1 files changed, 5 insertions, 3 deletions

diff --git a/drivers/infiniband/ulp/ipoib/ipoib_cm.c b/drivers/infiniband/ulp/ipoib/ipoib_cm.c
index 4e8d0281f8bc..2490b2d79dbb 100644
--- a/drivers/infiniband/ulp/ipoib/ipoib_cm.c
+++ b/drivers/infiniband/ulp/ipoib/ipoib_cm.c
@@ -38,6 +38,7 @@
 #include <net/icmp.h>
 #include <linux/icmpv6.h>
 #include <linux/delay.h>
+#include <linux/vmalloc.h>
 
 #include "ipoib.h"
 
@@ -1031,13 +1032,13 @@ static int ipoib_cm_tx_init(struct ipoib_cm_tx *p, u32 qpn,
         struct ipoib_dev_priv *priv = netdev_priv(p->dev);
         int ret;
 
-        p->tx_ring = kzalloc(ipoib_sendq_size * sizeof *p->tx_ring,
-                                GFP_KERNEL);
+        p->tx_ring = vmalloc(ipoib_sendq_size * sizeof *p->tx_ring);
         if (!p->tx_ring) {
                 ipoib_warn(priv, "failed to allocate tx ring\n");
                 ret = -ENOMEM;
                 goto err_tx;
         }
+        memset(p->tx_ring, 0, ipoib_sendq_size * sizeof *p->tx_ring);
 
         p->qp = ipoib_cm_create_tx_qp(p->dev, p);
         if (IS_ERR(p->qp)) {
@@ -1078,6 +1079,7 @@ err_id:
         ib_destroy_qp(p->qp);
 err_qp:
         p->qp = NULL;
+        vfree(p->tx_ring);
 err_tx:
         return ret;
 }
@@ -1128,7 +1130,7 @@ timeout:
         if (p->qp)
                 ib_destroy_qp(p->qp);
 
-        kfree(p->tx_ring);
+        vfree(p->tx_ring);
         kfree(p);
 }