diff --git a/drivers/vhost/vhost.c b/drivers/vhost/vhost.c
index 9e8e004bb1c3..71bb46813031 100644
--- a/drivers/vhost/vhost.c
+++ b/drivers/vhost/vhost.c
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@
 #include <linux/kthread.h>
 #include <linux/cgroup.h>
 #include <linux/module.h>
+#include <linux/sort.h>
 
 #include "vhost.h"
 
@@ -663,6 +664,16 @@ int vhost_vq_access_ok(struct vhost_virtqueue *vq)
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(vhost_vq_access_ok);
 
+static int vhost_memory_reg_sort_cmp(const void *p1, const void *p2)
+{
+	const struct vhost_memory_region *r1 = p1, *r2 = p2;
+	if (r1->guest_phys_addr < r2->guest_phys_addr)
+		return 1;
+	if (r1->guest_phys_addr > r2->guest_phys_addr)
+		return -1;
+	return 0;
+}
+
 static long vhost_set_memory(struct vhost_dev *d, struct vhost_memory __user *m)
 {
 	struct vhost_memory mem, *newmem, *oldmem;
@@ -682,9 +693,11 @@ static long vhost_set_memory(struct vhost_dev *d, struct vhost_memory __user *m)
 	memcpy(newmem, &mem, size);
 	if (copy_from_user(newmem->regions, m->regions,
 			   mem.nregions * sizeof *m->regions)) {
-		kfree(newmem);
+		kvfree(newmem);
 		return -EFAULT;
 	}
+	sort(newmem->regions, newmem->nregions, sizeof(*newmem->regions),
+		vhost_memory_reg_sort_cmp, NULL);
 
 	if (!memory_access_ok(d, newmem, 0)) {
 		kfree(newmem);
@@ -992,17 +1005,22 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(vhost_dev_ioctl);
 static const struct vhost_memory_region *find_region(struct vhost_memory *mem,
 						     __u64 addr, __u32 len)
 {
-	struct vhost_memory_region *reg;
-	int i;
+	const struct vhost_memory_region *reg;
+	int start = 0, end = mem->nregions;
 
-	/* linear search is not brilliant, but we really have on the order of 6
-	 * regions in practice */
-	for (i = 0; i < mem->nregions; ++i) {
-		reg = mem->regions + i;
-		if (reg->guest_phys_addr <= addr &&
-		    reg->guest_phys_addr + reg->memory_size - 1 >= addr)
-			return reg;
+	while (start < end) {
+		int slot = start + (end - start) / 2;
+		reg = mem->regions + slot;
+		if (addr >= reg->guest_phys_addr)
+			end = slot;
+		else
+			start = slot + 1;
 	}
+
+	reg = mem->regions + start;
+	if (addr >= reg->guest_phys_addr &&
+		reg->guest_phys_addr + reg->memory_size > addr)
+		return reg;
 	return NULL;
 }