diff --git a/drivers/infiniband/core/umem.c b/drivers/infiniband/core/umem.c
index 73498723a5d5..81f44dadfa52 100644
--- a/drivers/infiniband/core/umem.c
+++ b/drivers/infiniband/core/umem.c
@@ -209,7 +209,8 @@ static struct ib_umem *__ib_umem_get_va(struct ib_device *device,
 
 	mmgrab(mm);
 
-	page_list = (struct page **) __get_free_page(GFP_KERNEL);
+	/* TODO: switch to "fast and as large as possible" allocation helper */
+	page_list = kmalloc(PAGE_SIZE, GFP_KERNEL);
 	if (!page_list) {
 		ret = -ENOMEM;
 		goto umem_kfree;
@@ -269,7 +270,7 @@ static struct ib_umem *__ib_umem_get_va(struct ib_device *device,
 	__ib_umem_release(device, umem, 0);
 	atomic64_sub(ib_umem_num_pages(umem), &mm->pinned_vm);
 out:
-	free_page((unsigned long) page_list);
+	kfree(page_list);
 umem_kfree:
 	if (ret) {
 		mmdrop(umem->owning_mm);