diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/virtio/virtgpu_object.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/virtio/virtgpu_object.c
index 2d3aa7baffe4..d9ad27e00905 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/virtio/virtgpu_object.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/virtio/virtgpu_object.c
@@ -184,8 +184,9 @@ static int virtio_gpu_object_shmem_init(struct virtio_gpu_device *vgdev,
 		*nents = shmem->pages->orig_nents;
 	}
 
-	*ents = kmalloc_array(*nents, sizeof(struct virtio_gpu_mem_entry),
-			      GFP_KERNEL);
+	*ents = kvmalloc_array(*nents,
+			       sizeof(struct virtio_gpu_mem_entry),
+			       GFP_KERNEL);
 	if (!(*ents)) {
 		DRM_ERROR("failed to allocate ent list\n");
 		return -ENOMEM;