diff --git a/zfs/lib/libzpool/arc.c b/zfs/lib/libzpool/arc.c
index a92a7e9cd9..b190ab1342 100644
--- a/zfs/lib/libzpool/arc.c
+++ b/zfs/lib/libzpool/arc.c
@@ -733,8 +733,15 @@ buf_fini(void)
 {
 	int i;
 
+#if defined(_KERNEL) && defined(HAVE_SPL)
+	/* Large allocations which do not require contiguous pages
+	 * should be using vmem_free() in the linux kernel */
+	vmem_free(buf_hash_table.ht_table,
+	    (buf_hash_table.ht_mask + 1) * sizeof (void *));
+#else
 	kmem_free(buf_hash_table.ht_table,
 	    (buf_hash_table.ht_mask + 1) * sizeof (void *));
+#endif
 	for (i = 0; i < BUF_LOCKS; i++)
 		mutex_destroy(&buf_hash_table.ht_locks[i].ht_lock);
 	kmem_cache_destroy(hdr_cache);
@@ -829,8 +836,15 @@ buf_init(void)
 		hsize <<= 1;
 retry:
 	buf_hash_table.ht_mask = hsize - 1;
+#if defined(_KERNEL) && defined(HAVE_SPL)
+	/* Large allocations which do not require contiguous pages
+	 * should be using vmem_alloc() in the linux kernel */
+	buf_hash_table.ht_table =
+	    vmem_zalloc(hsize * sizeof (void*), KM_SLEEP);
+#else
 	buf_hash_table.ht_table =
 	    kmem_zalloc(hsize * sizeof (void*), KM_NOSLEEP);
+#endif
 	if (buf_hash_table.ht_table == NULL) {
 		ASSERT(hsize > (1ULL << 8));
 		hsize >>= 1;
diff --git a/zfs/lib/libzpool/dbuf.c b/zfs/lib/libzpool/dbuf.c
index b8f4cc69f8..fe4c2eedcf 100644
--- a/zfs/lib/libzpool/dbuf.c
+++ b/zfs/lib/libzpool/dbuf.c
@@ -255,7 +255,13 @@ dbuf_init(void)
 
 retry:
 	h->hash_table_mask = hsize - 1;
+#if defined(_KERNEL) && defined(HAVE_SPL)
+	/* Large allocations which do not require contiguous pages
+	 * should be using vmem_alloc() in the linux kernel */
+	h->hash_table = vmem_zalloc(hsize * sizeof (void *), KM_SLEEP);
+#else
 	h->hash_table = kmem_zalloc(hsize * sizeof (void *), KM_NOSLEEP);
+#endif
 	if (h->hash_table == NULL) {
 		/* XXX - we should really return an error instead of assert */
 		ASSERT(hsize > (1ULL << 10));
@@ -279,7 +285,13 @@ dbuf_fini(void)
 
 	for (i = 0; i < DBUF_MUTEXES; i++)
 		mutex_destroy(&h->hash_mutexes[i]);
+#if defined(_KERNEL) && defined(HAVE_SPL)
+	/* Large allocations which do not require contiguous pages
+	 * should be using vmem_free() in the linux kernel */
+	vmem_free(h->hash_table, (h->hash_table_mask + 1) * sizeof (void *));
+#else
 	kmem_free(h->hash_table, (h->hash_table_mask + 1) * sizeof (void *));
+#endif
 	kmem_cache_destroy(dbuf_cache);
 }
 
diff --git a/zfs/lib/libzpool/dmu_send.c b/zfs/lib/libzpool/dmu_send.c
index 663a26ba22..a0804e9268 100644
--- a/zfs/lib/libzpool/dmu_send.c
+++ b/zfs/lib/libzpool/dmu_send.c
@@ -1043,7 +1043,7 @@ dmu_recv_stream(dmu_recv_cookie_t *drc, int fd, offset_t *voffp)
 #endif
 	ra.voff = *voffp;
 	ra.bufsize = 1<<20;
-	ra.buf = kmem_alloc(ra.bufsize, KM_SLEEP);
+	ra.buf = vmem_alloc(ra.bufsize, KM_SLEEP);
 
 	/* these were verified in dmu_recv_begin */
 	ASSERT(drc->drc_drrb->drr_version == DMU_BACKUP_STREAM_VERSION);
@@ -1133,7 +1133,7 @@ out:
 		dmu_recv_abort_cleanup(drc);
 	}
 
