diff --git a/drivers/tty/n_gsm.c b/drivers/tty/n_gsm.c
index 154697be11b0..813a45887171 100644
--- a/drivers/tty/n_gsm.c
+++ b/drivers/tty/n_gsm.c
@@ -1577,7 +1577,7 @@ static struct gsm_control *gsm_control_send(struct gsm_mux *gsm,
 		unsigned int command, u8 *data, int clen)
 {
 	struct gsm_control *ctrl = kzalloc(sizeof(struct gsm_control),
-						GFP_KERNEL);
+						GFP_ATOMIC);
 	unsigned long flags;
 	if (ctrl == NULL)
 		return NULL;