diff --git a/[refs] b/[refs]
index 814aff20c0b3..2f3379554520 100644
--- a/[refs]
+++ b/[refs]
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 ---
-refs/heads/master: 6099e3dea9aaa6127cea0610533221c9e956f009
+refs/heads/master: a77f5db361ed9953b5b749353ea2c7fed2bf8d93
diff --git a/trunk/net/core/ethtool.c b/trunk/net/core/ethtool.c
index 91ffce20c36b..dae2fd053c2b 100644
--- a/trunk/net/core/ethtool.c
+++ b/trunk/net/core/ethtool.c
@@ -815,7 +815,7 @@ static int ethtool_get_regs(struct net_device *dev, char __user *useraddr)
 	if (regs.len > reglen)
 		regs.len = reglen;
 
-	regbuf = kmalloc(reglen, GFP_USER);
+	regbuf = vmalloc(reglen);
 	if (!regbuf)
 		return -ENOMEM;
 
@@ -830,7 +830,7 @@ static int ethtool_get_regs(struct net_device *dev, char __user *useraddr)
 	ret = 0;
 
  out:
-	kfree(regbuf);
+	vfree(regbuf);
 	return ret;
 }