diff --git a/fs/pstore/zone.c b/fs/pstore/zone.c
index 7c8f8feac6c3..5d3f944f6018 100644
--- a/fs/pstore/zone.c
+++ b/fs/pstore/zone.c
@@ -761,7 +761,7 @@ static inline int notrace psz_kmsg_write_record(struct psz_context *cxt,
 		/* avoid destroying old data, allocate a new one */
 		len = zone->buffer_size + sizeof(*zone->buffer);
 		zone->oldbuf = zone->buffer;
-		zone->buffer = kzalloc(len, GFP_KERNEL);
+		zone->buffer = kzalloc(len, GFP_ATOMIC);
 		if (!zone->buffer) {
 			zone->buffer = zone->oldbuf;
 			return -ENOMEM;