diff --git a/arch/ia64/kernel/perfmon.c b/arch/ia64/kernel/perfmon.c
index 46bff1661836..7a969f4c3534 100644
--- a/arch/ia64/kernel/perfmon.c
+++ b/arch/ia64/kernel/perfmon.c
@@ -583,17 +583,6 @@ pfm_put_task(struct task_struct *task)
 	if (task != current) put_task_struct(task);
 }
 
-static inline void
-pfm_reserve_page(unsigned long a)
-{
-	SetPageReserved(vmalloc_to_page((void *)a));
-}
-static inline void
-pfm_unreserve_page(unsigned long a)
-{
-	ClearPageReserved(vmalloc_to_page((void*)a));
-}
-
 static inline unsigned long
 pfm_protect_ctx_ctxsw(pfm_context_t *x)
 {
@@ -816,44 +805,6 @@ pfm_reset_msgq(pfm_context_t *ctx)
 	DPRINT(("ctx=%p msgq reset\n", ctx));
 }
 
-static void *
-pfm_rvmalloc(unsigned long size)
-{
-	void *mem;
-	unsigned long addr;
-
-	size = PAGE_ALIGN(size);
-	mem  = vzalloc(size);
-	if (mem) {
-		//printk("perfmon: CPU%d pfm_rvmalloc(%ld)=%p\n", smp_processor_id(), size, mem);
-		addr = (unsigned long)mem;
-		while (size > 0) {
-			pfm_reserve_page(addr);
-			addr+=PAGE_SIZE;
-			size-=PAGE_SIZE;
-		}
-	}
-	return mem;
-}
-
-static void
-pfm_rvfree(void *mem, unsigned long size)
-{
-	unsigned long addr;
-
-	if (mem) {
-		DPRINT(("freeing physical buffer @%p size=%lu\n", mem, size));
-		addr = (unsigned long) mem;
-		while ((long) size > 0) {
-			pfm_unreserve_page(addr);
-			addr+=PAGE_SIZE;
-			size-=PAGE_SIZE;
-		}
-		vfree(mem);
-	}
-	return;
-}
-
 static pfm_context_t *
 pfm_context_alloc(int ctx_flags)
 {
@@ -1498,7 +1449,7 @@ pfm_free_smpl_buffer(pfm_context_t *ctx)
 	/*
 	 * free the buffer
 	 */
-	pfm_rvfree(ctx->ctx_smpl_hdr, ctx->ctx_smpl_size);
+	vfree(ctx->ctx_smpl_hdr);
 
 	ctx->ctx_smpl_hdr  = NULL;
 	ctx->ctx_smpl_size = 0UL;
@@ -2137,7 +2088,7 @@ pfm_close(struct inode *inode, struct file *filp)
 	 * All memory free operations (especially for vmalloc'ed memory)
 	 * MUST be done with interrupts ENABLED.
 	 */
-	if (smpl_buf_addr)  pfm_rvfree(smpl_buf_addr, smpl_buf_size);
+	vfree(smpl_buf_addr);
 
 	/*
 	 * return the memory used by the context
@@ -2266,10 +2217,8 @@ pfm_smpl_buffer_alloc(struct task_struct *task, struct file *filp, pfm_context_t
 
 	/*
 	 * We do the easy to undo allocations first.
- 	 *
-	 * pfm_rvmalloc(), clears the buffer, so there is no leak
 	 */
-	smpl_buf = pfm_rvmalloc(size);
+	smpl_buf = vzalloc(size);
 	if (smpl_buf == NULL) {
 		DPRINT(("Can't allocate sampling buffer\n"));
 		return -ENOMEM;
@@ -2346,7 +2295,7 @@ pfm_smpl_buffer_alloc(struct task_struct *task, struct file *filp, pfm_context_t
 error:
 	vm_area_free(vma);
 error_kmem:
-	pfm_rvfree(smpl_buf, size);
+	vfree(smpl_buf);
 
 	return -ENOMEM;
 }