diff --git a/drivers/vhost/vsock.c b/drivers/vhost/vsock.c
index 9f67717eaf45..08d49f34c785 100644
--- a/drivers/vhost/vsock.c
+++ b/drivers/vhost/vsock.c
@@ -354,7 +354,7 @@ vhost_vsock_alloc_pkt(struct vhost_virtqueue *vq,
 		return NULL;
 	}
 
-	pkt->buf = kmalloc(pkt->len, GFP_KERNEL);
+	pkt->buf = kvmalloc(pkt->len, GFP_KERNEL);
 	if (!pkt->buf) {
 		kfree(pkt);
 		return NULL;
diff --git a/net/vmw_vsock/virtio_transport_common.c b/net/vmw_vsock/virtio_transport_common.c
index cbb336f01cf2..449b5261e661 100644
--- a/net/vmw_vsock/virtio_transport_common.c
+++ b/net/vmw_vsock/virtio_transport_common.c
@@ -1079,7 +1079,7 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(virtio_transport_recv_pkt);
 
 void virtio_transport_free_pkt(struct virtio_vsock_pkt *pkt)
 {
-	kfree(pkt->buf);
+	kvfree(pkt->buf);
 	kfree(pkt);
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(virtio_transport_free_pkt);