diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/mac80211_hwsim.c b/drivers/net/wireless/mac80211_hwsim.c
index a9fc831eba60..bc4618ae9c5f 100644
--- a/drivers/net/wireless/mac80211_hwsim.c
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/mac80211_hwsim.c
@@ -4041,7 +4041,7 @@ static void hwsim_virtio_rx_work(struct work_struct *work)
 	}
 	vq = hwsim_vqs[HWSIM_VQ_RX];
 	sg_init_one(sg, skb->head, skb_end_offset(skb));
-	err = virtqueue_add_inbuf(vq, sg, 1, skb, GFP_KERNEL);
+	err = virtqueue_add_inbuf(vq, sg, 1, skb, GFP_ATOMIC);
 	if (WARN(err, "virtqueue_add_inbuf returned %d\n", err))
 		nlmsg_free(skb);
 	else