diff --git a/kernel/sched.c b/kernel/sched.c
index 154a95fcea7e..67383e7f1ccd 100644
--- a/kernel/sched.c
+++ b/kernel/sched.c
@@ -3850,7 +3850,11 @@ static void rebalance_domains(int cpu, enum cpu_idle_type idle)
 	unsigned long next_balance = jiffies + 60*HZ;
 	int update_next_balance = 0;
 	int need_serialize;
-	cpumask_t tmp;
+	cpumask_var_t tmp;
+
+	/* Fails alloc?  Rebalancing probably not a priority right now. */
+	if (!alloc_cpumask_var(&tmp, GFP_ATOMIC))
+		return;
 
 	for_each_domain(cpu, sd) {
 		if (!(sd->flags & SD_LOAD_BALANCE))
@@ -3875,7 +3879,7 @@ static void rebalance_domains(int cpu, enum cpu_idle_type idle)
 		}
 
 		if (time_after_eq(jiffies, sd->last_balance + interval)) {
-			if (load_balance(cpu, rq, sd, idle, &balance, &tmp)) {
+			if (load_balance(cpu, rq, sd, idle, &balance, tmp)) {
 				/*
 				 * We've pulled tasks over so either we're no
 				 * longer idle, or one of our SMT siblings is
@@ -3909,6 +3913,8 @@ static void rebalance_domains(int cpu, enum cpu_idle_type idle)
 	 */
 	if (likely(update_next_balance))
 		rq->next_balance = next_balance;
+
+	free_cpumask_var(tmp);
 }
 
 /*