diff --git a/security/integrity/ima/ima_policy.c b/security/integrity/ima/ima_policy.c
index 374ef1f89432b63e1082e91756cd984b17bb9694..7757e28581fa0ecf6fc3b89973f0a9b9e28a3f69 100644
--- a/security/integrity/ima/ima_policy.c
+++ b/security/integrity/ima/ima_policy.c
@@ -462,7 +462,7 @@ static struct ima_rule_entry *ima_lsm_copy_rule(struct ima_rule_entry *entry)
 	 * Immutable elements are copied over as pointers and data; only
 	 * lsm rules can change
 	 */
-	nentry = kmemdup(entry, sizeof(*nentry), GFP_KERNEL);
+	nentry = kmemdup(entry, sizeof(*nentry), GFP_ATOMIC);
 	if (!nentry)
 		return NULL;
 
diff --git a/security/selinux/ss/services.c b/security/selinux/ss/services.c
index 1eeffc66ea7d7a4ead4d92bca14c35a8c98ab01c..93e011d5d684aeef78828e434cc03608fe096873 100644
--- a/security/selinux/ss/services.c
+++ b/security/selinux/ss/services.c
@@ -3538,7 +3538,7 @@ int selinux_audit_rule_init(u32 field, u32 op, char *rulestr, void **vrule)
 		return -EINVAL;
 	}
 
-	tmprule = kzalloc(sizeof(struct selinux_audit_rule), GFP_KERNEL);
+	tmprule = kzalloc(sizeof(struct selinux_audit_rule), GFP_ATOMIC);
 	if (!tmprule)
 		return -ENOMEM;
 	context_init(&tmprule->au_ctxt);