diff --git a/drivers/net/bonding/bond_main.c b/drivers/net/bonding/bond_main.c
index 2daa066..a141f40 100644
--- a/drivers/net/bonding/bond_main.c
+++ b/drivers/net/bonding/bond_main.c
@@ -1213,7 +1213,7 @@
 	if (err)
 		return err;
 	slave_dev->flags |= IFF_SLAVE;
-	rtmsg_ifinfo(RTM_NEWLINK, slave_dev, IFF_SLAVE);
+	rtmsg_ifinfo(RTM_NEWLINK, slave_dev, IFF_SLAVE, GFP_KERNEL);
 	return 0;
 }
 
@@ -1222,7 +1222,7 @@
 {
 	netdev_upper_dev_unlink(slave_dev, bond_dev);
 	slave_dev->flags &= ~IFF_SLAVE;
-	rtmsg_ifinfo(RTM_NEWLINK, slave_dev, IFF_SLAVE);
+	rtmsg_ifinfo(RTM_NEWLINK, slave_dev, IFF_SLAVE, GFP_KERNEL);
 }
 
 /* enslave device <slave> to bond device <master> */
diff --git a/include/linux/rtnetlink.h b/include/linux/rtnetlink.h
index f28544b..939428a 100644
--- a/include/linux/rtnetlink.h
+++ b/include/linux/rtnetlink.h
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@
 extern int rtnl_put_cacheinfo(struct sk_buff *skb, struct dst_entry *dst,
 			      u32 id, long expires, u32 error);
 
-extern void rtmsg_ifinfo(int type, struct net_device *dev, unsigned change);
+void rtmsg_ifinfo(int type, struct net_device *dev, unsigned change, gfp_t flags);
 
 /* RTNL is used as a global lock for all changes to network configuration  */
 extern void rtnl_lock(void);
diff --git a/net/core/dev.c b/net/core/dev.c
index bdffd65..0054c8c 100644
--- a/net/core/dev.c
+++ b/net/core/dev.c
@@ -1203,7 +1203,7 @@
 {
 	if (dev->flags & IFF_UP) {
 		call_netdevice_notifiers(NETDEV_CHANGE, dev);
-		rtmsg_ifinfo(RTM_NEWLINK, dev, 0);
+		rtmsg_ifinfo(RTM_NEWLINK, dev, 0, GFP_KERNEL);
 	}
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(netdev_state_change);
@@ -1293,7 +1293,7 @@
 	if (ret < 0)
 		return ret;
 
-	rtmsg_ifinfo(RTM_NEWLINK, dev, IFF_UP|IFF_RUNNING);
+	rtmsg_ifinfo(RTM_NEWLINK, dev, IFF_UP|IFF_RUNNING, GFP_KERNEL);
 	call_netdevice_notifiers(NETDEV_UP, dev);
 
 	return ret;
@@ -1371,7 +1371,7 @@
 	__dev_close_many(head);
 
 	list_for_each_entry_safe(dev, tmp, head, close_list) {
-		rtmsg_ifinfo(RTM_NEWLINK, dev, IFF_UP|IFF_RUNNING);
+		rtmsg_ifinfo(RTM_NEWLINK, dev, IFF_UP|IFF_RUNNING, GFP_KERNEL);
 		call_netdevice_notifiers(NETDEV_DOWN, dev);
 		list_del_init(&dev->close_list);
 	}
@@ -5258,7 +5258,7 @@
 	unsigned int changes = dev->flags ^ old_flags;
 
 	if (gchanges)
-		rtmsg_ifinfo(RTM_NEWLINK, dev, gchanges);
+		rtmsg_ifinfo(RTM_NEWLINK, dev, gchanges, GFP_ATOMIC);
 
 	if (changes & IFF_UP) {
 		if (dev->flags & IFF_UP)
@@ -5490,7 +5490,7 @@
 
 		if (!dev->rtnl_link_ops ||
 		    dev->rtnl_link_state == RTNL_LINK_INITIALIZED)
-			rtmsg_ifinfo(RTM_DELLINK, dev, ~0U);
+			rtmsg_ifinfo(RTM_DELLINK, dev, ~0U, GFP_KERNEL);
 
 		/*
 		 *	Flush the unicast and multicast chains
@@ -5889,7 +5889,7 @@
 	 */
 	if (!dev->rtnl_link_ops ||
 	    dev->rtnl_link_state == RTNL_LINK_INITIALIZED)
-		rtmsg_ifinfo(RTM_NEWLINK, dev, ~0U);
+		rtmsg_ifinfo(RTM_NEWLINK, dev, ~0U, GFP_KERNEL);
 
 out:
 	return ret;
@@ -6501,7 +6501,7 @@
 	call_netdevice_notifiers(NETDEV_UNREGISTER, dev);
 	rcu_barrier();
 	call_netdevice_notifiers(NETDEV_UNREGISTER_FINAL, dev);
-	rtmsg_ifinfo(RTM_DELLINK, dev, ~0U);
+	rtmsg_ifinfo(RTM_DELLINK, dev, ~0U, GFP_KERNEL);
 
 	/*
 	 *	Flush the unicast and multicast chains
@@ -6540,7 +6540,7 @@
 	 *	Prevent userspace races by waiting until the network
 	 *	device is fully setup before sending notifications.
 	 */
-	rtmsg_ifinfo(RTM_NEWLINK, dev, ~0U);
+	rtmsg_ifinfo(RTM_NEWLINK, dev, ~0U, GFP_KERNEL);
 
 	synchronize_net();
 	err = 0;
diff --git a/net/core/rtnetlink.c b/net/core/rtnetlink.c
index 4aedf03..cf67144 100644
--- a/net/core/rtnetlink.c
+++ b/net/core/rtnetlink.c
@@ -1984,14 +1984,15 @@
 	return skb->len;
 }
 
-void rtmsg_ifinfo(int type, struct net_device *dev, unsigned int change)
+void rtmsg_ifinfo(int type, struct net_device *dev, unsigned int change,
+		  gfp_t flags)
 {
 	struct net *net = dev_net(dev);
 	struct sk_buff *skb;
 	int err = -ENOBUFS;
 	size_t if_info_size;
 
-	skb = nlmsg_new((if_info_size = if_nlmsg_size(dev, 0)), GFP_KERNEL);
+	skb = nlmsg_new((if_info_size = if_nlmsg_size(dev, 0)), flags);
 	if (skb == NULL)
 		goto errout;
 
@@ -2002,7 +2003,7 @@
 		kfree_skb(skb);
 		goto errout;
 	}
-	rtnl_notify(skb, net, 0, RTNLGRP_LINK, NULL, GFP_KERNEL);
+	rtnl_notify(skb, net, 0, RTNLGRP_LINK, NULL, flags);
 	return;
 errout:
 	if (err < 0)
@@ -2716,7 +2717,7 @@
 	case NETDEV_JOIN:
 		break;
 	default:
-		rtmsg_ifinfo(RTM_NEWLINK, dev, 0);
+		rtmsg_ifinfo(RTM_NEWLINK, dev, 0, GFP_KERNEL);
 		break;
 	}
 	return NOTIFY_DONE;