diff --git a/drivers/net/usb/catc.c b/drivers/net/usb/catc.c
index d7221c4a5dcf..8056f8a27c6a 100644
--- a/drivers/net/usb/catc.c
+++ b/drivers/net/usb/catc.c
@@ -495,7 +495,7 @@ static void catc_ctrl_run(struct catc *catc)
 	if (!q->dir && q->buf && q->len)
 		memcpy(catc->ctrl_buf, q->buf, q->len);
 
-	if ((status = usb_submit_urb(catc->ctrl_urb, GFP_KERNEL)))
+	if ((status = usb_submit_urb(catc->ctrl_urb, GFP_ATOMIC)))
 		err("submit(ctrl_urb) status %d", status);
 }