diff --git a/fs/ntfs3/fslog.c b/fs/ntfs3/fslog.c
index d94c071324a8..54bdbed03e54 100644
--- a/fs/ntfs3/fslog.c
+++ b/fs/ntfs3/fslog.c
@@ -1132,7 +1132,7 @@ static int read_log_page(struct ntfs_log *log, u32 vbo,
 		return -EINVAL;
 
 	if (!*buffer) {
-		to_free = kmalloc(bytes, GFP_NOFS);
+		to_free = kmalloc(log->page_size, GFP_NOFS);
 		if (!to_free)
 			return -ENOMEM;
 		*buffer = to_free;
@@ -1180,10 +1180,7 @@ static int log_read_rst(struct ntfs_log *log, u32 l_size, bool first,
 			struct restart_info *info)
 {
 	u32 skip, vbo;
-	struct RESTART_HDR *r_page = kmalloc(DefaultLogPageSize, GFP_NOFS);
-
-	if (!r_page)
-		return -ENOMEM;
+	struct RESTART_HDR *r_page = NULL;
 
 	/* Determine which restart area we are looking for. */
 	if (first) {
@@ -1197,7 +1194,6 @@ static int log_read_rst(struct ntfs_log *log, u32 l_size, bool first,
 	/* Loop continuously until we succeed. */
 	for (; vbo < l_size; vbo = 2 * vbo + skip, skip = 0) {
 		bool usa_error;
-		u32 sys_page_size;
 		bool brst, bchk;
 		struct RESTART_AREA *ra;
 
@@ -1251,24 +1247,6 @@ static int log_read_rst(struct ntfs_log *log, u32 l_size, bool first,
 			goto check_result;
 		}
 
-		/* Read the entire restart area. */
-		sys_page_size = le32_to_cpu(r_page->sys_page_size);
-		if (DefaultLogPageSize != sys_page_size) {
-			kfree(r_page);
-			r_page = kzalloc(sys_page_size, GFP_NOFS);
-			if (!r_page)
-				return -ENOMEM;
-
-			if (read_log_page(log, vbo,
-					  (struct RECORD_PAGE_HDR **)&r_page,
-					  &usa_error)) {
-				/* Ignore any errors. */
-				kfree(r_page);
-				r_page = NULL;
-				continue;
-			}
-		}
-
 		if (is_client_area_valid(r_page, usa_error)) {
 			info->valid_page = true;
 			ra = Add2Ptr(r_page, le16_to_cpu(r_page->ra_off));