diff --git a/kernel/bpf/helpers.c b/kernel/bpf/helpers.c
index 19a13ed5406b3a8fa34997f5408e5638107ff6e6..f40085f4de314a844b00600b9687874893f3d301 100644
--- a/kernel/bpf/helpers.c
+++ b/kernel/bpf/helpers.c
@@ -1222,8 +1222,11 @@ static int __bpf_async_init(struct bpf_async_kern *async, struct bpf_map *map, u
 		goto out;
 	}
 
-	/* allocate hrtimer via map_kmalloc to use memcg accounting */
-	cb = bpf_map_kmalloc_node(map, size, GFP_ATOMIC, map->numa_node);
+	/* Allocate via bpf_map_kmalloc_node() for memcg accounting. Until
+	 * kmalloc_nolock() is available, avoid locking issues by using
+	 * __GFP_HIGH (GFP_ATOMIC & ~__GFP_RECLAIM).
+	 */
+	cb = bpf_map_kmalloc_node(map, size, __GFP_HIGH, map->numa_node);
 	if (!cb) {
 		ret = -ENOMEM;
 		goto out;