diff --git a/drivers/acpi/pci_link.c b/drivers/acpi/pci_link.c
index 82292b7..78927c0 100644
--- a/drivers/acpi/pci_link.c
+++ b/drivers/acpi/pci_link.c
@@ -316,7 +316,7 @@
 	if (!link || !irq)
 		return_VALUE(-EINVAL);
 
-	resource = kmalloc(sizeof(*resource) + 1, GFP_KERNEL);
+	resource = kmalloc(sizeof(*resource) + 1, GFP_ATOMIC);
 	if (!resource)
 		return_VALUE(-ENOMEM);