goto exit;
        }
        if (usb_endpoint_xfer_control(&urb->ep->desc))
-               ret = xhci_queue_ctrl_tx(xhci, mem_flags, urb,
+               /* We have a spinlock and interrupts disabled, so we must pass
+                * atomic context to this function, which may allocate memory.
+                */
+               ret = xhci_queue_ctrl_tx(xhci, GFP_ATOMIC, urb,
                                slot_id, ep_index);
        else if (usb_endpoint_xfer_bulk(&urb->ep->desc))
-               ret = xhci_queue_bulk_tx(xhci, mem_flags, urb,
+               ret = xhci_queue_bulk_tx(xhci, GFP_ATOMIC, urb,
                                slot_id, ep_index);
        else
                ret = -EINVAL;