diff --git a/arch/s390/kvm/kvm-s390.c b/arch/s390/kvm/kvm-s390.c
index 4f74511015b8..e6bbb33d2956 100644
--- a/arch/s390/kvm/kvm-s390.c
+++ b/arch/s390/kvm/kvm-s390.c
@@ -1126,10 +1126,7 @@ static long kvm_s390_get_skeys(struct kvm *kvm, struct kvm_s390_skeys *args)
 	if (args->count < 1 || args->count > KVM_S390_SKEYS_MAX)
 		return -EINVAL;
 
-	keys = kmalloc_array(args->count, sizeof(uint8_t),
-			     GFP_KERNEL | __GFP_NOWARN);
-	if (!keys)
-		keys = vmalloc(sizeof(uint8_t) * args->count);
+	keys = kvmalloc(args->count * sizeof(uint8_t), GFP_KERNEL);
 	if (!keys)
 		return -ENOMEM;
 
@@ -1171,10 +1168,7 @@ static long kvm_s390_set_skeys(struct kvm *kvm, struct kvm_s390_skeys *args)
 	if (args->count < 1 || args->count > KVM_S390_SKEYS_MAX)
 		return -EINVAL;
 
-	keys = kmalloc_array(args->count, sizeof(uint8_t),
-			     GFP_KERNEL | __GFP_NOWARN);
-	if (!keys)
-		keys = vmalloc(sizeof(uint8_t) * args->count);
+	keys = kvmalloc(sizeof(uint8_t) * args->count, GFP_KERNEL);
 	if (!keys)
 		return -ENOMEM;
 
diff --git a/crypto/lzo.c b/crypto/lzo.c
index 168df784da84..218567d717d6 100644
--- a/crypto/lzo.c
+++ b/crypto/lzo.c
@@ -32,9 +32,7 @@ static void *lzo_alloc_ctx(struct crypto_scomp *tfm)
 {
 	void *ctx;
 
-	ctx = kmalloc(LZO1X_MEM_COMPRESS, GFP_KERNEL | __GFP_NOWARN);
-	if (!ctx)
-		ctx = vmalloc(LZO1X_MEM_COMPRESS);
+	ctx = kvmalloc(LZO1X_MEM_COMPRESS, GFP_KERNEL);
 	if (!ctx)
 		return ERR_PTR(-ENOMEM);
 
diff --git a/drivers/acpi/apei/erst.c b/drivers/acpi/apei/erst.c
index ec4f507b524f..a2898df61744 100644
--- a/drivers/acpi/apei/erst.c
+++ b/drivers/acpi/apei/erst.c
@@ -513,7 +513,7 @@ static int __erst_record_id_cache_add_one(void)
 	if (i < erst_record_id_cache.len)
 		goto retry;
 	if (erst_record_id_cache.len >= erst_record_id_cache.size) {
-		int new_size, alloc_size;
+		int new_size;
 		u64 *new_entries;
 
 		new_size = erst_record_id_cache.size * 2;
@@ -524,11 +524,7 @@ static int __erst_record_id_cache_add_one(void)
 				pr_warn(FW_WARN "too many record IDs!\n");
 			return 0;
 		}
-		alloc_size = new_size * sizeof(entries[0]);
-		if (alloc_size < PAGE_SIZE)
-			new_entries = kmalloc(alloc_size, GFP_KERNEL);
-		else
-			new_entries = vmalloc(alloc_size);
+		new_entries = kvmalloc(new_size * sizeof(entries[0]), GFP_KERNEL);
 		if (!new_entries)
 			return -ENOMEM;
 		memcpy(new_entries, entries,
diff --git a/drivers/char/agp/generic.c b/drivers/char/agp/generic.c
index f002fa5d1887..bdf418cac8ef 100644
--- a/drivers/char/agp/generic.c
+++ b/drivers/char/agp/generic.c
@@ -88,13 +88,7 @@ static int agp_get_key(void)
 
 void agp_alloc_page_array(size_t size, struct agp_memory *mem)
 {
-	mem->pages = NULL;
-
-	if (size <= 2*PAGE_SIZE)
-		mem->pages = kmalloc(size, GFP_KERNEL | __GFP_NOWARN);
-	if (mem->pages == NULL) {
-		mem->pages = vmalloc(size);
-	}
+	mem->pages = kvmalloc(size, GFP_KERNEL);
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(agp_alloc_page_array);
 
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/nouveau/nouveau_gem.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/nouveau/nouveau_gem.c
index 201b52b750dd..77dd73ff126f 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/nouveau/nouveau_gem.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/nouveau/nouveau_gem.c
@@ -568,9 +568,7 @@ u_memcpya(uint64_t user, unsigned nmemb, unsigned size)
 
 	size *= nmemb;
 
-	mem = kmalloc(size, GFP_KERNEL | __GFP_NOWARN);
-	if (!mem)
-		mem = vmalloc(size);
+	mem = kvmalloc(size, GFP_KERNEL);
 	if (!mem)
 		return ERR_PTR(-ENOMEM);
 
diff --git a/drivers/md/bcache/util.h b/drivers/md/bcache/util.h
index cf2cbc211d83..d00bcb64d3a8 100644
--- a/drivers/md/bcache/util.h
+++ b/drivers/md/bcache/util.h
@@ -43,11 +43,7 @@ struct closure;
 	(heap)->used = 0;						\
 	(heap)->size = (_size);						\
 	_bytes = (heap)->size * sizeof(*(heap)->data);			\
-	(heap)->data = NULL;						\
-	if (_bytes < KMALLOC_MAX_SIZE)					\
-		(heap)->data = kmalloc(_bytes, (gfp));			\
-	if ((!(heap)->data) && ((gfp) & GFP_KERNEL))			\
-		(heap)->data = vmalloc(_bytes);				\
+	(heap)->data = kvmalloc(_bytes, (gfp) & GFP_KERNEL);		\
 	(heap)->data;							\
 })
 
