diff --git a/drivers/tty/n_gsm.c b/drivers/tty/n_gsm.c
index 137eebdcfda91d..fd4d24f61c46ba 100644
--- a/drivers/tty/n_gsm.c
+++ b/drivers/tty/n_gsm.c
@@ -455,7 +455,7 @@ static void gsm_hex_dump_bytes(const char *fname, const u8 *data,
 		return;
 	}
 
-	prefix = kasprintf(GFP_KERNEL, "%s: ", fname);
+	prefix = kasprintf(GFP_ATOMIC, "%s: ", fname);
 	if (!prefix)
 		return;
 	print_hex_dump(KERN_INFO, prefix, DUMP_PREFIX_OFFSET, 16, 1, data, len,