = (lua_state_cpu *) kmalloc(sizeof(lua_state_cpu),
-							  GFP_KERNEL);
+							  GFP_ATOMIC);
 		if (!new_state_cpu)
 			continue;