diff --git a/drivers/media/platform/fsl-viu.c b/drivers/media/platform/fsl-viu.c
index a4bfa70b49b2..afc96f6db2a1 100644
--- a/drivers/media/platform/fsl-viu.c
+++ b/drivers/media/platform/fsl-viu.c
@@ -1407,7 +1407,7 @@ static int viu_of_probe(struct platform_device *op)
 	}
 
 	/* Prepare our private structure */
-	viu_dev = devm_kzalloc(&op->dev, sizeof(struct viu_dev), GFP_ATOMIC);
+	viu_dev = devm_kzalloc(&op->dev, sizeof(struct viu_dev), GFP_KERNEL);
 	if (!viu_dev) {
 		dev_err(&op->dev, "Can't allocate private structure\n");
 		ret = -ENOMEM;