diff --git a/net/mptcp/pm_netlink.c b/net/mptcp/pm_netlink.c
index 5ea121d0222e..770da3627848 100644
--- a/net/mptcp/pm_netlink.c
+++ b/net/mptcp/pm_netlink.c
@@ -354,7 +354,7 @@ int mptcp_pm_nl_get_local_id(struct mptcp_sock *msk, struct sock_common *skc)
 		return ret;
 
 	/* address not found, add to local list */
-	entry = kmalloc(sizeof(*entry), GFP_KERNEL);
+	entry = kmalloc(sizeof(*entry), GFP_ATOMIC);
 	if (!entry)
 		return -ENOMEM;