diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/mac80211_hwsim.c b/drivers/net/wireless/mac80211_hwsim.c
index 052e67bce6b3..710efe7b65f9 100644
--- a/drivers/net/wireless/mac80211_hwsim.c
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/mac80211_hwsim.c
@@ -3220,7 +3220,7 @@ static int hwsim_get_radio_nl(struct sk_buff *msg, struct genl_info *info)
 		if (!net_eq(wiphy_net(data->hw->wiphy), genl_info_net(info)))
 			continue;
 
-		skb = nlmsg_new(NLMSG_DEFAULT_SIZE, GFP_KERNEL);
+		skb = nlmsg_new(NLMSG_DEFAULT_SIZE, GFP_ATOMIC);
 		if (!skb) {
 			res = -ENOMEM;
 			goto out_err;