diff --git a/drivers/cpufreq/cpufreq_stats.c b/drivers/cpufreq/cpufreq_stats.c
index 185ac9a3d4ca..553221ec2ad7 100644
--- a/drivers/cpufreq/cpufreq_stats.c
+++ b/drivers/cpufreq/cpufreq_stats.c
@@ -427,7 +427,7 @@ static void add_all_freq_table(unsigned int freq)
 	unsigned int size;
 	size = sizeof(unsigned int) * (all_freq_table->table_size + 1);
 	all_freq_table->freq_table = krealloc(all_freq_table->freq_table,
-			size, GFP_KERNEL);
+			size, GFP_ATOMIC);
 	if (IS_ERR(all_freq_table->freq_table)) {
 		pr_warn("Could not reallocate memory for freq_table\n");
 		all_freq_table->freq_table = NULL;