diff --git a/drivers/scsi/mpt2sas/mpt2sas_scsih.c b/drivers/scsi/mpt2sas/mpt2sas_scsih.c
index 4e041f6..d570573 100644
--- a/drivers/scsi/mpt2sas/mpt2sas_scsih.c
+++ b/drivers/scsi/mpt2sas/mpt2sas_scsih.c
@@ -4335,7 +4335,7 @@
 	/* insert into event log */
 	sz = offsetof(Mpi2EventNotificationReply_t, EventData) +
 	     sizeof(Mpi2EventDataSasDeviceStatusChange_t);
-	event_reply = kzalloc(sz, GFP_KERNEL);
+	event_reply = kzalloc(sz, GFP_ATOMIC);
 	if (!event_reply) {
 		printk(MPT2SAS_ERR_FMT "failure at %s:%d/%s()!\n",
 		    ioc->name, __FILE__, __LINE__, __func__);