diff --git a/include/linux/rcupdate.h b/include/linux/rcupdate.h
index 51b26ab02878..d15d46db61f7 100644
--- a/include/linux/rcupdate.h
+++ b/include/linux/rcupdate.h
@@ -877,12 +877,42 @@ do {									\
 
 /**
  * kvfree_rcu() - kvfree an object after a grace period.
- * @ptr:	pointer to kvfree
- * @rhf:	the name of the struct rcu_head within the type of @ptr.
  *
- * Same as kfree_rcu(), just simple alias.
+ * This macro consists of one or two arguments and it is
+ * based on whether an object is head-less or not. If it
+ * has a head then a semantic stays the same as it used
+ * to be before:
+ *
+ *     kvfree_rcu(ptr, rhf);
+ *
+ * where @ptr is a pointer to kvfree(), @rhf is the name
+ * of the rcu_head structure within the type of @ptr.
+ *
+ * When it comes to head-less variant, only one argument
+ * is passed and that is just a pointer which has to be
+ * freed after a grace period. Therefore the semantic is
+ *
+ *     kvfree_rcu(ptr);
+ *
+ * where @ptr is a pointer to kvfree().
+ *
+ * Please note, head-less way of freeing is permitted to
+ * use from a context that has to follow might_sleep()
+ * annotation. Otherwise, please switch and embed the
+ * rcu_head structure within the type of @ptr.
  */
-#define kvfree_rcu(ptr, rhf) kfree_rcu(ptr, rhf)
+#define kvfree_rcu(...) KVFREE_GET_MACRO(__VA_ARGS__,		\
+	kvfree_rcu_arg_2, kvfree_rcu_arg_1)(__VA_ARGS__)
+
+#define KVFREE_GET_MACRO(_1, _2, NAME, ...) NAME
+#define kvfree_rcu_arg_2(ptr, rhf) kfree_rcu(ptr, rhf)
+#define kvfree_rcu_arg_1(ptr)					\
+do {								\
+	typeof(ptr) ___p = (ptr);				\
+								\
+	if (___p)						\
+		kvfree_call_rcu(NULL, (rcu_callback_t) (___p));	\
+} while (0)
 
 /*
  * Place this after a lock-acquisition primitive to guarantee that