@@ -136,12 +132,8 @@ do {									\
 									\
 	(fifo)->mask = _allocated_size - 1;				\
 	(fifo)->front = (fifo)->back = 0;				\
-	(fifo)->data = NULL;						\
 									\
-	if (_bytes < KMALLOC_MAX_SIZE)					\
-		(fifo)->data = kmalloc(_bytes, (gfp));			\
-	if ((!(fifo)->data) && ((gfp) & GFP_KERNEL))			\
-		(fifo)->data = vmalloc(_bytes);				\
+	(fifo)->data = kvmalloc(_bytes, (gfp) & GFP_KERNEL);		\
 	(fifo)->data;							\
 })
 
diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/chelsio/cxgb3/cxgb3_defs.h b/drivers/net/ethernet/chelsio/cxgb3/cxgb3_defs.h
index 920d918ed193..f04e81f33795 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/chelsio/cxgb3/cxgb3_defs.h
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/chelsio/cxgb3/cxgb3_defs.h
@@ -41,9 +41,6 @@
 
 #define VALIDATE_TID 1
 
-void *cxgb_alloc_mem(unsigned long size);
-void cxgb_free_mem(void *addr);
-
 /*
  * Map an ATID or STID to their entries in the corresponding TID tables.
  */
diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/chelsio/cxgb3/cxgb3_offload.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/chelsio/cxgb3/cxgb3_offload.c
index 76684dcb874c..606d4a3ade04 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/chelsio/cxgb3/cxgb3_offload.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/chelsio/cxgb3/cxgb3_offload.c
@@ -1152,27 +1152,6 @@ static void cxgb_redirect(struct dst_entry *old, struct dst_entry *new,
 }
 
 /*
- * Allocate a chunk of memory using kmalloc or, if that fails, vmalloc.
- * The allocated memory is cleared.
- */
-void *cxgb_alloc_mem(unsigned long size)
-{
-	void *p = kzalloc(size, GFP_KERNEL | __GFP_NOWARN);
-
-	if (!p)
-		p = vzalloc(size);
-	return p;
-}
-
-/*
- * Free memory allocated through t3_alloc_mem().
- */
-void cxgb_free_mem(void *addr)
-{
-	kvfree(addr);
-}
-
-/*
  * Allocate and initialize the TID tables.  Returns 0 on success.
  */
 static int init_tid_tabs(struct tid_info *t, unsigned int ntids,
@@ -1182,7 +1161,7 @@ static int init_tid_tabs(struct tid_info *t, unsigned int ntids,
 	unsigned long size = ntids * sizeof(*t->tid_tab) +
 	    natids * sizeof(*t->atid_tab) + nstids * sizeof(*t->stid_tab);
 
-	t->tid_tab = cxgb_alloc_mem(size);
+	t->tid_tab = kvmalloc(size, GFP_KERNEL);
 	if (!t->tid_tab)
 		return -ENOMEM;
 
@@ -1218,7 +1197,7 @@ static int init_tid_tabs(struct tid_info *t, unsigned int ntids,
 
 static void free_tid_maps(struct tid_info *t)
 {
-	cxgb_free_mem(t->tid_tab);
+	kvfree(t->tid_tab);
 }
 
 static inline void add_adapter(struct adapter *adap)
diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/chelsio/cxgb3/l2t.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/chelsio/cxgb3/l2t.c
index 5f226eda8cd6..c9b06501ee0c 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/chelsio/cxgb3/l2t.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/chelsio/cxgb3/l2t.c
@@ -444,7 +444,7 @@ struct l2t_data *t3_init_l2t(unsigned int l2t_capacity)
 	struct l2t_data *d;
 	int i, size = sizeof(*d) + l2t_capacity * sizeof(struct l2t_entry);
 
-	d = cxgb_alloc_mem(size);
+	d = kvmalloc(size, GFP_KERNEL);
 	if (!d)
 		return NULL;
 
diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/chelsio/cxgb4/cxgb4_main.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/chelsio/cxgb4/cxgb4_main.c
index 6f951877430b..671695cb3c15 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/chelsio/cxgb4/cxgb4_main.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/chelsio/cxgb4/cxgb4_main.c
@@ -881,27 +881,6 @@ static int setup_sge_queues(struct adapter *adap)
 	return err;
 }
 
-/*
- * Allocate a chunk of memory using kmalloc or, if that fails, vmalloc.
- * The allocated memory is cleared.
- */
-void *t4_alloc_mem(size_t size)
-{
-	void *p = kzalloc(size, GFP_KERNEL | __GFP_NOWARN);
-
-	if (!p)
-		p = vzalloc(size);
-	return p;
-}
-
-/*
- * Free memory allocated through alloc_mem().
- */
-void t4_free_mem(void *addr)
-{
-	kvfree(addr);
-}
-
 static u16 cxgb_select_queue(struct net_device *dev, struct sk_buff *skb,
 			     void *accel_priv, select_queue_fallback_t fallback)
 {
@@ -1300,7 +1279,7 @@ static int tid_init(struct tid_info *t)
 	       max_ftids * sizeof(*t->ftid_tab) +
 	       ftid_bmap_size * sizeof(long);
 
