diff --git a/ipc/sem.c b/ipc/sem.c
index 16414b8a8cca..4c0cfaad560c 100644
--- a/ipc/sem.c
+++ b/ipc/sem.c
@@ -1784,7 +1784,7 @@ SYSCALL_DEFINE4(semtimedop, int, semid, struct sembuf __user *, tsops,
 	if (nsops > ns->sc_semopm)
 		return -E2BIG;
 	if (nsops > SEMOPM_FAST) {
-		sops = kmalloc(sizeof(*sops)*nsops, GFP_KERNEL);
+		sops = kvmalloc(sizeof(*sops)*nsops, GFP_KERNEL);
 		if (sops == NULL)
 			return -ENOMEM;
 	}
@@ -2016,7 +2016,7 @@ out_unlock_free:
 	rcu_read_unlock();
 out_free:
 	if (sops != fast_sops)
-		kfree(sops);
+		kvfree(sops);
 	return error;
 }