diff --git a/drivers/staging/lustre/lustre/mdc/mdc_locks.c b/drivers/staging/lustre/lustre/mdc/mdc_locks.c
index f93579739083..bcb6c00c49ff 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/lustre/lustre/mdc/mdc_locks.c
+++ b/drivers/staging/lustre/lustre/mdc/mdc_locks.c
@@ -746,7 +746,7 @@ static int mdc_finish_enqueue(struct obd_export *exp,
 		LDLM_DEBUG(lock, "layout lock returned by: %s, lvb_len: %d\n",
 			ldlm_it2str(it->it_op), lvb_len);
 
-		OBD_ALLOC_LARGE(lmm, lvb_len);
+		lmm = libcfs_kvzalloc(lvb_len, GFP_NOFS);
 		if (lmm == NULL) {
 			LDLM_LOCK_PUT(lock);
 			return -ENOMEM;
@@ -763,7 +763,7 @@ static int mdc_finish_enqueue(struct obd_export *exp,
 		}
 		unlock_res_and_lock(lock);
 		if (lmm != NULL)
-			OBD_FREE_LARGE(lmm, lvb_len);
+			kvfree(lmm);
 	}
 	if (lock != NULL)
 		LDLM_LOCK_PUT(lock);