diff --git a/drivers/target/target_core_transport.c b/drivers/target/target_core_transport.c
index 50785cfd79efe2..4d1651e46ea948 100644
--- a/drivers/target/target_core_transport.c
+++ b/drivers/target/target_core_transport.c
@@ -273,14 +273,11 @@ int transport_alloc_session_tags(struct se_session *se_sess,
 {
 	int rc;
 
-	se_sess->sess_cmd_map = kcalloc(tag_size, tag_num,
-					GFP_KERNEL | __GFP_NOWARN | __GFP_RETRY_MAYFAIL);
+	se_sess->sess_cmd_map = kvcalloc(tag_size, tag_num,
+					 GFP_KERNEL | __GFP_RETRY_MAYFAIL);
 	if (!se_sess->sess_cmd_map) {
-		se_sess->sess_cmd_map = vzalloc(array_size(tag_size, tag_num));
-		if (!se_sess->sess_cmd_map) {
-			pr_err("Unable to allocate se_sess->sess_cmd_map\n");
-			return -ENOMEM;
-		}
+		pr_err("Unable to allocate se_sess->sess_cmd_map\n");
+		return -ENOMEM;
 	}
 
 	rc = sbitmap_queue_init_node(&se_sess->sess_tag_pool, tag_num, -1,