diff --git a/drivers/infiniband/hw/bnxt_re/main.c b/drivers/infiniband/hw/bnxt_re/main.c
index 2c2eeb05268f..4fa3b14b2613 100644
--- a/drivers/infiniband/hw/bnxt_re/main.c
+++ b/drivers/infiniband/hw/bnxt_re/main.c
@@ -1730,7 +1730,7 @@ static int bnxt_re_netdev_event(struct notifier_block *notifier,
 	}
 	if (sch_work) {
 		/* Allocate for the deferred task */
-		re_work = kzalloc(sizeof(*re_work), GFP_ATOMIC);
+		re_work = kzalloc(sizeof(*re_work), GFP_KERNEL);
 		if (re_work) {
 			get_device(&rdev->ibdev.dev);
 			re_work->rdev = rdev;
diff --git a/drivers/infiniband/hw/bnxt_re/qplib_rcfw.c b/drivers/infiniband/hw/bnxt_re/qplib_rcfw.c
index 947e8c55c303..3de854727460 100644
--- a/drivers/infiniband/hw/bnxt_re/qplib_rcfw.c
+++ b/drivers/infiniband/hw/bnxt_re/qplib_rcfw.c
@@ -848,13 +848,13 @@ struct bnxt_qplib_rcfw_sbuf *bnxt_qplib_rcfw_alloc_sbuf(
 {
 	struct bnxt_qplib_rcfw_sbuf *sbuf;
 
-	sbuf = kzalloc(sizeof(*sbuf), GFP_ATOMIC);
+	sbuf = kzalloc(sizeof(*sbuf), GFP_KERNEL);
 	if (!sbuf)
 		return NULL;
 
 	sbuf->size = size;
 	sbuf->sb = dma_alloc_coherent(&rcfw->pdev->dev, sbuf->size,
-				      &sbuf->dma_addr, GFP_ATOMIC);
+				      &sbuf->dma_addr, GFP_KERNEL);
 	if (!sbuf->sb)
 		goto bail;