-	t->tid_tab = t4_alloc_mem(size);
+	t->tid_tab = kvmalloc(size, GFP_KERNEL);
 	if (!t->tid_tab)
 		return -ENOMEM;
 
@@ -3416,7 +3395,7 @@ static int adap_init0(struct adapter *adap)
 		/* allocate memory to read the header of the firmware on the
 		 * card
 		 */
-		card_fw = t4_alloc_mem(sizeof(*card_fw));
+		card_fw = kvmalloc(sizeof(*card_fw), GFP_KERNEL);
 
 		/* Get FW from from /lib/firmware/ */
 		ret = request_firmware(&fw, fw_info->fw_mod_name,
@@ -3436,7 +3415,7 @@ static int adap_init0(struct adapter *adap)
 
 		/* Cleaning up */
 		release_firmware(fw);
-		t4_free_mem(card_fw);
+		kvfree(card_fw);
 
 		if (ret < 0)
 			goto bye;
@@ -4432,9 +4411,9 @@ static void free_some_resources(struct adapter *adapter)
 {
 	unsigned int i;
 
-	t4_free_mem(adapter->l2t);
+	kvfree(adapter->l2t);
 	t4_cleanup_sched(adapter);
-	t4_free_mem(adapter->tids.tid_tab);
+	kvfree(adapter->tids.tid_tab);
 	cxgb4_cleanup_tc_u32(adapter);
 	kfree(adapter->sge.egr_map);
 	kfree(adapter->sge.ingr_map);
diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx4/en_tx.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx4/en_tx.c
index 5886ad78058f..a5c1b815145e 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx4/en_tx.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx4/en_tx.c
@@ -70,13 +70,10 @@ int mlx4_en_create_tx_ring(struct mlx4_en_priv *priv,
 	ring->full_size = ring->size - HEADROOM - MAX_DESC_TXBBS;
 
 	tmp = size * sizeof(struct mlx4_en_tx_info);
-	ring->tx_info = kmalloc_node(tmp, GFP_KERNEL | __GFP_NOWARN, node);
+	ring->tx_info = kvmalloc_node(tmp, GFP_KERNEL, node);
 	if (!ring->tx_info) {
-		ring->tx_info = vmalloc(tmp);
-		if (!ring->tx_info) {
-			err = -ENOMEM;
-			goto err_ring;
-		}
+		err = -ENOMEM;
+		goto err_ring;
 	}
 
 	en_dbg(DRV, priv, "Allocated tx_info ring at addr:%p size:%d\n",
diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx4/mr.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx4/mr.c
index 395b5463cfd9..82354fd0a87e 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx4/mr.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx4/mr.c
@@ -115,12 +115,9 @@ static int mlx4_buddy_init(struct mlx4_buddy *buddy, int max_order)
 
 	for (i = 0; i <= buddy->max_order; ++i) {
 		s = BITS_TO_LONGS(1 << (buddy->max_order - i));
-		buddy->bits[i] = kcalloc(s, sizeof (long), GFP_KERNEL | __GFP_NOWARN);
-		if (!buddy->bits[i]) {
-			buddy->bits[i] = vzalloc(s * sizeof(long));
-			if (!buddy->bits[i])
-				goto err_out_free;
-		}
+		buddy->bits[i] = kvzalloc(s * sizeof(long), GFP_KERNEL);
+		if (!buddy->bits[i])
+			goto err_out_free;
 	}
 
 	set_bit(0, buddy->bits[buddy->max_order]);
diff --git a/drivers/nvdimm/dimm_devs.c b/drivers/nvdimm/dimm_devs.c
index 0eedc49e0d47..3bd332b167d9 100644
--- a/drivers/nvdimm/dimm_devs.c
+++ b/drivers/nvdimm/dimm_devs.c
@@ -102,10 +102,7 @@ int nvdimm_init_config_data(struct nvdimm_drvdata *ndd)
 		return -ENXIO;
 	}
 
-	ndd->data = kmalloc(ndd->nsarea.config_size, GFP_KERNEL);
-	if (!ndd->data)
-		ndd->data = vmalloc(ndd->nsarea.config_size);
-
+	ndd->data = kvmalloc(ndd->nsarea.config_size, GFP_KERNEL);
 	if (!ndd->data)
 		return -ENOMEM;
 
diff --git a/drivers/staging/lustre/lnet/libcfs/linux/linux-mem.c b/drivers/staging/lustre/lnet/libcfs/linux/linux-mem.c
index a6a76a681ea9..8f638267e704 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/lustre/lnet/libcfs/linux/linux-mem.c
+++ b/drivers/staging/lustre/lnet/libcfs/linux/linux-mem.c
@@ -45,15 +45,6 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL(libcfs_kvzalloc);
 void *libcfs_kvzalloc_cpt(struct cfs_cpt_table *cptab, int cpt, size_t size,
 			  gfp_t flags)
 {
-	void *ret;
-
-	ret = kzalloc_node(size, flags | __GFP_NOWARN,
-			   cfs_cpt_spread_node(cptab, cpt));
-	if (!ret) {
-		WARN_ON(!(flags & (__GFP_FS | __GFP_HIGH)));
-		ret = vmalloc_node(size, cfs_cpt_spread_node(cptab, cpt));
-	}
-
-	return ret;
+	return kvzalloc_node(size, flags, cfs_cpt_spread_node(cptab, cpt));
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(libcfs_kvzalloc_cpt);
diff --git a/drivers/xen/evtchn.c b/drivers/xen/evtchn.c
index 6890897a6f30..10f1ef582659 100644
--- a/drivers/xen/evtchn.c
+++ b/drivers/xen/evtchn.c
@@ -87,18 +87,6 @@ struct user_evtchn {
 	bool enabled;
 };
 
-static evtchn_port_t *evtchn_alloc_ring(unsigned int size)
-{
-	evtchn_port_t *ring;
-	size_t s = size * sizeof(*ring);
-
-	ring = kmalloc(s, GFP_KERNEL);
-	if (!ring)
-		ring = vmalloc(s);
-
-	return ring;
-}
-
 static void evtchn_free_ring(evtchn_port_t *ring)
 {
 	kvfree(ring);
@@ -334,7 +322,7 @@ static int evtchn_resize_ring(struct per_user_data *u)
 	else
 		new_size = 2 * u->ring_size;
 
-	new_ring = evtchn_alloc_ring(new_size);
+	new_ring = kvmalloc(new_size * sizeof(*new_ring), GFP_KERNEL);
 	if (!new_ring)
 		return -ENOMEM;
 
diff --git a/fs/btrfs/ctree.c b/fs/btrfs/ctree.c
index 146b2dc0d2cf..4fc9712d927d 100644
--- a/fs/btrfs/ctree.c
+++ b/fs/btrfs/ctree.c
@@ -5391,13 +5391,10 @@ int btrfs_compare_trees(struct btrfs_root *left_root,
 		goto out;
 	}
 
-	tmp_buf = kmalloc(fs_info->nodesize, GFP_KERNEL | __GFP_NOWARN);
+	tmp_buf = kvmalloc(fs_info->nodesize, GFP_KERNEL);
 	if (!tmp_buf) {
-		tmp_buf = vmalloc(fs_info->nodesize);
-		if (!tmp_buf) {
-			ret = -ENOMEM;
-			goto out;
-		}
+		ret = -ENOMEM;
+		goto out;
 	}
 
 	left_path->search_commit_root = 1;
diff --git a/fs/btrfs/ioctl.c b/fs/btrfs/ioctl.c
index 77dabfed3a5d..6f0b488c7428 100644
--- a/fs/btrfs/ioctl.c
+++ b/fs/btrfs/ioctl.c
@@ -3547,12 +3547,9 @@ static int btrfs_clone(struct inode *src, struct inode *inode,
 	u64 last_dest_end = destoff;
 
 	ret = -ENOMEM;
-	buf = kmalloc(fs_info->nodesize, GFP_KERNEL | __GFP_NOWARN);
-	if (!buf) {
-		buf = vmalloc(fs_info->nodesize);
-		if (!buf)
-			return ret;
-	}
+	buf = kvmalloc(fs_info->nodesize, GFP_KERNEL);
+	if (!buf)
+		return ret;
 
 	path = btrfs_alloc_path();
 	if (!path) {
diff --git a/fs/btrfs/send.c b/fs/btrfs/send.c
index d145ce804620..0621ca2a7b5d 100644
--- a/fs/btrfs/send.c
+++ b/fs/btrfs/send.c
@@ -6242,22 +6242,16 @@ long btrfs_ioctl_send(struct file *mnt_file, void __user *arg_)
 	sctx->clone_roots_cnt = arg->clone_sources_count;
 
 	sctx->send_max_size = BTRFS_SEND_BUF_SIZE;
-	sctx->send_buf = kmalloc(sctx->send_max_size, GFP_KERNEL | __GFP_NOWARN);
+	sctx->send_buf = kvmalloc(sctx->send_max_size, GFP_KERNEL);
 	if (!sctx->send_buf) {
-		sctx->send_buf = vmalloc(sctx->send_max_size);
-		if (!sctx->send_buf) {
-			ret = -ENOMEM;
-			goto out;
-		}
+		ret = -ENOMEM;
+		goto out;
 	}
 
-	sctx->read_buf = kmalloc(BTRFS_SEND_READ_SIZE, GFP_KERNEL | __GFP_NOWARN);
+	sctx->read_buf = kvmalloc(BTRFS_SEND_READ_SIZE, GFP_KERNEL);
 	if (!sctx->read_buf) {
-		sctx->read_buf = vmalloc(BTRFS_SEND_READ_SIZE);
-		if (!sctx->read_buf) {
-			ret = -ENOMEM;
-			goto out;
-		}
+		ret = -ENOMEM;
+		goto out;
 	}
 
 	sctx->pending_dir_moves = RB_ROOT;
@@ -6278,13 +6272,10 @@ long btrfs_ioctl_send(struct file *mnt_file, void __user *arg_)
 	alloc_size = arg->clone_sources_count * sizeof(*arg->clone_sources);
 
 	if (arg->clone_sources_count) {
-		clone_sources_tmp = kmalloc(alloc_size, GFP_KERNEL | __GFP_NOWARN);
+		clone_sources_tmp = kvmalloc(alloc_size, GFP_KERNEL);
 		if (!clone_sources_tmp) {
-			clone_sources_tmp = vmalloc(alloc_size);
-			if (!clone_sources_tmp) {
-				ret = -ENOMEM;
-				goto out;
-			}
+			ret = -ENOMEM;
+			goto out;
 		}
 
