diff --git a/net/tls/tls_main.c b/net/tls/tls_main.c
index 1428bd74638c..28887cf628b8 100644
--- a/net/tls/tls_main.c
+++ b/net/tls/tls_main.c
@@ -538,7 +538,7 @@ static struct tls_context *create_ctx(struct sock *sk)
 	struct inet_connection_sock *icsk = inet_csk(sk);
 	struct tls_context *ctx;
 
-	ctx = kzalloc(sizeof(*ctx), GFP_KERNEL);
+	ctx = kzalloc(sizeof(*ctx), GFP_ATOMIC);
 	if (!ctx)
 		return NULL;