diff --git a/drivers/staging/wilc1000/wilc_netdev.c b/drivers/staging/wilc1000/wilc_netdev.c
index 1787154ee088..ba78c08a17f1 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/wilc1000/wilc_netdev.c
+++ b/drivers/staging/wilc1000/wilc_netdev.c
@@ -708,7 +708,7 @@ static void wilc_set_multicast_list(struct net_device *dev)
 		return;
 	}
 
-	mc_list = kmalloc_array(dev->mc.count, ETH_ALEN, GFP_KERNEL);
+	mc_list = kmalloc_array(dev->mc.count, ETH_ALEN, GFP_ATOMIC);
 	if (!mc_list)
 		return;