diff --git a/drivers/gpu/msm/kgsl.c b/drivers/gpu/msm/kgsl.c
index 34e83a0dc40..c6e78dd3498 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/msm/kgsl.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/msm/kgsl.c
@@ -1318,8 +1318,7 @@ static int memdesc_sg_virt(struct kgsl_memdesc *memdesc,
 	int sglen = PAGE_ALIGN(size) / PAGE_SIZE;
 	unsigned long paddr = (unsigned long) addr;
 
-	memdesc->sg = kmalloc(sglen * sizeof(struct scatterlist),
-		GFP_KERNEL);
+	memdesc->sg = vmalloc(sglen * sizeof(struct scatterlist));
 	if (memdesc->sg == NULL)
 		return -ENOMEM;
 
@@ -1359,7 +1358,7 @@ static int memdesc_sg_virt(struct kgsl_memdesc *memdesc,
 
 err:
 	spin_unlock(&current->mm->page_table_lock);
-	kfree(memdesc->sg);
+	vfree(memdesc->sg);
 	memdesc->sg = NULL;
 
 	return -EINVAL;
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/msm/kgsl_sharedmem.c b/drivers/gpu/msm/kgsl_sharedmem.c
index ec91b399f8a..7211879b2e1 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/msm/kgsl_sharedmem.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/msm/kgsl_sharedmem.c
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-/* Copyright (c) 2002,2007-2011, Code Aurora Forum. All rights reserved.
+/* Copyright (c) 2002,2007-2012, Code Aurora Forum. All rights reserved.
  *
  * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
  * it under the terms of the GNU General Public License version 2 and
@@ -421,7 +421,7 @@ _kgsl_sharedmem_vmalloc(struct kgsl_memdesc *memdesc,
 	memdesc->ops = &kgsl_vmalloc_ops;
 	memdesc->hostptr = (void *) ptr;
 
-	memdesc->sg = kmalloc(sglen * sizeof(struct scatterlist), GFP_KERNEL);
+	memdesc->sg = vmalloc(sglen * sizeof(struct scatterlist));
 	if (memdesc->sg == NULL) {
 		ret = -ENOMEM;
 		goto done;
@@ -554,7 +554,7 @@ void kgsl_sharedmem_free(struct kgsl_memdesc *memdesc)
 	if (memdesc->ops && memdesc->ops->free)
 		memdesc->ops->free(memdesc);
 
-	kfree(memdesc->sg);
+	vfree(memdesc->sg);
 
 	memset(memdesc, 0, sizeof(*memdesc));
 }
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/msm/kgsl_sharedmem.h b/drivers/gpu/msm/kgsl_sharedmem.h
index d345ff34072..67a1c2d7b51 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/msm/kgsl_sharedmem.h
+++ b/drivers/gpu/msm/kgsl_sharedmem.h
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-/* Copyright (c) 2002,2007-2011, Code Aurora Forum. All rights reserved.
+/* Copyright (c) 2002,2007-2012, Code Aurora Forum. All rights reserved.
  *
  * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
  * it under the terms of the GNU General Public License version 2 and
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@
 
 #include <linux/slab.h>
 #include <linux/dma-mapping.h>
+#include <linux/vmalloc.h>
 #include "kgsl_mmu.h"
 
 struct kgsl_device;
@@ -81,7 +82,7 @@ memdesc_sg_phys(struct kgsl_memdesc *memdesc,
 {
 	struct page *page = phys_to_page(physaddr);
 
-	memdesc->sg = kmalloc(sizeof(struct scatterlist) * 1, GFP_KERNEL);
+	memdesc->sg = vmalloc(sizeof(struct scatterlist) * 1);
 	if (memdesc->sg == NULL)
 		return -ENOMEM;