}
        spin_unlock_bh(&session->lock);
 
-       data = kmalloc(ISCSI_DEF_MAX_RECV_SEG_LEN, GFP_KERNEL);
+       data = (char *) __get_free_pages(GFP_KERNEL,
+                                        get_order(ISCSI_DEF_MAX_RECV_SEG_LEN));
        if (!data)
                goto login_task_data_alloc_fail;
        conn->login_task->data = conn->data = data;
        iscsi_suspend_tx(conn);
 
        spin_lock_bh(&session->lock);
-       kfree(conn->data);
+       free_pages((unsigned long) conn->data,
+                  get_order(ISCSI_DEF_MAX_RECV_SEG_LEN));
        kfree(conn->persistent_address);
        __kfifo_put(session->cmdpool.queue, (void*)&conn->login_task,
                    sizeof(void*));