diff --git a/arch/powerpc/sysdev/xive/spapr.c b/arch/powerpc/sysdev/xive/spapr.c
index 8ef9cf4ebb1c..b4f5eb9e0f82 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/sysdev/xive/spapr.c
+++ b/arch/powerpc/sysdev/xive/spapr.c
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ static int xive_irq_bitmap_add(int base, int count)
 {
 	struct xive_irq_bitmap *xibm;
 
-	xibm = kzalloc(sizeof(*xibm), GFP_ATOMIC);
+	xibm = kzalloc(sizeof(*xibm), GFP_KERNEL);
 	if (!xibm)
 		return -ENOMEM;