diff --git a/mm/kmemleak.c b/mm/kmemleak.c
index 4ea4510..a617518 100644
--- a/mm/kmemleak.c
+++ b/mm/kmemleak.c
@@ -833,7 +833,7 @@
 	 */
 	rcu_read_lock();
 	object = create_object((unsigned long)log->ptr, log->size,
-			       log->min_count, GFP_KERNEL);
+			       log->min_count, GFP_ATOMIC);
 	spin_lock_irqsave(&object->lock, flags);
 	for (i = 0; i < log->trace_len; i++)
 		object->trace[i] = log->trace[i];