diff --git a/drivers/pci/pci.c b/drivers/pci/pci.c
index 91b2733ded17..b9550cd4280c 100644
--- a/drivers/pci/pci.c
+++ b/drivers/pci/pci.c
@@ -224,7 +224,7 @@ static int pci_dev_str_match_path(struct pci_dev *dev, const char *path,
 
 	*endptr = strchrnul(path, ';');
 
-	wpath = kmemdup_nul(path, *endptr - path, GFP_KERNEL);
+	wpath = kmemdup_nul(path, *endptr - path, GFP_ATOMIC);
 	if (!wpath)
 		return -ENOMEM;