diff --git a/kernel/groups.c b/kernel/groups.c
index fe7e6385530e..787b381c7c00 100644
--- a/kernel/groups.c
+++ b/kernel/groups.c
@@ -15,12 +15,7 @@
 struct group_info *groups_alloc(int gidsetsize)
 {
 	struct group_info *gi;
-	unsigned int len;
-
-	len = sizeof(struct group_info) + sizeof(kgid_t) * gidsetsize;
-	gi = kmalloc(len, GFP_KERNEL_ACCOUNT|__GFP_NOWARN|__GFP_NORETRY);
-	if (!gi)
-		gi = __vmalloc(len, GFP_KERNEL_ACCOUNT);
+	gi = kvmalloc(struct_size(gi, gid, gidsetsize), GFP_KERNEL_ACCOUNT);
 	if (!gi)
 		return NULL;