diff --git a/drivers/target/target_core_file.c b/drivers/target/target_core_file.c
index 62ced9f5102f..ab9824a4852f 100644
--- a/drivers/target/target_core_file.c
+++ b/drivers/target/target_core_file.c
@@ -516,7 +516,7 @@ fd_do_prot_unmap(struct se_cmd *cmd, sector_t lba, sector_t nolb)
 	void *buf;
 	int rc;
 
-	buf = (void *)__get_free_page(GFP_KERNEL);
+	buf = kmalloc(PAGE_SIZE, GFP_KERNEL);
 	if (!buf) {
 		pr_err("Unable to allocate FILEIO prot buf\n");
 		return -ENOMEM;
@@ -524,7 +524,7 @@ fd_do_prot_unmap(struct se_cmd *cmd, sector_t lba, sector_t nolb)
 
 	rc = fd_do_prot_fill(cmd->se_dev, lba, nolb, buf, PAGE_SIZE);
 
-	free_page((unsigned long)buf);
+	kfree(buf);
 
 	return rc;
 }