diff --git a/include/drm/drm_mem_util.h b/include/drm/drm_mem_util.h
index 19a240446fca657e9928e93defa3ead34905ee56..e42495ad813632002d5d313da5351e615240f274 100644
--- a/include/drm/drm_mem_util.h
+++ b/include/drm/drm_mem_util.h
@@ -56,10 +56,7 @@ static __inline__ void *drm_malloc_ab(size_t nmemb, size_t size)
 
 static __inline void drm_free_large(void *ptr)
 {
-	if (!is_vmalloc_addr(ptr))
-		return kfree(ptr);
-
-	vfree(ptr);
+	kvfree(ptr);
 }
 
 #endif