diff --git a/sound/mips/sgio2audio.c b/sound/mips/sgio2audio.c
index 8691f4cf6191fc8500d4995c42e227bd8680a6c6..f1d9d16b54864258ce47868556f4b2f5888909f7 100644
--- a/sound/mips/sgio2audio.c
+++ b/sound/mips/sgio2audio.c
@@ -609,7 +609,7 @@ static int snd_sgio2audio_pcm_hw_params(struct snd_pcm_substream *substream,
 	/* alloc virtual 'dma' area */
 	if (runtime->dma_area)
 		vfree(runtime->dma_area);
-	runtime->dma_area = vmalloc(size);
+	runtime->dma_area = vmalloc_user(size);
 	if (runtime->dma_area == NULL)
 		return -ENOMEM;
 	runtime->dma_bytes = size;
diff --git a/sound/pcmcia/pdaudiocf/pdaudiocf_pcm.c b/sound/pcmcia/pdaudiocf/pdaudiocf_pcm.c
index d057e648964389a53c7905a68311ecf35aff552a..5cfa608823f78d65e3f80d9e6b9ff08e377acb31 100644
--- a/sound/pcmcia/pdaudiocf/pdaudiocf_pcm.c
+++ b/sound/pcmcia/pdaudiocf/pdaudiocf_pcm.c
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ static int snd_pcm_alloc_vmalloc_buffer(struct snd_pcm_substream *subs, size_t s
 			return 0; /* already enough large */
 		vfree(runtime->dma_area);
 	}
-	runtime->dma_area = vmalloc_32(size);
+	runtime->dma_area = vmalloc_32_user(size);
 	if (! runtime->dma_area)
 		return -ENOMEM;
 	runtime->dma_bytes = size;
diff --git a/sound/usb/usbaudio.c b/sound/usb/usbaudio.c
index f352141cf8eec9df10a88a88479a123d9fdb1d1e..af8869a8a79e87aa6c8e44771b6a65cc22f278b9 100644
--- a/sound/usb/usbaudio.c
+++ b/sound/usb/usbaudio.c
@@ -752,7 +752,7 @@ static int snd_pcm_alloc_vmalloc_buffer(struct snd_pcm_substream *subs, size_t s
 			return 0; /* already large enough */
 		vfree(runtime->dma_area);
 	}
-	runtime->dma_area = vmalloc(size);
+	runtime->dma_area = vmalloc_user(size);
 	if (!runtime->dma_area)
 		return -ENOMEM;
 	runtime->dma_bytes = size;