diff --git a/drivers/usb/serial/mos7720.c b/drivers/usb/serial/mos7720.c
index 19bf403f9db2..4538dc3f3fff 100644
--- a/drivers/usb/serial/mos7720.c
+++ b/drivers/usb/serial/mos7720.c
@@ -353,7 +353,7 @@ static int mos7720_open(struct usb_serial_port *port, struct file * filp)
 
 	/* Initialising the write urb pool */
 	for (j = 0; j < NUM_URBS; ++j) {
-		urb = usb_alloc_urb(0,GFP_ATOMIC);
+		urb = usb_alloc_urb(0,GFP_KERNEL);
 		mos7720_port->write_urb_pool[j] = urb;
 
 		if (urb == NULL) {