diff --git a/fs/f2fs/checkpoint.c b/fs/f2fs/checkpoint.c
index a28ffecc0f95..bbd07fe8a492 100644
--- a/fs/f2fs/checkpoint.c
+++ b/fs/f2fs/checkpoint.c
@@ -892,8 +892,8 @@ int f2fs_get_valid_checkpoint(struct f2fs_sb_info *sbi)
 	int i;
 	int err;
 
-	sbi->ckpt = f2fs_kzalloc(sbi, array_size(blk_size, cp_blks),
-				 GFP_KERNEL);
+	sbi->ckpt = f2fs_kvzalloc(sbi, array_size(blk_size, cp_blks),
+				  GFP_KERNEL);
 	if (!sbi->ckpt)
 		return -ENOMEM;
 	/*
diff --git a/fs/f2fs/f2fs.h b/fs/f2fs/f2fs.h
index a26ea1e6ba88..c22ca7d867ee 100644
--- a/fs/f2fs/f2fs.h
+++ b/fs/f2fs/f2fs.h
@@ -2790,18 +2790,12 @@ static inline bool f2fs_may_extent_tree(struct inode *inode)
 static inline void *f2fs_kmalloc(struct f2fs_sb_info *sbi,
 					size_t size, gfp_t flags)
 {
-	void *ret;
-
 	if (time_to_inject(sbi, FAULT_KMALLOC)) {
 		f2fs_show_injection_info(FAULT_KMALLOC);
 		return NULL;
 	}
 
-	ret = kmalloc(size, flags);
-	if (ret)
-		return ret;
-
-	return kvmalloc(size, flags);
+	return kmalloc(size, flags);
 }
 
 static inline void *f2fs_kzalloc(struct f2fs_sb_info *sbi,
diff --git a/fs/f2fs/node.c b/fs/f2fs/node.c
index f14401a77d60..90a20bd12961 100644
--- a/fs/f2fs/node.c
+++ b/fs/f2fs/node.c
@@ -2933,7 +2933,7 @@ static int __get_nat_bitmaps(struct f2fs_sb_info *sbi)
 		return 0;
 
 	nm_i->nat_bits_blocks = F2FS_BLK_ALIGN((nat_bits_bytes << 1) + 8);
-	nm_i->nat_bits = f2fs_kzalloc(sbi,
+	nm_i->nat_bits = f2fs_kvzalloc(sbi,
 			nm_i->nat_bits_blocks << F2FS_BLKSIZE_BITS, GFP_KERNEL);
 	if (!nm_i->nat_bits)
 		return -ENOMEM;
@@ -3066,9 +3066,9 @@ static int init_free_nid_cache(struct f2fs_sb_info *sbi)
 	int i;
 
 	nm_i->free_nid_bitmap =
-		f2fs_kzalloc(sbi, array_size(sizeof(unsigned char *),
-					     nm_i->nat_blocks),
-			     GFP_KERNEL);
+		f2fs_kvzalloc(sbi, array_size(sizeof(unsigned char *),
+					      nm_i->nat_blocks),
+			      GFP_KERNEL);
 	if (!nm_i->free_nid_bitmap)
 		return -ENOMEM;
 
diff --git a/fs/f2fs/super.c b/fs/f2fs/super.c
index d89c85177e09..f4b882ee48dd 100644
--- a/fs/f2fs/super.c
+++ b/fs/f2fs/super.c
@@ -2901,7 +2901,7 @@ static int init_blkz_info(struct f2fs_sb_info *sbi, int devi)
 	if (nr_sectors & (bdev_zone_sectors(bdev) - 1))
 		FDEV(devi).nr_blkz++;
 
-	FDEV(devi).blkz_seq = f2fs_kzalloc(sbi,
+	FDEV(devi).blkz_seq = f2fs_kvzalloc(sbi,
 					BITS_TO_LONGS(FDEV(devi).nr_blkz)
 					* sizeof(unsigned long),
 					GFP_KERNEL);