diff --git a/fs/orangefs/orangefs-bufmap.c b/fs/orangefs/orangefs-bufmap.c
index c4e98c9c1621..6d20b1b3a581 100644
--- a/fs/orangefs/orangefs-bufmap.c
+++ b/fs/orangefs/orangefs-bufmap.c
@@ -179,7 +179,7 @@ orangefs_bufmap_free(struct orangefs_bufmap *bufmap)
 {
 	kfree(bufmap->page_array);
 	kfree(bufmap->desc_array);
-	kfree(bufmap->buffer_index_array);
+	bitmap_free(bufmap->buffer_index_array);
 	kfree(bufmap);
 }
 
@@ -229,8 +229,7 @@ orangefs_bufmap_alloc(struct ORANGEFS_dev_map_desc *user_desc)
 	bufmap->desc_size = user_desc->size;
 	bufmap->desc_shift = ilog2(bufmap->desc_size);
 
-	bufmap->buffer_index_array =
-		kzalloc(DIV_ROUND_UP(bufmap->desc_count, BITS_PER_LONG), GFP_KERNEL);
+	bufmap->buffer_index_array = bitmap_zalloc(bufmap->desc_count, GFP_KERNEL);
 	if (!bufmap->buffer_index_array)
 		goto out_free_bufmap;
 
@@ -253,7 +252,7 @@ orangefs_bufmap_alloc(struct ORANGEFS_dev_map_desc *user_desc)
 out_free_desc_array:
 	kfree(bufmap->desc_array);
 out_free_index_array:
-	kfree(bufmap->buffer_index_array);
+	bitmap_free(bufmap->buffer_index_array);
 out_free_bufmap:
 	kfree(bufmap);
 out: