diff --git a/fs/eventfd.c b/fs/eventfd.c
index 16bea05a7c78..ad8186d47ba7 100644
--- a/fs/eventfd.c
+++ b/fs/eventfd.c
@@ -82,7 +82,7 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(eventfd_signal_mask);
 static void eventfd_free_ctx(struct eventfd_ctx *ctx)
 {
 	if (ctx->id >= 0)
-		ida_simple_remove(&eventfd_ida, ctx->id);
+		ida_free(&eventfd_ida, ctx->id);
 	kfree(ctx);
 }
 
@@ -395,7 +395,7 @@ static int do_eventfd(unsigned int count, int flags)
 	init_waitqueue_head(&ctx->wqh);
 	ctx->count = count;
 	ctx->flags = flags;
-	ctx->id = ida_simple_get(&eventfd_ida, 0, 0, GFP_KERNEL);
+	ctx->id = ida_alloc(&eventfd_ida, GFP_KERNEL);
 
 	flags &= EFD_SHARED_FCNTL_FLAGS;
 	flags |= O_RDWR;