diff --git a/fs/cifs/smb2misc.c b/fs/cifs/smb2misc.c
index 0516fc482d436b..0511aaf451d499 100644
--- a/fs/cifs/smb2misc.c
+++ b/fs/cifs/smb2misc.c
@@ -743,7 +743,7 @@ __smb2_handle_cancelled_cmd(struct cifs_tcon *tcon, __u16 cmd, __u64 mid,
 {
 	struct close_cancelled_open *cancelled;
 
-	cancelled = kzalloc(sizeof(*cancelled), GFP_KERNEL);
+	cancelled = kzalloc(sizeof(*cancelled), GFP_ATOMIC);
 	if (!cancelled)
 		return -ENOMEM;