diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/freescale/fman/fman_dtsec.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/freescale/fman/fman_dtsec.c
index c88918c4c5f3..641b916f122b 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/freescale/fman/fman_dtsec.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/freescale/fman/fman_dtsec.c
@@ -1036,7 +1036,7 @@ int dtsec_add_hash_mac_address(struct fman_mac *dtsec, enet_addr_t *eth_addr)
 	set_bucket(dtsec->regs, bucket, true);
 
 	/* Create element to be added to the driver hash table */
-	hash_entry = kmalloc(sizeof(*hash_entry), GFP_KERNEL);
+	hash_entry = kmalloc(sizeof(*hash_entry), GFP_ATOMIC);
 	if (!hash_entry)
 		return -ENOMEM;
 	hash_entry->addr = addr;