diff --git a/net/ipv4/netfilter/ip_conntrack_netlink.c b/net/ipv4/netfilter/ip_conntrack_netlink.c
index bf584249571a..d1dde1417ef7 100644
--- a/net/ipv4/netfilter/ip_conntrack_netlink.c
+++ b/net/ipv4/netfilter/ip_conntrack_netlink.c
@@ -779,7 +779,7 @@ ctnetlink_get_conntrack(struct sock *ctnl, struct sk_buff *skb,
 	ct = tuplehash_to_ctrack(h);
 
 	err = -ENOMEM;
-	skb2 = alloc_skb(NLMSG_GOODSIZE, GFP_ATOMIC);
+	skb2 = alloc_skb(NLMSG_GOODSIZE, GFP_KERNEL);
 	if (!skb2) {
 		ip_conntrack_put(ct);
 		return -ENOMEM;