 		ret = copy_from_user(clone_sources_tmp, arg->clone_sources,
diff --git a/fs/ceph/file.c b/fs/ceph/file.c
index 045d30d26624..78b18acf33ba 100644
--- a/fs/ceph/file.c
+++ b/fs/ceph/file.c
@@ -74,12 +74,9 @@ dio_get_pages_alloc(const struct iov_iter *it, size_t nbytes,
 	align = (unsigned long)(it->iov->iov_base + it->iov_offset) &
 		(PAGE_SIZE - 1);
 	npages = calc_pages_for(align, nbytes);
-	pages = kmalloc(sizeof(*pages) * npages, GFP_KERNEL);
-	if (!pages) {
-		pages = vmalloc(sizeof(*pages) * npages);
-		if (!pages)
-			return ERR_PTR(-ENOMEM);
-	}
+	pages = kvmalloc(sizeof(*pages) * npages, GFP_KERNEL);
+	if (!pages)
+		return ERR_PTR(-ENOMEM);
 
 	for (idx = 0; idx < npages; ) {
 		size_t start;
diff --git a/fs/select.c b/fs/select.c
index 305c0daf5d67..9e8e1189eb99 100644
--- a/fs/select.c
+++ b/fs/select.c
@@ -586,10 +586,7 @@ int core_sys_select(int n, fd_set __user *inp, fd_set __user *outp,
 			goto out_nofds;
 
 		alloc_size = 6 * size;
-		bits = kmalloc(alloc_size, GFP_KERNEL|__GFP_NOWARN);
-		if (!bits && alloc_size > PAGE_SIZE)
-			bits = vmalloc(alloc_size);
-
+		bits = kvmalloc(alloc_size, GFP_KERNEL);
 		if (!bits)
 			goto out_nofds;
 	}
diff --git a/fs/xattr.c b/fs/xattr.c
index 7e3317cf4045..4269a7c26db7 100644
--- a/fs/xattr.c
+++ b/fs/xattr.c
@@ -431,12 +431,9 @@ setxattr(struct dentry *d, const char __user *name, const void __user *value,
 	if (size) {
 		if (size > XATTR_SIZE_MAX)
 			return -E2BIG;
-		kvalue = kmalloc(size, GFP_KERNEL | __GFP_NOWARN);
-		if (!kvalue) {
-			kvalue = vmalloc(size);
-			if (!kvalue)
-				return -ENOMEM;
-		}
+		kvalue = kvmalloc(size, GFP_KERNEL);
+		if (!kvalue)
+			return -ENOMEM;
 		if (copy_from_user(kvalue, value, size)) {
 			error = -EFAULT;
 			goto out;
@@ -528,12 +525,9 @@ getxattr(struct dentry *d, const char __user *name, void __user *value,
 	if (size) {
 		if (size > XATTR_SIZE_MAX)
 			size = XATTR_SIZE_MAX;
-		kvalue = kzalloc(size, GFP_KERNEL | __GFP_NOWARN);
-		if (!kvalue) {
-			kvalue = vmalloc(size);
-			if (!kvalue)
-				return -ENOMEM;
-		}
+		kvalue = kvmalloc(size, GFP_KERNEL);
+		if (!kvalue)
+			return -ENOMEM;
 	}
 
 	error = vfs_getxattr(d, kname, kvalue, size);
@@ -611,12 +605,9 @@ listxattr(struct dentry *d, char __user *list, size_t size)
 	if (size) {
 		if (size > XATTR_LIST_MAX)
 			size = XATTR_LIST_MAX;
-		klist = kmalloc(size, __GFP_NOWARN | GFP_KERNEL);
-		if (!klist) {
-			klist = vmalloc(size);
-			if (!klist)
-				return -ENOMEM;
-		}
+		klist = kvmalloc(size, GFP_KERNEL);
+		if (!klist)
+			return -ENOMEM;
 	}
 
 	error = vfs_listxattr(d, klist, size);
diff --git a/kernel/bpf/hashtab.c b/kernel/bpf/hashtab.c
index 34debc1a9641..4ca30a951bbc 100644
--- a/kernel/bpf/hashtab.c
+++ b/kernel/bpf/hashtab.c
@@ -320,14 +320,9 @@ static struct bpf_map *htab_map_alloc(union bpf_attr *attr)
 		goto free_htab;
 
 	err = -ENOMEM;
-	htab->buckets = kmalloc_array(htab->n_buckets, sizeof(struct bucket),
-				      GFP_USER | __GFP_NOWARN);
-
-	if (!htab->buckets) {
-		htab->buckets = vmalloc(htab->n_buckets * sizeof(struct bucket));
-		if (!htab->buckets)
-			goto free_htab;
-	}
+	htab->buckets = kvmalloc(htab->n_buckets * sizeof(struct bucket), GFP_USER);
+	if (!htab->buckets)
+		goto free_htab;
 
 	for (i = 0; i < htab->n_buckets; i++) {
 		INIT_HLIST_HEAD(&htab->buckets[i].head);
diff --git a/lib/iov_iter.c b/lib/iov_iter.c
index 25f572303801..45c17b5562b5 100644
--- a/lib/iov_iter.c
+++ b/lib/iov_iter.c
@@ -957,10 +957,7 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL(iov_iter_get_pages);
 
 static struct page **get_pages_array(size_t n)
 {
-	struct page **p = kmalloc(n * sizeof(struct page *), GFP_KERNEL);
-	if (!p)
-		p = vmalloc(n * sizeof(struct page *));
-	return p;
+	return kvmalloc(n * sizeof(struct page *), GFP_KERNEL);
 }
 
