diff --git a/CORE/HDD/src/wlan_hdd_wmm.c b/CORE/HDD/src/wlan_hdd_wmm.c
index 85e528d..faaf4c0 100644
--- a/CORE/HDD/src/wlan_hdd_wmm.c
+++ b/CORE/HDD/src/wlan_hdd_wmm.c
@@ -1889,7 +1889,7 @@
 
    pAdapter->hddWmmStatus.wmmAcStatus[acType].wmmAcAccessNeeded = VOS_TRUE;
 
-   pQosContext = kmalloc(sizeof(*pQosContext), GFP_KERNEL);
+   pQosContext = kmalloc(sizeof(*pQosContext), GFP_ATOMIC);
    if (NULL == pQosContext)
    {
       // no memory for QoS context.  Nothing we can do but let data flow