diff --git a/drivers/crypto/hisilicon/hpre/hpre_crypto.c b/drivers/crypto/hisilicon/hpre/hpre_crypto.c
index a87f9904087a..90c13ebe7e83 100644
--- a/drivers/crypto/hisilicon/hpre/hpre_crypto.c
+++ b/drivers/crypto/hisilicon/hpre/hpre_crypto.c
@@ -210,7 +210,7 @@ static int hpre_prepare_dma_buf(struct hpre_asym_request *hpre_req,
 	if (unlikely(shift < 0))
 		return -EINVAL;
 
-	ptr = dma_alloc_coherent(dev, ctx->key_sz, tmp, GFP_KERNEL);
+	ptr = dma_alloc_coherent(dev, ctx->key_sz, tmp, GFP_ATOMIC);
 	if (unlikely(!ptr))
 		return -ENOMEM;