diff --git a/net/netfilter/nf_conntrack_netlink.c b/net/netfilter/nf_conntrack_netlink.c
index 3b009a3e8549..5f4a6516b3b6 100644
--- a/net/netfilter/nf_conntrack_netlink.c
+++ b/net/netfilter/nf_conntrack_netlink.c
@@ -1138,7 +1138,7 @@ ctnetlink_create_conntrack(struct nlattr *cda[],
 		}
 	}
 
-	nf_ct_acct_ext_add(ct, GFP_KERNEL);
+	nf_ct_acct_ext_add(ct, GFP_ATOMIC);
 
 #if defined(CONFIG_NF_CONNTRACK_MARK)
 	if (cda[CTA_MARK])