diff --git a/net/core/dev.c b/net/core/dev.c
index 683d493aa1bf..805456147c30 100644
--- a/net/core/dev.c
+++ b/net/core/dev.c
@@ -6172,13 +6172,16 @@ static int netif_alloc_rx_queues(struct net_device *dev)
 {
 	unsigned int i, count = dev->num_rx_queues;
 	struct netdev_rx_queue *rx;
+	size_t sz = count * sizeof(*rx);
 
 	BUG_ON(count < 1);
 
-	rx = kcalloc(count, sizeof(struct netdev_rx_queue), GFP_KERNEL);
-	if (!rx)
-		return -ENOMEM;
-
+	rx = kzalloc(sz, GFP_KERNEL | __GFP_NOWARN | __GFP_REPEAT);
+	if (!rx) {
+		rx = vzalloc(sz);
+		if (!rx)
+			return -ENOMEM;
+	}
 	dev->_rx = rx;
 
 	for (i = 0; i < count; i++)
@@ -6808,7 +6811,7 @@ void free_netdev(struct net_device *dev)
 
 	netif_free_tx_queues(dev);
 #ifdef CONFIG_SYSFS
-	kfree(dev->_rx);
+	kvfree(dev->_rx);
 #endif
 
 	kfree(rcu_dereference_protected(dev->ingress_queue, 1));