diff --git a/drivers/nvme/target/fcloop.c b/drivers/nvme/target/fcloop.c
index 34712def81b1..d2209c60f95f 100644
--- a/drivers/nvme/target/fcloop.c
+++ b/drivers/nvme/target/fcloop.c
@@ -509,7 +509,7 @@ fcloop_fcp_req(struct nvme_fc_local_port *localport,
if (!rport->targetport)
return -ECONNREFUSED;
- tfcp_req = kzalloc(sizeof(*tfcp_req), GFP_KERNEL);
+ tfcp_req = kzalloc(sizeof(*tfcp_req), GFP_ATOMIC);
if (!tfcp_req)
return -ENOMEM;