diff --git a/drivers/input/evdev.c b/drivers/input/evdev.c
index b6ded17b3be3adda86ca93bf582f679f837442aa..a06e12552886fa57ffbe1731eb744762666cd787 100644
--- a/drivers/input/evdev.c
+++ b/drivers/input/evdev.c
@@ -18,6 +18,8 @@
 #include <linux/poll.h>
 #include <linux/sched.h>
 #include <linux/slab.h>
+#include <linux/vmalloc.h>
+#include <linux/mm.h>
 #include <linux/module.h>
 #include <linux/init.h>
 #include <linux/input/mt.h>
@@ -369,7 +371,11 @@ static int evdev_release(struct inode *inode, struct file *file)
 	mutex_unlock(&evdev->mutex);
 
 	evdev_detach_client(evdev, client);
-	kfree(client);
+
+	if (is_vmalloc_addr(client))
+		vfree(client);
+	else
+		kfree(client);
 
 	evdev_close_device(evdev);
 
@@ -389,12 +395,14 @@ static int evdev_open(struct inode *inode, struct file *file)
 {
 	struct evdev *evdev = container_of(inode->i_cdev, struct evdev, cdev);
 	unsigned int bufsize = evdev_compute_buffer_size(evdev->handle.dev);
+	unsigned int size = sizeof(struct evdev_client) +
+					bufsize * sizeof(struct input_event);
 	struct evdev_client *client;
 	int error;
 
-	client = kzalloc(sizeof(struct evdev_client) +
-				bufsize * sizeof(struct input_event),
-			 GFP_KERNEL);
+	client = kzalloc(size, GFP_KERNEL | __GFP_NOWARN);
+	if (!client)
+		client = vzalloc(size);
 	if (!client)
 		return -ENOMEM;