diff --git a/crypto/shash.c b/crypto/shash.c
index 5e31c8d776df..8fcecc66741d 100644
--- a/crypto/shash.c
+++ b/crypto/shash.c
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ static int shash_setkey_unaligned(struct crypto_shash *tfm, const u8 *key,
 	int err;
 
 	absize = keylen + (alignmask & ~(crypto_tfm_ctx_alignment() - 1));
-	buffer = kmalloc(absize, GFP_KERNEL);
+	buffer = kmalloc(absize, GFP_ATOMIC);
 	if (!buffer)
 		return -ENOMEM;