diff --git a/security/selinux/xfrm.c b/security/selinux/xfrm.c
index 48665ecd1197..8ab295154517 100644
--- a/security/selinux/xfrm.c
+++ b/security/selinux/xfrm.c
@@ -310,7 +310,7 @@ int selinux_xfrm_policy_clone(struct xfrm_sec_ctx *old_ctx,
 
 	if (old_ctx) {
 		new_ctx = kmalloc(sizeof(*old_ctx) + old_ctx->ctx_len,
-				  GFP_KERNEL);
+				  GFP_ATOMIC);
 		if (!new_ctx)
 			return -ENOMEM;