diff --git a/drivers/staging/unisys/visornic/visornic_main.c b/drivers/staging/unisys/visornic/visornic_main.c
index 1c1a470d2e50..9d4f1dab0968 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/unisys/visornic/visornic_main.c
+++ b/drivers/staging/unisys/visornic/visornic_main.c
@@ -1861,12 +1861,12 @@ static int visornic_probe(struct visor_device *dev)
 	skb_queue_head_init(&devdata->xmitbufhead);
 
 	/* create a cmdrsp we can use to post and unpost rcv buffers */
-	devdata->cmdrsp_rcv = kmalloc(SIZEOF_CMDRSP, GFP_ATOMIC);
+	devdata->cmdrsp_rcv = kmalloc(SIZEOF_CMDRSP, GFP_KERNEL);
 	if (!devdata->cmdrsp_rcv) {
 		err = -ENOMEM;
 		goto cleanup_rcvbuf;
 	}
-	devdata->xmit_cmdrsp = kmalloc(SIZEOF_CMDRSP, GFP_ATOMIC);
+	devdata->xmit_cmdrsp = kmalloc(SIZEOF_CMDRSP, GFP_KERNEL);
 	if (!devdata->xmit_cmdrsp) {
 		err = -ENOMEM;
 		goto cleanup_cmdrsp_rcv;