diff --git a/net/netfilter/nf_conntrack_netlink.c b/net/netfilter/nf_conntrack_netlink.c
index 1068769..867843f 100644
--- a/net/netfilter/nf_conntrack_netlink.c
+++ b/net/netfilter/nf_conntrack_netlink.c
@@ -1002,7 +1002,7 @@ ctnetlink_get_conntrack(struct sock *ctnl, struct sk_buff *skb,
 	ct = nf_ct_tuplehash_to_ctrack(h);
 
 	err = -ENOMEM;
-	skb2 = nlmsg_new(NLMSG_DEFAULT_SIZE, GFP_KERNEL);
+	skb2 = nlmsg_new(NLMSG_DEFAULT_SIZE, GFP_ATOMIC);
 	if (skb2 == NULL) {
 		nf_ct_put(ct);
 		return -ENOMEM;
@@ -1865,7 +1865,7 @@ ctnetlink_get_expect(struct sock *ctnl, struct sk_buff *skb,
 	}
 
 	err = -ENOMEM;
-	skb2 = nlmsg_new(NLMSG_DEFAULT_SIZE, GFP_KERNEL);
+	skb2 = nlmsg_new(NLMSG_DEFAULT_SIZE, GFP_ATOMIC);
 	if (skb2 == NULL) {
 		nf_ct_expect_put(exp);
 		goto out;