diff --git a/fs/cifs/smb2misc.c b/fs/cifs/smb2misc.c
index 766974fe637ab2..14265b4bbcc00a 100644
--- a/fs/cifs/smb2misc.c
+++ b/fs/cifs/smb2misc.c
@@ -750,7 +750,7 @@ __smb2_handle_cancelled_close(struct cifs_tcon *tcon, __u64 persistent_fid,
 {
 	struct close_cancelled_open *cancelled;
 
-	cancelled = kzalloc(sizeof(*cancelled), GFP_KERNEL);
+	cancelled = kzalloc(sizeof(*cancelled), GFP_ATOMIC);
 	if (!cancelled)
 		return -ENOMEM;