diff --git a/drivers/media/platform/msm/synx/synx.c b/drivers/media/platform/msm/synx/synx.c
index 7d742601ffad..c2ebdd16a387 100644
--- a/drivers/media/platform/msm/synx/synx.c
+++ b/drivers/media/platform/msm/synx/synx.c
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@
 #include <linux/poll.h>
 #include <linux/slab.h>
 #include <linux/uaccess.h>
+#include <linux/vmalloc.h>
 
 #include "synx_api.h"
 #include "synx_util.h"
@@ -1435,7 +1436,7 @@ int synx_initialize(struct synx_session *session_id,
 		bit = test_and_set_bit(idx, synx_dev->bitmap);
 	} while (bit);
 
-	client = kzalloc(sizeof(*client), GFP_KERNEL);
+	client = vzalloc(sizeof(*client));
 	if (!client) {
 		clear_bit(idx, synx_dev->bitmap);
 		return -ENOMEM;
diff --git a/drivers/media/platform/msm/synx/synx_util.c b/drivers/media/platform/msm/synx/synx_util.c
index 2b532429086a..97ae7153367a 100644
--- a/drivers/media/platform/msm/synx/synx_util.c
+++ b/drivers/media/platform/msm/synx/synx_util.c
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@
 
 #include <linux/slab.h>
 #include <linux/random.h>
+#include <linux/vmalloc.h>
 
 #include "synx_api.h"
 #include "synx_util.h"
@@ -975,7 +976,7 @@ static void synx_client_destroy(struct kref *kref)
 
 	pr_info("[sess: %u] session destroyed %s\n",
 		client->id, client->name);
-	kfree(client);
+	vfree(client);
 }
 
 void synx_put_client(struct synx_client *client)