diff --git a/lib/rhashtable.c b/lib/rhashtable.c
index 5e04403..220a11a 100644
--- a/lib/rhashtable.c
+++ b/lib/rhashtable.c
@@ -58,7 +58,8 @@
 #endif
 
 
-static int alloc_bucket_locks(struct rhashtable *ht, struct bucket_table *tbl)
+static int alloc_bucket_locks(struct rhashtable *ht, struct bucket_table *tbl,
+			      gfp_t gfp)
 {
 	unsigned int i, size;
 #if defined(CONFIG_PROVE_LOCKING)
@@ -75,12 +76,13 @@
 
 	if (sizeof(spinlock_t) != 0) {
 #ifdef CONFIG_NUMA
-		if (size * sizeof(spinlock_t) > PAGE_SIZE)
+		if (size * sizeof(spinlock_t) > PAGE_SIZE &&
+		    gfp == GFP_KERNEL)
 			tbl->locks = vmalloc(size * sizeof(spinlock_t));
 		else
 #endif
 		tbl->locks = kmalloc_array(size, sizeof(spinlock_t),
-					   GFP_KERNEL);
+					   gfp);
 		if (!tbl->locks)
 			return -ENOMEM;
 		for (i = 0; i < size; i++)
@@ -105,23 +107,25 @@
 }
 
 static struct bucket_table *bucket_table_alloc(struct rhashtable *ht,
-					       size_t nbuckets)
+					       size_t nbuckets,
+					       gfp_t gfp)
 {
 	struct bucket_table *tbl = NULL;
 	size_t size;
 	int i;
 
 	size = sizeof(*tbl) + nbuckets * sizeof(tbl->buckets[0]);
-	if (size <= (PAGE_SIZE << PAGE_ALLOC_COSTLY_ORDER))
-		tbl = kzalloc(size, GFP_KERNEL | __GFP_NOWARN | __GFP_NORETRY);
-	if (tbl == NULL)
+	if (size <= (PAGE_SIZE << PAGE_ALLOC_COSTLY_ORDER) ||
+	    gfp != GFP_KERNEL)
+		tbl = kzalloc(size, gfp | __GFP_NOWARN | __GFP_NORETRY);
+	if (tbl == NULL && gfp == GFP_KERNEL)
 		tbl = vzalloc(size);
 	if (tbl == NULL)
 		return NULL;
 
 	tbl->size = nbuckets;
 
-	if (alloc_bucket_locks(ht, tbl) < 0) {
+	if (alloc_bucket_locks(ht, tbl, gfp) < 0) {
 		bucket_table_free(tbl);
 		return NULL;
 	}
@@ -288,7 +292,7 @@
 
 	old_tbl = rhashtable_last_table(ht, old_tbl);
 
-	new_tbl = bucket_table_alloc(ht, old_tbl->size * 2);
+	new_tbl = bucket_table_alloc(ht, old_tbl->size * 2, GFP_KERNEL);
 	if (new_tbl == NULL)
 		return -ENOMEM;
 
@@ -332,7 +336,7 @@
 	if (rht_dereference(old_tbl->future_tbl, ht))
 		return -EEXIST;
 
-	new_tbl = bucket_table_alloc(ht, size);
+	new_tbl = bucket_table_alloc(ht, size, GFP_KERNEL);
 	if (new_tbl == NULL)
 		return -ENOMEM;
 
@@ -689,7 +693,7 @@
 		}
 	}
 
-	tbl = bucket_table_alloc(ht, size);
+	tbl = bucket_table_alloc(ht, size, GFP_KERNEL);
 	if (tbl == NULL)
 		return -ENOMEM;