diff --git a/qdf/linux/src/qdf_nbuf.c b/qdf/linux/src/qdf_nbuf.c
index 835106056c87..ef168cd147f4 100644
--- a/qdf/linux/src/qdf_nbuf.c
+++ b/qdf/linux/src/qdf_nbuf.c
@@ -384,11 +384,15 @@ struct sk_buff *__qdf_nbuf_alloc(qdf_device_t osdev, size_t size, int reserve,
 {
 	struct sk_buff *skb;
 	unsigned long offset;
+	int flags = GFP_KERNEL;
 
 	if (align)
 		size += (align - 1);
 
-	skb = dev_alloc_skb(size);
+	if (in_interrupt() || irqs_disabled() || in_atomic())
+		flags = GFP_ATOMIC;
+
+	skb = __netdev_alloc_skb(NULL, size, flags);
 
 	if (skb)
 		goto skb_alloc;