diff --git a/net/tipc/ref.c b/net/tipc/ref.c
index 8311689..9e37b78 100644
--- a/net/tipc/ref.c
+++ b/net/tipc/ref.c
@@ -110,8 +110,7 @@
 
 	/* allocate table & mark all entries as uninitialized */
 
-	table = __vmalloc(actual_size * sizeof(struct reference),
-			  GFP_KERNEL | __GFP_HIGHMEM | __GFP_ZERO, PAGE_KERNEL);
+	table = vzalloc(actual_size * sizeof(struct reference));
 	if (table == NULL)
 		return -ENOMEM;