diff --git a/security/integrity/ima/ima_policy.c b/security/integrity/ima/ima_policy.c
index f0bbd65e3e9dcad6fffab41dc5f9d97dfd04e86f..fa1543cdca70ab73f3236d4fdc5b1847c723e867 100644
--- a/security/integrity/ima/ima_policy.c
+++ b/security/integrity/ima/ima_policy.c
@@ -407,7 +407,7 @@ 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 23f441b09c7006be43f44834a4f1389ffd4095a3..09412253e08f116e4bdaf051055daea305573a8c 100644
--- a/security/selinux/ss/services.c
+++ b/security/selinux/ss/services.c
@@ -3584,7 +3584,7 @@ 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;