 static ssize_t pipe_get_pages_alloc(struct iov_iter *i,
diff --git a/mm/frame_vector.c b/mm/frame_vector.c
index db77dcb38afd..72ebec18629c 100644
--- a/mm/frame_vector.c
+++ b/mm/frame_vector.c
@@ -200,10 +200,7 @@ struct frame_vector *frame_vector_create(unsigned int nr_frames)
 	 * Avoid higher order allocations, use vmalloc instead. It should
 	 * be rare anyway.
 	 */
-	if (size <= PAGE_SIZE)
-		vec = kmalloc(size, GFP_KERNEL);
-	else
-		vec = vmalloc(size);
+	vec = kvmalloc(size, GFP_KERNEL);
 	if (!vec)
 		return NULL;
 	vec->nr_allocated = nr_frames;
diff --git a/net/ipv4/inet_hashtables.c b/net/ipv4/inet_hashtables.c
index ca97835bfec4..a46a9fd8b540 100644
--- a/net/ipv4/inet_hashtables.c
+++ b/net/ipv4/inet_hashtables.c
@@ -687,11 +687,7 @@ int inet_ehash_locks_alloc(struct inet_hashinfo *hashinfo)
 		/* no more locks than number of hash buckets */
 		nblocks = min(nblocks, hashinfo->ehash_mask + 1);
 
-		hashinfo->ehash_locks =	kmalloc_array(nblocks, locksz,
-						      GFP_KERNEL | __GFP_NOWARN);
-		if (!hashinfo->ehash_locks)
-			hashinfo->ehash_locks = vmalloc(nblocks * locksz);
-
+		hashinfo->ehash_locks = kvmalloc(nblocks * locksz, GFP_KERNEL);
 		if (!hashinfo->ehash_locks)
 			return -ENOMEM;
 
diff --git a/net/ipv4/tcp_metrics.c b/net/ipv4/tcp_metrics.c
index d46f4d5b1c62..39b2166d3be8 100644
--- a/net/ipv4/tcp_metrics.c
+++ b/net/ipv4/tcp_metrics.c
@@ -1155,10 +1155,7 @@ static int __net_init tcp_net_metrics_init(struct net *net)
 	tcp_metrics_hash_log = order_base_2(slots);
 	size = sizeof(struct tcpm_hash_bucket) << tcp_metrics_hash_log;
 
-	tcp_metrics_hash = kzalloc(size, GFP_KERNEL | __GFP_NOWARN);
-	if (!tcp_metrics_hash)
-		tcp_metrics_hash = vzalloc(size);
-
+	tcp_metrics_hash = kvzalloc(size, GFP_KERNEL);
 	if (!tcp_metrics_hash)
 		return -ENOMEM;
 
diff --git a/net/mpls/af_mpls.c b/net/mpls/af_mpls.c
index 15fe97644ffe..a0c82ef74389 100644
--- a/net/mpls/af_mpls.c
+++ b/net/mpls/af_mpls.c
@@ -1525,10 +1525,7 @@ static int resize_platform_label_table(struct net *net, size_t limit)
 	unsigned index;
 
 	if (size) {
-		labels = kzalloc(size, GFP_KERNEL | __GFP_NOWARN | __GFP_NORETRY);
-		if (!labels)
-			labels = vzalloc(size);
-
+		labels = kvzalloc(size, GFP_KERNEL);
 		if (!labels)
 			goto nolabels;
 	}
diff --git a/net/netfilter/x_tables.c b/net/netfilter/x_tables.c
index a011322a027d..eeed0af3ea25 100644
--- a/net/netfilter/x_tables.c
+++ b/net/netfilter/x_tables.c
@@ -712,17 +712,11 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL(xt_check_entry_offsets);
  */
 unsigned int *xt_alloc_entry_offsets(unsigned int size)
 {
-	unsigned int *off;
-
-	off = kcalloc(size, sizeof(unsigned int), GFP_KERNEL | __GFP_NOWARN);
-
-	if (off)
-		return off;
-
 	if (size < (SIZE_MAX / sizeof(unsigned int)))
-		off = vmalloc(size * sizeof(unsigned int));
+		return kvmalloc(size * sizeof(unsigned int), GFP_KERNEL);
+
+	return NULL;
 
-	return off;
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(xt_alloc_entry_offsets);
 
@@ -956,15 +950,9 @@ struct xt_table_info *xt_alloc_table_info(unsigned int size)
 	if ((SMP_ALIGN(size) >> PAGE_SHIFT) + 2 > totalram_pages)
 		return NULL;
 
-	if (sz <= (PAGE_SIZE << PAGE_ALLOC_COSTLY_ORDER))
-		info = kmalloc(sz, GFP_KERNEL | __GFP_NOWARN | __GFP_NORETRY);
-	if (!info) {
-		info = __vmalloc(sz, GFP_KERNEL | __GFP_NOWARN |
-				     __GFP_NORETRY | __GFP_HIGHMEM,
-				 PAGE_KERNEL);
-		if (!info)
-			return NULL;
-	}
+	info = kvmalloc(sz, GFP_KERNEL);
+	if (!info)
+		return NULL;
 	memset(info, 0, sizeof(*info));
 	info->size = size;
 	return info;
@@ -1066,7 +1054,7 @@ static int xt_jumpstack_alloc(struct xt_table_info *i)
 
