diff --git a/drivers/staging/netlogic/xlr_net.c b/drivers/staging/netlogic/xlr_net.c
index 07a06c532dee..05079f7be841 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/netlogic/xlr_net.c
+++ b/drivers/staging/netlogic/xlr_net.c
@@ -385,7 +385,7 @@ static void *xlr_config_spill(struct xlr_net_priv *priv, int reg_start_0,
 
 	base = priv->base_addr;
 	spill_size = size;
-	spill = kmalloc(spill_size + SMP_CACHE_BYTES, GFP_ATOMIC);
+	spill = kmalloc(spill_size + SMP_CACHE_BYTES, GFP_KERNEL);
 	if (!spill)
 		return ZERO_SIZE_PTR;