diff --git a/fs/relayfs/buffers.c b/fs/relayfs/buffers.c
index 2aa8e2719999..84e21ffa5ca8 100644
--- a/fs/relayfs/buffers.c
+++ b/fs/relayfs/buffers.c
@@ -109,7 +109,7 @@ static void *relay_alloc_buf(struct rchan_buf *buf, unsigned long size)
 		if (unlikely(!buf->page_array[i]))
 			goto depopulate;
 	}
-	mem = vmap(buf->page_array, n_pages, GFP_KERNEL, PAGE_KERNEL);
+	mem = vmap(buf->page_array, n_pages, VM_MAP, PAGE_KERNEL);
 	if (!mem)
 		goto depopulate;