-	kmem_free(ra.buf, ra.bufsize);
+	vmem_free(ra.buf, ra.bufsize);
 	*voffp = ra.voff;
 	return (ra.err);
 }
diff --git a/zfs/lib/libzpool/spa_history.c b/zfs/lib/libzpool/spa_history.c
index db1441cebf..95eca1c850 100644
--- a/zfs/lib/libzpool/spa_history.c
+++ b/zfs/lib/libzpool/spa_history.c
@@ -293,7 +293,7 @@ spa_history_log_sync(void *arg1, void *arg2, cred_t *cr, dmu_tx_t *tx)
 	dmu_buf_rele(dbp, FTAG);
 
 	if (hap->ha_log_type == LOG_INTERNAL) {
-		kmem_free((void*)hap->ha_history_str, HIS_MAX_RECORD_LEN);
+		vmem_free((void*)hap->ha_history_str, HIS_MAX_RECORD_LEN);
 		kmem_free(hap, sizeof (history_arg_t));
 	}
 }
@@ -419,7 +419,7 @@ spa_history_internal_log(history_internal_events_t event, spa_t *spa,
 		return;
 
 	hap = kmem_alloc(sizeof (history_arg_t), KM_SLEEP);
-	str = kmem_alloc(HIS_MAX_RECORD_LEN, KM_SLEEP);
+	str = vmem_alloc(HIS_MAX_RECORD_LEN, KM_SLEEP);
 
 	va_start(adx, fmt);
 	(void) vsnprintf(str, HIS_MAX_RECORD_LEN, fmt, adx);
diff --git a/zfs/lib/libzpool/txg.c b/zfs/lib/libzpool/txg.c
index c796979255..a5741bbdb3 100644
--- a/zfs/lib/libzpool/txg.c
+++ b/zfs/lib/libzpool/txg.c
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ txg_init(dsl_pool_t *dp, uint64_t txg)
 	int c;
 	bzero(tx, sizeof (tx_state_t));
 
-	tx->tx_cpu = kmem_zalloc(max_ncpus * sizeof (tx_cpu_t), KM_SLEEP);
+	tx->tx_cpu = vmem_zalloc(max_ncpus * sizeof (tx_cpu_t), KM_SLEEP);
 
 	for (c = 0; c < max_ncpus; c++) {
 		int i;
@@ -109,7 +109,7 @@ txg_fini(dsl_pool_t *dp)
 		}
 	}
 
-	kmem_free(tx->tx_cpu, max_ncpus * sizeof (tx_cpu_t));
+	vmem_free(tx->tx_cpu, max_ncpus * sizeof (tx_cpu_t));
 
 	bzero(tx, sizeof (tx_state_t));
 }
diff --git a/zfs/lib/libzpool/zfs_ioctl.c b/zfs/lib/libzpool/zfs_ioctl.c
index 7cb1e2dfe1..3438f973ad 100644
--- a/zfs/lib/libzpool/zfs_ioctl.c
+++ b/zfs/lib/libzpool/zfs_ioctl.c
@@ -132,7 +132,7 @@ __dprintf(const char *file, const char *func, int line, const char *fmt, ...)
 static void
 history_str_free(char *buf)
 {
-	kmem_free(buf, HIS_MAX_RECORD_LEN);
+	vmem_free(buf, HIS_MAX_RECORD_LEN);
 }
 
 static char *
@@ -143,7 +143,7 @@ history_str_get(zfs_cmd_t *zc)
 	if (zc->zc_history == 0)
 		return (NULL);
 
-	buf = kmem_alloc(HIS_MAX_RECORD_LEN, KM_SLEEP);
+	buf = vmem_alloc(HIS_MAX_RECORD_LEN, KM_SLEEP);
 	if (copyinstr((void *)(uintptr_t)zc->zc_history,
 	    buf, HIS_MAX_RECORD_LEN, NULL) != 0) {
 		history_str_free(buf);
@@ -741,12 +741,12 @@ put_nvlist(zfs_cmd_t *zc, nvlist_t *nvl)
 	if (size > zc->zc_nvlist_dst_size) {
 		error = ENOMEM;
 	} else {
-		packed = kmem_alloc(size, KM_SLEEP);
+		packed = vmem_alloc(size, KM_SLEEP);
 		VERIFY(nvlist_pack(nvl, &packed, &size, NV_ENCODE_NATIVE,
 		    KM_SLEEP) == 0);
 		error = xcopyout(packed, (void *)(uintptr_t)zc->zc_nvlist_dst,
 		    size);
-		kmem_free(packed, size);
+		vmem_free(packed, size);
 	}
 
 	zc->zc_nvlist_dst_size = size;
@@ -3022,7 +3022,7 @@ zfsdev_ioctl(dev_t dev, int cmd, intptr_t arg, int flag, cred_t *cr, int *rvalp)
 	if (vec >= sizeof (zfs_ioc_vec) / sizeof (zfs_ioc_vec[0]))
 		return (EINVAL);
 
-	zc = kmem_zalloc(sizeof (zfs_cmd_t), KM_SLEEP);
+	zc = vmem_zalloc(sizeof (zfs_cmd_t), KM_SLEEP);
 
 	error = xcopyin((void *)arg, zc, sizeof (zfs_cmd_t));
 
@@ -3061,7 +3061,7 @@ zfsdev_ioctl(dev_t dev, int cmd, intptr_t arg, int flag, cred_t *cr, int *rvalp)
 			zfs_log_history(zc);
 	}
 
-	kmem_free(zc, sizeof (zfs_cmd_t));
+	vmem_free(zc, sizeof (zfs_cmd_t));
 	return (error);
 }