diff --git a/drivers/staging/gdm724x/gdm_mux.c b/drivers/staging/gdm724x/gdm_mux.c
index 2e619d2e7ba1..b630babb57af 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/gdm724x/gdm_mux.c
+++ b/drivers/staging/gdm724x/gdm_mux.c
@@ -409,7 +409,7 @@ static int gdm_mux_send(void *priv_dev, void *data, int len, int tty_index,
 			  gdm_mux_send_complete,
 			  t);
 
-	ret = usb_submit_urb(t->urb, GFP_KERNEL);
+	ret = usb_submit_urb(t->urb, GFP_ATOMIC);
 
 	spin_unlock_irqrestore(&mux_dev->write_lock, flags);