 	size = sizeof(void **) * nr_cpu_ids;
 	if (size > PAGE_SIZE)
-		i->jumpstack = vzalloc(size);
+		i->jumpstack = kvzalloc(size, GFP_KERNEL);
 	else
 		i->jumpstack = kzalloc(size, GFP_KERNEL);
 	if (i->jumpstack == NULL)
@@ -1088,12 +1076,8 @@ static int xt_jumpstack_alloc(struct xt_table_info *i)
 	 */
 	size = sizeof(void *) * i->stacksize * 2u;
 	for_each_possible_cpu(cpu) {
-		if (size > PAGE_SIZE)
-			i->jumpstack[cpu] = vmalloc_node(size,
-				cpu_to_node(cpu));
-		else
-			i->jumpstack[cpu] = kmalloc_node(size,
-				GFP_KERNEL, cpu_to_node(cpu));
+		i->jumpstack[cpu] = kvmalloc_node(size, GFP_KERNEL,
+			cpu_to_node(cpu));
 		if (i->jumpstack[cpu] == NULL)
 			/*
 			 * Freeing will be done later on by the callers. The
diff --git a/net/netfilter/xt_recent.c b/net/netfilter/xt_recent.c
index 1d89a4eaf841..d6aa8f63ed2e 100644
--- a/net/netfilter/xt_recent.c
+++ b/net/netfilter/xt_recent.c
@@ -388,10 +388,7 @@ static int recent_mt_check(const struct xt_mtchk_param *par,
 	}
 
 	sz = sizeof(*t) + sizeof(t->iphash[0]) * ip_list_hash_size;
-	if (sz <= PAGE_SIZE)
-		t = kzalloc(sz, GFP_KERNEL);
-	else
-		t = vzalloc(sz);
+	t = kvzalloc(sz, GFP_KERNEL);
 	if (t == NULL) {
 		ret = -ENOMEM;
 		goto out;
diff --git a/net/sched/sch_choke.c b/net/sched/sch_choke.c
index 3b6d5bd69101..30d6a39fd2c8 100644
--- a/net/sched/sch_choke.c
+++ b/net/sched/sch_choke.c
@@ -431,10 +431,7 @@ static int choke_change(struct Qdisc *sch, struct nlattr *opt)
 	if (mask != q->tab_mask) {
 		struct sk_buff **ntab;
 
-		ntab = kcalloc(mask + 1, sizeof(struct sk_buff *),
-			       GFP_KERNEL | __GFP_NOWARN);
-		if (!ntab)
-			ntab = vzalloc((mask + 1) * sizeof(struct sk_buff *));
+		ntab = kvzalloc((mask + 1) * sizeof(struct sk_buff *), GFP_KERNEL);
 		if (!ntab)
 			return -ENOMEM;
 
diff --git a/net/sched/sch_fq_codel.c b/net/sched/sch_fq_codel.c
index a5ea0e9b6be4..04e2d006f277 100644
--- a/net/sched/sch_fq_codel.c
+++ b/net/sched/sch_fq_codel.c
@@ -449,27 +449,13 @@ static int fq_codel_change(struct Qdisc *sch, struct nlattr *opt)
 	return 0;
 }
 
-static void *fq_codel_zalloc(size_t sz)
-{
-	void *ptr = kzalloc(sz, GFP_KERNEL | __GFP_NOWARN);
-
-	if (!ptr)
-		ptr = vzalloc(sz);
-	return ptr;
-}
-
-static void fq_codel_free(void *addr)
-{
-	kvfree(addr);
-}
-
 static void fq_codel_destroy(struct Qdisc *sch)
 {
 	struct fq_codel_sched_data *q = qdisc_priv(sch);
 
 	tcf_destroy_chain(&q->filter_list);
-	fq_codel_free(q->backlogs);
-	fq_codel_free(q->flows);
+	kvfree(q->backlogs);
+	kvfree(q->flows);
 }
 
 static int fq_codel_init(struct Qdisc *sch, struct nlattr *opt)
@@ -497,13 +483,13 @@ static int fq_codel_init(struct Qdisc *sch, struct nlattr *opt)
 	}
 
 	if (!q->flows) {
-		q->flows = fq_codel_zalloc(q->flows_cnt *
-					   sizeof(struct fq_codel_flow));
+		q->flows = kvmalloc(q->flows_cnt *
+					   sizeof(struct fq_codel_flow), GFP_KERNEL);
 		if (!q->flows)
 			return -ENOMEM;
-		q->backlogs = fq_codel_zalloc(q->flows_cnt * sizeof(u32));
+		q->backlogs = kvmalloc(q->flows_cnt * sizeof(u32), GFP_KERNEL);
 		if (!q->backlogs) {
-			fq_codel_free(q->flows);
+			kvfree(q->flows);
 			return -ENOMEM;
 		}
 		for (i = 0; i < q->flows_cnt; i++) {
diff --git a/net/sched/sch_hhf.c b/net/sched/sch_hhf.c
index e3d0458af17b..858b2de5db59 100644
--- a/net/sched/sch_hhf.c
+++ b/net/sched/sch_hhf.c
@@ -467,29 +467,14 @@ static void hhf_reset(struct Qdisc *sch)
 		rtnl_kfree_skbs(skb, skb);
 }
 
