diff --git a/sound/soc/soc-core.c b/sound/soc/soc-core.c
index 83ad8ca27490..b085d8e87574 100644
--- a/sound/soc/soc-core.c
+++ b/sound/soc/soc-core.c
@@ -1913,7 +1913,7 @@ struct snd_kcontrol *snd_soc_cnew(const struct snd_kcontrol_new *_template,
 
 	if (prefix) {
 		name_len = strlen(long_name) + strlen(prefix) + 2;
-		name = kmalloc(name_len, GFP_ATOMIC);
+		name = kmalloc(name_len, GFP_KERNEL);
 		if (!name)
 			return NULL;