diff --git a/net/wireless/nl80211.c b/net/wireless/nl80211.c
index 353e1a4ece83..2456e4ee445e 100644
--- a/net/wireless/nl80211.c
+++ b/net/wireless/nl80211.c
@@ -3334,7 +3334,7 @@ static void nl80211_send_mlme_event(struct cfg80211_registered_device *rdev,
 	struct sk_buff *msg;
 	void *hdr;
 
-	msg = nlmsg_new(NLMSG_GOODSIZE, GFP_KERNEL);
+	msg = nlmsg_new(NLMSG_GOODSIZE, GFP_ATOMIC);
 	if (!msg)
 		return;
 
@@ -3353,7 +3353,7 @@ static void nl80211_send_mlme_event(struct cfg80211_registered_device *rdev,
 		return;
 	}
 
-	genlmsg_multicast(msg, 0, nl80211_mlme_mcgrp.id, GFP_KERNEL);
+	genlmsg_multicast(msg, 0, nl80211_mlme_mcgrp.id, GFP_ATOMIC);
 	return;
 
  nla_put_failure: