diff --git a/include/asm-i386/thread_info.h b/include/asm-i386/thread_info.h
index 4b187bb377b4278de91c851d4dfeb4a4ef422669..bf01d4b342bd40978997695c6298f65b55232c1d 100644
--- a/include/asm-i386/thread_info.h
+++ b/include/asm-i386/thread_info.h
@@ -95,12 +95,14 @@ static inline struct thread_info *current_thread_info(void)
 
 /* thread information allocation */
 #ifdef CONFIG_DEBUG_STACK_USAGE
-#define alloc_thread_info(tsk) kzalloc(THREAD_SIZE, GFP_KERNEL)
+#define alloc_thread_info(tsk) ((struct thread_info *) \
+	__get_free_pages(GFP_KERNEL| __GFP_ZERO, get_order(THREAD_SIZE)))
 #else
-#define alloc_thread_info(tsk) kmalloc(THREAD_SIZE, GFP_KERNEL)
+#define alloc_thread_info(tsk) ((struct thread_info *) \
+	__get_free_pages(GFP_KERNEL, get_order(THREAD_SIZE)))
 #endif
 
-#define free_thread_info(info)	kfree(info)
+#define free_thread_info(info)	free_pages((unsigned long)(info), get_order(THREAD_SIZE))
 
 #else /* !__ASSEMBLY__ */