diff --git a/drivers/mtd/devices/spear_smi.c b/drivers/mtd/devices/spear_smi.c
index 2e00862389dd..24073518587f 100644
--- a/drivers/mtd/devices/spear_smi.c
+++ b/drivers/mtd/devices/spear_smi.c
@@ -969,7 +969,7 @@ static int spear_smi_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
 		goto err;
 	}
 
-	dev = devm_kzalloc(&pdev->dev, sizeof(*dev), GFP_ATOMIC);
+	dev = devm_kzalloc(&pdev->dev, sizeof(*dev), GFP_KERNEL);
 	if (!dev) {
 		ret = -ENOMEM;
 		goto err;