diff --git a/net/nfc/netlink.c b/net/nfc/netlink.c
index 6e771022d43e..9750997643bb 100644
--- a/net/nfc/netlink.c
+++ b/net/nfc/netlink.c
@@ -1254,7 +1254,7 @@ int nfc_genl_fw_download_done(struct nfc_dev *dev, const char *firmware_name,
 	struct sk_buff *msg;
 	void *hdr;
 
-	msg = nlmsg_new(NLMSG_DEFAULT_SIZE, GFP_KERNEL);
+	msg = nlmsg_new(NLMSG_DEFAULT_SIZE, GFP_ATOMIC);
 	if (!msg)
 		return -ENOMEM;
 
@@ -1270,7 +1270,7 @@ int nfc_genl_fw_download_done(struct nfc_dev *dev, const char *firmware_name,
 
 	genlmsg_end(msg, hdr);
 
-	genlmsg_multicast(&nfc_genl_family, msg, 0, 0, GFP_KERNEL);
+	genlmsg_multicast(&nfc_genl_family, msg, 0, 0, GFP_ATOMIC);
 
 	return 0;