diff --git a/drivers/target/target_core_user.c b/drivers/target/target_core_user.c
index 396c2fa1ec22..4eeeaaf3796b 100644
--- a/drivers/target/target_core_user.c
+++ b/drivers/target/target_core_user.c
@@ -1633,7 +1633,7 @@ static void tcmu_dev_kref_release(struct kref *kref)
 	WARN_ON(!all_expired);
 
 	tcmu_blocks_release(&udev->data_blocks, 0, udev->dbi_max + 1);
-	kfree(udev->data_bitmap);
+	bitmap_free(udev->data_bitmap);
 	mutex_unlock(&udev->cmdr_lock);
 
 	call_rcu(&dev->rcu_head, tcmu_dev_call_rcu);
@@ -1841,9 +1841,7 @@ static int tcmu_configure_device(struct se_device *dev)
 	info = &udev->uio_info;
 
 	mutex_lock(&udev->cmdr_lock);
-	udev->data_bitmap = kcalloc(BITS_TO_LONGS(udev->max_blocks),
-				    sizeof(unsigned long),
-				    GFP_KERNEL);
+	udev->data_bitmap = bitmap_zalloc(udev->max_blocks, GFP_KERNEL);
 	mutex_unlock(&udev->cmdr_lock);
 	if (!udev->data_bitmap) {
 		ret = -ENOMEM;
@@ -1930,7 +1928,7 @@ static int tcmu_configure_device(struct se_device *dev)
 	vfree(udev->mb_addr);
 	udev->mb_addr = NULL;
 err_vzalloc:
-	kfree(udev->data_bitmap);
+	bitmap_free(udev->data_bitmap);
 	udev->data_bitmap = NULL;
 err_bitmap_alloc:
 	kfree(info->name);