diff --git a/fs/gfs2/dir.c b/fs/gfs2/dir.c
index c5a34f09e228d..6371192961e22 100644
--- a/fs/gfs2/dir.c
+++ b/fs/gfs2/dir.c
@@ -1896,7 +1896,8 @@ static int leaf_dealloc(struct gfs2_inode *dip, u32 index, u32 len,
 
 	ht = kzalloc(size, GFP_NOFS | __GFP_NOWARN);
 	if (ht == NULL)
-		ht = vzalloc(size);
+		ht = __vmalloc(size, GFP_NOFS | __GFP_NOWARN | __GFP_ZERO,
+			       PAGE_KERNEL);
 	if (!ht)
 		return -ENOMEM;