diff --git a/drivers/pci/pci.c b/drivers/pci/pci.c
index eae6a9fdd33d..0d7109018a91 100644
--- a/drivers/pci/pci.c
+++ b/drivers/pci/pci.c
@@ -265,7 +265,7 @@ static int pci_dev_str_match_path(struct pci_dev *dev, const char *path,
 
 	*endptr = strchrnul(path, ';');
 
-	wpath = kmemdup_nul(path, *endptr - path, GFP_KERNEL);
+	wpath = kmemdup_nul(path, *endptr - path, GFP_ATOMIC);
 	if (!wpath)
 		return -ENOMEM;