diff --git a/kernel/trace/pid_list.c b/kernel/trace/pid_list.c
index 19b271a12c99..4966e6bbdf6f 100644
--- a/kernel/trace/pid_list.c
+++ b/kernel/trace/pid_list.c
@@ -354,7 +354,7 @@ static void pid_list_refill_irq(struct irq_work *iwork)
 	while (upper_count-- > 0) {
 		union upper_chunk *chunk;
 
-		chunk = kzalloc(sizeof(*chunk), GFP_KERNEL);
+		chunk = kzalloc(sizeof(*chunk), GFP_NOWAIT);
 		if (!chunk)
 			break;
 		*upper_next = chunk;
@@ -365,7 +365,7 @@ static void pid_list_refill_irq(struct irq_work *iwork)
 	while (lower_count-- > 0) {
 		union lower_chunk *chunk;
 
-		chunk = kzalloc(sizeof(*chunk), GFP_KERNEL);
+		chunk = kzalloc(sizeof(*chunk), GFP_NOWAIT);
 		if (!chunk)
 			break;
 		*lower_next = chunk;