diff --git a/sound/soc/intel/boards/bxt_rt298.c b/sound/soc/intel/boards/bxt_rt298.c
index c7e9024e65ef..b68c289558a8 100644
--- a/sound/soc/intel/boards/bxt_rt298.c
+++ b/sound/soc/intel/boards/bxt_rt298.c
@@ -593,7 +593,7 @@ static int broxton_audio_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
 		}
 	}
 
-	ctx = devm_kzalloc(&pdev->dev, sizeof(*ctx), GFP_ATOMIC);
+	ctx = devm_kzalloc(&pdev->dev, sizeof(*ctx), GFP_KERNEL);
 	if (!ctx)
 		return -ENOMEM;