-static void *hhf_zalloc(size_t sz)
-{
-	void *ptr = kzalloc(sz, GFP_KERNEL | __GFP_NOWARN);
-
-	if (!ptr)
-		ptr = vzalloc(sz);
-
-	return ptr;
-}
-
-static void hhf_free(void *addr)
-{
-	kvfree(addr);
-}
-
 static void hhf_destroy(struct Qdisc *sch)
 {
 	int i;
 	struct hhf_sched_data *q = qdisc_priv(sch);
 
 	for (i = 0; i < HHF_ARRAYS_CNT; i++) {
-		hhf_free(q->hhf_arrays[i]);
-		hhf_free(q->hhf_valid_bits[i]);
+		kvfree(q->hhf_arrays[i]);
+		kvfree(q->hhf_valid_bits[i]);
 	}
 
 	for (i = 0; i < HH_FLOWS_CNT; i++) {
@@ -503,7 +488,7 @@ static void hhf_destroy(struct Qdisc *sch)
 			kfree(flow);
 		}
 	}
-	hhf_free(q->hh_flows);
+	kvfree(q->hh_flows);
 }
 
 static const struct nla_policy hhf_policy[TCA_HHF_MAX + 1] = {
@@ -609,8 +594,8 @@ static int hhf_init(struct Qdisc *sch, struct nlattr *opt)
 
 	if (!q->hh_flows) {
 		/* Initialize heavy-hitter flow table. */
-		q->hh_flows = hhf_zalloc(HH_FLOWS_CNT *
-					 sizeof(struct list_head));
+		q->hh_flows = kvmalloc(HH_FLOWS_CNT *
+					 sizeof(struct list_head), GFP_KERNEL);
 		if (!q->hh_flows)
 			return -ENOMEM;
 		for (i = 0; i < HH_FLOWS_CNT; i++)
@@ -624,8 +609,8 @@ static int hhf_init(struct Qdisc *sch, struct nlattr *opt)
 
 		/* Initialize heavy-hitter filter arrays. */
 		for (i = 0; i < HHF_ARRAYS_CNT; i++) {
-			q->hhf_arrays[i] = hhf_zalloc(HHF_ARRAYS_LEN *
-						      sizeof(u32));
+			q->hhf_arrays[i] = kvmalloc(HHF_ARRAYS_LEN *
+						      sizeof(u32), GFP_KERNEL);
 			if (!q->hhf_arrays[i]) {
 				hhf_destroy(sch);
 				return -ENOMEM;
@@ -635,8 +620,8 @@ static int hhf_init(struct Qdisc *sch, struct nlattr *opt)
 
 		/* Initialize valid bits of heavy-hitter filter arrays. */
 		for (i = 0; i < HHF_ARRAYS_CNT; i++) {
-			q->hhf_valid_bits[i] = hhf_zalloc(HHF_ARRAYS_LEN /
-							  BITS_PER_BYTE);
+			q->hhf_valid_bits[i] = kvmalloc(HHF_ARRAYS_LEN /
+							  BITS_PER_BYTE, GFP_KERNEL);
 			if (!q->hhf_valid_bits[i]) {
 				hhf_destroy(sch);
 				return -ENOMEM;
diff --git a/net/sched/sch_netem.c b/net/sched/sch_netem.c
index bcfadfdea8e0..08a3d2af1792 100644
--- a/net/sched/sch_netem.c
+++ b/net/sched/sch_netem.c
@@ -692,15 +692,11 @@ static int get_dist_table(struct Qdisc *sch, const struct nlattr *attr)
 	spinlock_t *root_lock;
 	struct disttable *d;
 	int i;
-	size_t s;
 
 	if (n > NETEM_DIST_MAX)
 		return -EINVAL;
 
-	s = sizeof(struct disttable) + n * sizeof(s16);
-	d = kmalloc(s, GFP_KERNEL | __GFP_NOWARN);
-	if (!d)
-		d = vmalloc(s);
+	d = kvmalloc(sizeof(struct disttable) + n * sizeof(s16), GFP_KERNEL);
 	if (!d)
 		return -ENOMEM;
 
diff --git a/net/sched/sch_sfq.c b/net/sched/sch_sfq.c
index 7f195ed4d568..5d70cd6a032d 100644
--- a/net/sched/sch_sfq.c
+++ b/net/sched/sch_sfq.c
@@ -684,11 +684,7 @@ static int sfq_change(struct Qdisc *sch, struct nlattr *opt)
 
 static void *sfq_alloc(size_t sz)
 {
-	void *ptr = kmalloc(sz, GFP_KERNEL | __GFP_NOWARN);
-
-	if (!ptr)
-		ptr = vmalloc(sz);
-	return ptr;
+	return  kvmalloc(sz, GFP_KERNEL);
 }
 
 static void sfq_free(void *addr)
diff --git a/security/keys/keyctl.c b/security/keys/keyctl.c
index 38c00e867bda..a5c21f05ece4 100644
--- a/security/keys/keyctl.c
+++ b/security/keys/keyctl.c
@@ -99,14 +99,9 @@ SYSCALL_DEFINE5(add_key, const char __user *, _type,
 
 	if (_payload) {
 		ret = -ENOMEM;
-		payload = kmalloc(plen, GFP_KERNEL | __GFP_NOWARN);
-		if (!payload) {
-			if (plen <= PAGE_SIZE)
-				goto error2;
-			payload = vmalloc(plen);
-			if (!payload)
-				goto error2;
-		}
+		payload = kvmalloc(plen, GFP_KERNEL);
+		if (!payload)
+			goto error2;
 
 		ret = -EFAULT;
 		if (copy_from_user(payload, _payload, plen) != 0)
@@ -1064,14 +1059,9 @@ long keyctl_instantiate_key_common(key_serial_t id,
 
 	if (from) {
 		ret = -ENOMEM;
-		payload = kmalloc(plen, GFP_KERNEL);
-		if (!payload) {
-			if (plen <= PAGE_SIZE)
-				goto error;
-			payload = vmalloc(plen);
-			if (!payload)
-				goto error;
-		}
+		payload = kvmalloc(plen, GFP_KERNEL);
+		if (!payload)
+			goto error;
 
 		ret = -EFAULT;
 		if (!copy_from_iter_full(payload, plen, from))
