diff --git a/net/netfilter/ipvs/ip_vs_sh.c b/net/netfilter/ipvs/ip_vs_sh.c
index 91e97ee049be..05126521743e 100644
--- a/net/netfilter/ipvs/ip_vs_sh.c
+++ b/net/netfilter/ipvs/ip_vs_sh.c
@@ -162,7 +162,7 @@ static int ip_vs_sh_init_svc(struct ip_vs_service *svc)
 
 	/* allocate the SH table for this service */
 	tbl = kmalloc(sizeof(struct ip_vs_sh_bucket)*IP_VS_SH_TAB_SIZE,
-		      GFP_ATOMIC);
+		      GFP_KERNEL);
 	if (tbl == NULL)
 		return -ENOMEM;