diff --git a/include/kunit/skbuff.h b/include/kunit/skbuff.h
index 44d12370939a..345e1e8f0312 100644
--- a/include/kunit/skbuff.h
+++ b/include/kunit/skbuff.h
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ static void kunit_action_kfree_skb(void *p)
 static inline struct sk_buff *kunit_zalloc_skb(struct kunit *test, int len,
 					       gfp_t gfp)
 {
-	struct sk_buff *res = alloc_skb(len, GFP_KERNEL);
+	struct sk_buff *res = alloc_skb(len, gfp);
 
 	if (!res || skb_pad(res, len))
 		return NULL;