diff --git a/include/linux/vmalloc.h b/include/linux/vmalloc.h
index 3d9d786a943c..d68edffbf142 100644
--- a/include/linux/vmalloc.h
+++ b/include/linux/vmalloc.h
@@ -82,6 +82,7 @@ extern void *__vmalloc_node_range(unsigned long size, unsigned long align,
 			const void *caller);
 
 extern void vfree(const void *addr);
+extern void vfree_atomic(const void *addr);
 
 extern void *vmap(struct page **pages, unsigned int count,
 			unsigned long flags, pgprot_t prot);
diff --git a/mm/vmalloc.c b/mm/vmalloc.c
index 1f5501b43026..4ac776f10ad1 100644
--- a/mm/vmalloc.c
+++ b/mm/vmalloc.c
@@ -1486,7 +1486,39 @@ static void __vunmap(const void *addr, int deallocate_pages)
 	kfree(area);
 	return;
 }
- 
+
+static inline void __vfree_deferred(const void *addr)
+{
+	/*
+	 * Use raw_cpu_ptr() because this can be called from preemptible
+	 * context. Preemption is absolutely fine here, because the llist_add()
+	 * implementation is lockless, so it works even if we are adding to
+	 * nother cpu's list.  schedule_work() should be fine with this too.
+	 */
+	struct vfree_deferred *p = raw_cpu_ptr(&vfree_deferred);
+
+	if (llist_add((struct llist_node *)addr, &p->list))
+		schedule_work(&p->wq);
+}
+
+/**
+ *	vfree_atomic  -  release memory allocated by vmalloc()
+ *	@addr:		memory base address
+ *
+ *	This one is just like vfree() but can be called in any atomic context
+ *	except NMIs.
+ */
+void vfree_atomic(const void *addr)
+{
+	BUG_ON(in_nmi());
+
+	kmemleak_free(addr);
+
+	if (!addr)
+		return;
+	__vfree_deferred(addr);
+}
+
 /**
  *	vfree  -  release memory allocated by vmalloc()
  *	@addr:		memory base address
@@ -1509,11 +1541,9 @@ void vfree(const void *addr)
 
 	if (!addr)
 		return;
-	if (unlikely(in_interrupt())) {
-		struct vfree_deferred *p = this_cpu_ptr(&vfree_deferred);
-		if (llist_add((struct llist_node *)addr, &p->list))
-			schedule_work(&p->wq);
-	} else
+	if (unlikely(in_interrupt()))
+		__vfree_deferred(addr);
+	else
 		__vunmap(addr, 1);
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(vfree);