diff --git a/fs/xattr.c b/fs/xattr.c
index 9b932b95d74e..f0da9d24e9ca 100644
--- a/fs/xattr.c
+++ b/fs/xattr.c
@@ -442,7 +442,7 @@ getxattr(struct dentry *d, const char __user *name, void __user *value,
 			size = XATTR_SIZE_MAX;
 		kvalue = kzalloc(size, GFP_KERNEL | __GFP_NOWARN);
 		if (!kvalue) {
-			vvalue = vmalloc(size);
+			vvalue = vzalloc(size);
 			if (!vvalue)
 				return -ENOMEM;
 			kvalue = vvalue;