diff --git a/drivers/staging/greybus/svc.c b/drivers/staging/greybus/svc.c
index 029b5a7d1560..db009223d759 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/greybus/svc.c
+++ b/drivers/staging/greybus/svc.c
@@ -382,7 +382,7 @@ static int gb_svc_intf_hotplug_recv(struct gb_operation *op)
 		return -EINVAL;
 	}
 
-	svc_hotplug = kmalloc(sizeof(*svc_hotplug), GFP_ATOMIC);
+	svc_hotplug = kmalloc(sizeof(*svc_hotplug), GFP_KERNEL);
 	if (!svc_hotplug)
 		return -ENOMEM;