diff --git a/fs/xattr.c b/fs/xattr.c
index 1d7ac379045879b827b196f0d7a7420fe33c783d..4d45b7189e7eaa352da0567b8fe4a2d1b738c999 100644
--- a/fs/xattr.c
+++ b/fs/xattr.c
@@ -427,6 +427,7 @@ getxattr(struct dentry *d, const char __user *name, void __user *value,
 {
 	ssize_t error;
 	void *kvalue = NULL;
+	void *vvalue = NULL;
 	char kname[XATTR_NAME_MAX + 1];
 
 	error = strncpy_from_user(kname, name, sizeof(kname));
@@ -438,9 +439,13 @@ 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);
-		if (!kvalue)
-			return -ENOMEM;
+		kvalue = kzalloc(size, GFP_KERNEL | __GFP_NOWARN);
+		if (!kvalue) {
+			vvalue = vmalloc(size);
+			if (!vvalue)
+				return -ENOMEM;
+			kvalue = vvalue;
+		}
 	}
 
 	error = vfs_getxattr(d, kname, kvalue, size);
@@ -452,7 +457,10 @@ getxattr(struct dentry *d, const char __user *name, void __user *value,
 		   than XATTR_SIZE_MAX bytes. Not possible. */
 		error = -E2BIG;
 	}
-	kfree(kvalue);
+	if (vvalue)
+		vfree(vvalue);
+	else
+		kfree(kvalue);
 	return error;
 }