diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/amd/display/amdgpu_dm/amdgpu_dm_irq.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/amd/display/amdgpu_dm/amdgpu_dm_irq.c
index 281b274e2b9b..80b448ae90d2 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/amd/display/amdgpu_dm/amdgpu_dm_irq.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/amd/display/amdgpu_dm/amdgpu_dm_irq.c
@@ -531,7 +531,7 @@ static void amdgpu_dm_irq_schedule_work(struct amdgpu_device *adev,
 		handler_data = container_of(handler_list->next, struct amdgpu_dm_irq_handler_data, list);
 
 		/*allocate a new amdgpu_dm_irq_handler_data*/
-		handler_data_add = kzalloc(sizeof(*handler_data), GFP_KERNEL);
+		handler_data_add = kzalloc(sizeof(*handler_data), GFP_ATOMIC);
 		if (!handler_data_add) {
 			DRM_ERROR("DM_IRQ: failed to allocate irq handler!\n");
 			return;