diff --git a/net/sctp/stream_sched.c b/net/sctp/stream_sched.c
index 99e5f69fbb74..a2e1d34f52c5 100644
--- a/net/sctp/stream_sched.c
+++ b/net/sctp/stream_sched.c
@@ -163,7 +163,7 @@ int sctp_sched_set_sched(struct sctp_association *asoc,
 		if (!SCTP_SO(&asoc->stream, i)->ext)
 			continue;
 
-		ret = n->init_sid(&asoc->stream, i, GFP_KERNEL);
+		ret = n->init_sid(&asoc->stream, i, GFP_ATOMIC);
 		if (ret)
 			goto err;
 	}