diff --git a/drivers/gpu/msm/adreno_ringbuffer.c b/drivers/gpu/msm/adreno_ringbuffer.c
index 0e25e7bfcf81..1aa6777f8248 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/msm/adreno_ringbuffer.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/msm/adreno_ringbuffer.c
@@ -996,7 +996,7 @@ int adreno_ringbuffer_submitcmd(struct adreno_device *adreno_dev,
 	if (gpudev->ccu_invalidate)
 		dwords += 4;
 
-	link = kcalloc(dwords, sizeof(unsigned int), GFP_KERNEL);
+	link = kvcalloc(dwords, sizeof(unsigned int), GFP_KERNEL);
 	if (!link) {
 		ret = -ENOMEM;
 		goto done;
@@ -1129,7 +1129,7 @@ done:
 	trace_kgsl_issueibcmds(device, context->id, numibs, drawobj->timestamp,
 			drawobj->flags, ret, drawctxt->type);
 
-	kfree(link);
+	kvfree(link);
 	return ret;
 }