diff --git a/net/netlink/af_netlink.c b/net/netlink/af_netlink.c
index eb086b06d60d..d9107b545d36 100644
--- a/net/netlink/af_netlink.c
+++ b/net/netlink/af_netlink.c
@@ -374,7 +374,7 @@ static void netlink_skb_destructor(struct sk_buff *skb)
 	if (is_vmalloc_addr(skb->head)) {
 		if (!skb->cloned ||
 		    !atomic_dec_return(&(skb_shinfo(skb)->dataref)))
-			vfree(skb->head);
+			vfree_atomic(skb->head);
 
 		skb->head = NULL;
 	}