diff --git a/drivers/xen/xen-pciback/pci_stub.c b/drivers/xen/xen-pciback/pci_stub.c
index b36fa76a69c7..210b93f41385 100644
--- a/drivers/xen/xen-pciback/pci_stub.c
+++ b/drivers/xen/xen-pciback/pci_stub.c
@@ -71,7 +71,7 @@ static struct pcistub_device *pcistub_device_alloc(struct pci_dev *dev)
 
 	dev_dbg(&dev->dev, "pcistub_device_alloc\n");
 
-	psdev = kzalloc(sizeof(*psdev), GFP_ATOMIC);
+	psdev = kzalloc(sizeof(*psdev), GFP_KERNEL);
 	if (!psdev)
 		return NULL;