diff --git a/fs/squashfs/block.c b/fs/squashfs/block.c
index 76bb1c846845..8a19773b5a0b 100644
--- a/fs/squashfs/block.c
+++ b/fs/squashfs/block.c
@@ -87,7 +87,11 @@ static int squashfs_bio_read(struct super_block *sb, u64 index, int length,
 	int error, i;
 	struct bio *bio;
 
-	bio = bio_alloc(GFP_NOIO, page_count);
+	if (page_count <= BIO_MAX_PAGES)
+		bio = bio_alloc(GFP_NOIO, page_count);
+	else
+		bio = bio_kmalloc(GFP_NOIO, page_count);
+
 	if (!bio)
 		return -ENOMEM;