diff --git a/fs/btrfs/ioctl.c b/fs/btrfs/ioctl.c
index f545f81f642d..cfa7d47b1ba0 100644
--- a/fs/btrfs/ioctl.c
+++ b/fs/btrfs/ioctl.c
@@ -3468,13 +3468,16 @@ static int btrfs_clone(struct inode *src, struct inode *inode,
 	u64 last_dest_end = destoff;
 
 	ret = -ENOMEM;
-	buf = vmalloc(root->nodesize);
-	if (!buf)
-		return ret;
+	buf = kmalloc(root->nodesize, GFP_KERNEL | __GFP_NOWARN);
+	if (!buf) {
+		buf = vmalloc(root->nodesize);
+		if (!buf)
+			return ret;
+	}
 
 	path = btrfs_alloc_path();
 	if (!path) {
-		vfree(buf);
+		kvfree(buf);
 		return ret;
 	}
 
@@ -3775,7 +3778,7 @@ static int btrfs_clone(struct inode *src, struct inode *inode,
 
 out:
 	btrfs_free_path(path);
-	vfree(buf);
+	kvfree(buf);
 	return ret;
 }