diff --git a/drivers/scsi/ufs/ufshcd.c b/drivers/scsi/ufs/ufshcd.c
index cf44312b7eb4..83358c6269cb 100644
--- a/drivers/scsi/ufs/ufshcd.c
+++ b/drivers/scsi/ufs/ufshcd.c
@@ -121,7 +121,7 @@ int ufshcd_dump_regs(struct ufs_hba *hba, size_t offset, size_t len,
 	if (offset % 4 != 0 || len % 4 != 0) /* keep readl happy */
 		return -EINVAL;
 
-	regs = kzalloc(len, GFP_KERNEL);
+	regs = kzalloc(len, GFP_ATOMIC);
 	if (!regs)
 		return -ENOMEM;