diff --git a/[refs] b/[refs]
index 7df31c80de0d..6604591b04a1 100644
--- a/[refs]
+++ b/[refs]
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 ---
-refs/heads/master: 9f1f463ae5d8597fe2b4ffc73051616c47ac1924
+refs/heads/master: d4f0e4daf0d867f80c78ca4f9ac03a562e229e72
diff --git a/trunk/drivers/hid/usbhid/hiddev.c b/trunk/drivers/hid/usbhid/hiddev.c
index b1ec0e2aeb57..14599e256791 100644
--- a/trunk/drivers/hid/usbhid/hiddev.c
+++ b/trunk/drivers/hid/usbhid/hiddev.c
@@ -34,6 +34,7 @@
 #include <linux/hid.h>
 #include <linux/hiddev.h>
 #include <linux/compat.h>
+#include <linux/vmalloc.h>
 #include "usbhid.h"
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_USB_DYNAMIC_MINORS
@@ -250,13 +251,13 @@ static int hiddev_release(struct inode * inode, struct file * file)
 		} else {
 			mutex_unlock(&list->hiddev->existancelock);
 			kfree(list->hiddev);
-			kfree(list);
+			vfree(list);
 			return 0;
 		}
 	}
 
 	mutex_unlock(&list->hiddev->existancelock);
-	kfree(list);
+	vfree(list);
 
 	return 0;
 }
@@ -278,7 +279,7 @@ static int hiddev_open(struct inode *inode, struct file *file)
 	hid = usb_get_intfdata(intf);
 	hiddev = hid->hiddev;
 
-	if (!(list = kzalloc(sizeof(struct hiddev_list), GFP_KERNEL)))
+	if (!(list = vzalloc(sizeof(struct hiddev_list))))
 		return -ENOMEM;
 	mutex_init(&list->thread_lock);
 	list->hiddev = hiddev;
@@ -322,7 +323,7 @@ static int hiddev_open(struct inode *inode, struct file *file)
 	mutex_unlock(&hiddev->existancelock);
 bail:
 	file->private_data = NULL;
-	kfree(list);
+	vfree(list);
 	return res;
 }