diff --git a/security/integrity/ima/ima_policy.c b/security/integrity/ima/ima_policy.c
index 274f4c7c99f4c5dce04cc6cdac23a9261f531f49..dc3bcd6af1a8540a39159f6ac34a332d9ec14e66 100644
--- a/security/integrity/ima/ima_policy.c
+++ b/security/integrity/ima/ima_policy.c
@@ -387,7 +387,7 @@ 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 31d631fa846ef838f1ee4270fd085fae17d177a1..8f3ace83e503775533f21dfb3f27df3def1e8625 100644
--- a/security/selinux/ss/services.c
+++ b/security/selinux/ss/services.c
@@ -3582,7 +3582,7 @@ 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;