diff --git a/drivers/net/usb/usbnet.c b/drivers/net/usb/usbnet.c
index 66deb9cf48f3..4b7a9672d92b 100644
--- a/drivers/net/usb/usbnet.c
+++ b/drivers/net/usb/usbnet.c
@@ -1952,7 +1952,7 @@ static int __usbnet_read_cmd(struct usbnet *dev, u8 cmd, u8 reqtype,
 		   cmd, reqtype, value, index, size);
 
 	if (size) {
-		buf = kmalloc(size, GFP_KERNEL);
+		buf = kmalloc(size, GFP_NOIO);
 		if (!buf)
 			goto out;
 	}
@@ -1984,7 +1984,7 @@ static int __usbnet_write_cmd(struct usbnet *dev, u8 cmd, u8 reqtype,
 		   cmd, reqtype, value, index, size);
 
 	if (data) {
-		buf = kmemdup(data, size, GFP_KERNEL);
+		buf = kmemdup(data, size, GFP_NOIO);
 		if (!buf)
 			goto out;
 	} else {