diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/qlogic/qede/qede_rdma.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/qlogic/qede/qede_rdma.c
index 50b142fad6b8206c806a91248a0b7ac9f5b196d7..1900bf7e67d1297dc9b24648e99d0ec50f779305 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/qlogic/qede/qede_rdma.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/qlogic/qede/qede_rdma.c
@@ -238,7 +238,7 @@ qede_rdma_get_free_event_node(struct qede_dev *edev)
 	}
 
 	if (!found) {
-		event_node = kzalloc(sizeof(*event_node), GFP_KERNEL);
+		event_node = kzalloc(sizeof(*event_node), GFP_ATOMIC);
 		if (!event_node) {
 			DP_NOTICE(edev,
 				  "qedr: Could not allocate memory for rdma work\n");