diff --git a/sys/compat/linuxkpi/common/include/linux/slab.h b/sys/compat/linuxkpi/common/include/linux/slab.h
--- a/sys/compat/linuxkpi/common/include/linux/slab.h
+++ b/sys/compat/linuxkpi/common/include/linux/slab.h
@@ -99,6 +99,7 @@
 void linux_kmem_cache_destroy(struct linux_kmem_cache *);
 
 void *lkpi_kmalloc(size_t, gfp_t);
+void *lkpi_kvmalloc(size_t, gfp_t);
 void *lkpi___kmalloc(size_t, gfp_t);
 void *lkpi___kmalloc_node(size_t, gfp_t, int);
 void *lkpi_krealloc(void *, size_t, gfp_t);
@@ -225,7 +226,7 @@
 static inline void *
 kvmalloc(size_t size, gfp_t flags)
 {
-	return (malloc(size, M_KMALLOC, linux_check_m_flags(flags)));
+	return (lkpi_kvmalloc(size, flags));
 }
 
 static inline void *
diff --git a/sys/compat/linuxkpi/common/src/linux_slab.c b/sys/compat/linuxkpi/common/src/linux_slab.c
--- a/sys/compat/linuxkpi/common/src/linux_slab.c
+++ b/sys/compat/linuxkpi/common/src/linux_slab.c
@@ -296,6 +296,23 @@
 	return(lmc.addr);
 }
 
+static void
+lkpi_kvmalloc_cb(void *ctx)
+{
+	struct lkpi_kmalloc_ctx *lmc = ctx;
+
+	lmc->addr = malloc(lmc->size, M_KMALLOC, linux_check_m_flags(lmc->flags));
+}
+
+void *
+lkpi_kvmalloc(size_t size, gfp_t flags)
+{
+	struct lkpi_kmalloc_ctx lmc = { .size = size, .flags = flags };
+
+	lkpi_fpu_safe_exec(&lkpi_kvmalloc_cb, &lmc);
+	return(lmc.addr);
+}
+
 static void
 linux_kfree_async_fn(void *context, int pending)
 {