diff --git a/ipc/mqueue.c b/ipc/mqueue.c
index 6e10a55..f8eba5e 100644
--- a/ipc/mqueue.c
+++ b/ipc/mqueue.c
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@
 #include <linux/mqueue.h>
 #include <linux/msg.h>
 #include <linux/skbuff.h>
+#include <linux/vmalloc.h>
 #include <linux/netlink.h>
 #include <linux/syscalls.h>
 #include <linux/audit.h>
@@ -152,7 +153,10 @@
 			info->attr.mq_msgsize = attr->mq_msgsize;
 		}
 		mq_msg_tblsz = info->attr.mq_maxmsg * sizeof(struct msg_msg *);
-		info->messages = kmalloc(mq_msg_tblsz, GFP_KERNEL);
+		if (mq_msg_tblsz > KMALLOC_MAX_SIZE)
+			info->messages = vmalloc(mq_msg_tblsz);
+		else
+			info->messages = kmalloc(mq_msg_tblsz, GFP_KERNEL);
 		if (!info->messages)
 			goto out_inode;
 
@@ -262,7 +266,10 @@
 	spin_lock(&info->lock);
 	for (i = 0; i < info->attr.mq_curmsgs; i++)
 		free_msg(info->messages[i]);
-	kfree(info->messages);
+	if (info->attr.mq_maxmsg * sizeof(struct msg_msg *) > KMALLOC_MAX_SIZE)
+		vfree(info->messages);
+	else
+		kfree(info->messages);
 	spin_unlock(&info->lock);
 
 	/* Total amount of bytes accounted for the mqueue */