diff --git a/drivers/staging/lustre/lnet/klnds/socklnd/socklnd.c b/drivers/staging/lustre/lnet/klnds/socklnd/socklnd.c
index dc63ed2ceb97..7dba949a95a7 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/lustre/lnet/klnds/socklnd/socklnd.c
+++ b/drivers/staging/lustre/lnet/klnds/socklnd/socklnd.c
@@ -2282,7 +2282,7 @@ ksocknal_free_buffers(void)
 
 		list_for_each_entry_safe(tx, temp, &zlist, tx_list) {
 			list_del(&tx->tx_list);
-			LIBCFS_FREE(tx, tx->tx_desc_size);
+			kfree(tx);
 		}
 	} else {
 		spin_unlock(&ksocknal_data.ksnd_tx_lock);
diff --git a/drivers/staging/lustre/lnet/klnds/socklnd/socklnd_cb.c b/drivers/staging/lustre/lnet/klnds/socklnd/socklnd_cb.c
index 994b6693c6b7..11fd3a36424f 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/lustre/lnet/klnds/socklnd/socklnd_cb.c
+++ b/drivers/staging/lustre/lnet/klnds/socklnd/socklnd_cb.c
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ ksocknal_alloc_tx(int type, int size)
 	}
 
 	if (!tx)
-		LIBCFS_ALLOC(tx, size);
+		tx = kzalloc(size, GFP_NOFS);
 
 	if (!tx)
 		return NULL;
@@ -102,7 +102,7 @@ ksocknal_free_tx(struct ksock_tx *tx)
 
 		spin_unlock(&ksocknal_data.ksnd_tx_lock);
 	} else {
-		LIBCFS_FREE(tx, tx->tx_desc_size);
+		kfree(tx);
 	}
 }