diff --git a/sound/soc/intel/boards/cht_bsw_rt5645.c b/sound/soc/intel/boards/cht_bsw_rt5645.c
index 49ba1a956a06..f5a5ea6a093c 100644
--- a/sound/soc/intel/boards/cht_bsw_rt5645.c
+++ b/sound/soc/intel/boards/cht_bsw_rt5645.c
@@ -539,7 +539,7 @@ static int snd_cht_mc_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
 	int ret_val = 0;
 	int i;
 
-	drv = devm_kzalloc(&pdev->dev, sizeof(*drv), GFP_ATOMIC);
+	drv = devm_kzalloc(&pdev->dev, sizeof(*drv), GFP_KERNEL);
 	if (!drv)
 		return -ENOMEM;