diff --git a/drivers/staging/r8188eu/core/rtw_ap.c b/drivers/staging/r8188eu/core/rtw_ap.c
index d7548619061e..3f23c1a25419 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/r8188eu/core/rtw_ap.c
+++ b/drivers/staging/r8188eu/core/rtw_ap.c
@@ -98,7 +98,7 @@ static void update_BCNTIM(struct adapter *padapter)
 		}
 
 		if (remainder_ielen > 0) {
-			pbackup_remainder_ie = kmalloc(remainder_ielen, GFP_KERNEL);
+			pbackup_remainder_ie = kmalloc(remainder_ielen, GFP_ATOMIC);
 			if (pbackup_remainder_ie && premainder_ie)
 				memcpy(pbackup_remainder_ie, premainder_ie, remainder_ielen);
 		}
diff --git a/drivers/staging/r8188eu/core/rtw_br_ext.c b/drivers/staging/r8188eu/core/rtw_br_ext.c
index e13f134a497b..63a4cabdd3a8 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/r8188eu/core/rtw_br_ext.c
+++ b/drivers/staging/r8188eu/core/rtw_br_ext.c
@@ -394,7 +394,7 @@ static void __nat25_db_network_insert(struct adapter *priv,
 		}
 		db = db->next_hash;
 	}
-	db = kmalloc(sizeof(*db), GFP_KERNEL);
+	db = kmalloc(sizeof(*db), GFP_ATOMIC);
 	if (!db) {
 		spin_unlock_bh(&priv->br_ext_lock);
 		return;