diff --git a/kernel/gcov/clang.c b/kernel/gcov/clang.c
index c466c7fbdece..b81f2823630d 100644
--- a/kernel/gcov/clang.c
+++ b/kernel/gcov/clang.c
@@ -369,7 +369,7 @@ static struct gcov_fn_info *gcov_fn_info_dup(struct gcov_fn_info *fn)
 	INIT_LIST_HEAD(&fn_dup->head);
 
 	cv_size = fn->num_counters * sizeof(fn->counters[0]);
-	fn_dup->counters = vmalloc(cv_size);
+	fn_dup->counters = kvmalloc(cv_size, GFP_KERNEL);
 	if (!fn_dup->counters) {
 		kfree(fn_dup);
 		return NULL;