diff --git a/fs/xattr.c b/fs/xattr.c
index 2d13b4e62fae..ed8c374570ed 100644
--- a/fs/xattr.c
+++ b/fs/xattr.c
@@ -530,7 +530,7 @@ getxattr(struct dentry *d, const char __user *name, void __user *value,
 			size = XATTR_SIZE_MAX;
 		kvalue = kzalloc(size, GFP_KERNEL | __GFP_NOWARN);
 		if (!kvalue) {
-			kvalue = vmalloc(size);
+			kvalue = vzalloc(size);
 			if (!kvalue)
 				return -ENOMEM;
 		}