diff --git a/drivers/net/veth.c b/drivers/net/veth.c
index dea9cc8c39f7..dd9f5f146192 100644
--- a/drivers/net/veth.c
+++ b/drivers/net/veth.c
@@ -1359,7 +1359,8 @@ static int veth_alloc_queues(struct net_device *dev)
 	struct veth_priv *priv = netdev_priv(dev);
 	int i;
 
-	priv->rq = kcalloc(dev->num_rx_queues, sizeof(*priv->rq), GFP_KERNEL_ACCOUNT);
+	priv->rq = kvcalloc(dev->num_rx_queues, sizeof(*priv->rq),
+			    GFP_KERNEL_ACCOUNT | __GFP_RETRY_MAYFAIL);
 	if (!priv->rq)
 		return -ENOMEM;
 
@@ -1375,7 +1376,7 @@ static void veth_free_queues(struct net_device *dev)
 {
 	struct veth_priv *priv = netdev_priv(dev);
 
-	kfree(priv->rq);
+	kvfree(priv->rq);
 }
 
 static int veth_dev_init(struct net_device *dev)