diff --git a/module/zstd/zstd.c b/module/zstd/zstd.c
index 22992f7a74c5..55c2ed727bbc 100644
--- a/module/zstd/zstd.c
+++ b/module/zstd/zstd.c
@@ -420,7 +420,7 @@ zstd_alloc(void *opaque __unused, size_t size)
 		 */
 #ifdef _KERNEL
 		if (nbytes > spl_kmem_alloc_max || nbytes > spl_kmem_alloc_warn)
-			z = kmem_zalloc(nbytes, KM_NOSLEEP | KM_VMEM);
+			z = vmem_zalloc(nbytes, KM_NOSLEEP);
 		else
 #endif
 			z = kmem_zalloc(nbytes, KM_NOSLEEP);