diff --git a/drivers/hid/wacom_sys.c b/drivers/hid/wacom_sys.c
index fac75c202453..3a06be1e163a 100644
--- a/drivers/hid/wacom_sys.c
+++ b/drivers/hid/wacom_sys.c
@@ -76,7 +76,7 @@ static void wacom_wac_queue_flush(struct hid_device *hdev,
 		unsigned int count;
 		int err;
 
-		buf = kzalloc(size, GFP_KERNEL);
+		buf = kzalloc(size, GFP_ATOMIC);
 		if (!buf) {
 			kfifo_skip(fifo);
 			continue;