diff --git a/drivers/net/usb/kaweth.c b/drivers/net/usb/kaweth.c
index dcb6d33141e0..1e9cdca37014 100644
--- a/drivers/net/usb/kaweth.c
+++ b/drivers/net/usb/kaweth.c
@@ -1276,7 +1276,7 @@ static int usb_start_wait_urb(struct urb *urb, int timeout, int* actual_length)
         awd.done = 0;
 
         urb->context = &awd;
-        status = usb_submit_urb(urb, GFP_NOIO);
+        status = usb_submit_urb(urb, GFP_ATOMIC);
         if (status) {
                 // something went wrong
                 usb_free_urb(urb);