diff --git a/include/linux/ipc_namespace.h b/include/linux/ipc_namespace.h
index bde094ee7b0e..6e1dd08194fd 100644
--- a/include/linux/ipc_namespace.h
+++ b/include/linux/ipc_namespace.h
@@ -90,18 +90,41 @@ static inline void shm_destroy_orphaned(struct ipc_namespace *ns) {}
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_POSIX_MQUEUE
 extern int mq_init_ns(struct ipc_namespace *ns);
-/* default values */
-#define MIN_QUEUESMAX  1
-#define DFLT_QUEUESMAX 256     /* max number of message queues */
-#define HARD_QUEUESMAX 1024
-#define MIN_MSGMAX     1
-#define DFLT_MSG       10U
-#define DFLT_MSGMAX    10      /* max number of messages in each queue */
-#define HARD_MSGMAX    (32768*sizeof(void *)/4)
-#define MIN_MSGSIZEMAX  128
-#define DFLT_MSGSIZE    8192U
-#define DFLT_MSGSIZEMAX 8192   /* max message size */
-#define HARD_MSGSIZEMAX (8192*128)
+/*
+ * POSIX Message Queue default values:
+ *
+ * MIN_*: Lowest value an admin can set the maximum unprivileged limit to
+ * DFLT_*MAX: Default values for the maximum unprivileged limits
+ * DFLT_{MSG,MSGSIZE}: Default values used when the user doesn't supply
+ *   an attribute to the open call and the queue must be created
+ * HARD_*: Highest value the maximums can be set to.  These are enforced
+ *   on CAP_SYS_RESOURCE apps as well making them inviolate (so make them
+ *   suitably high)
+ *
+ * POSIX Requirements:
+ *   Per app minimum openable message queues - 8.  This does not map well
+ *     to the fact that we limit the number of queues on a per namespace
+ *     basis instead of a per app basis.  So, make the default high enough
+ *     that no given app should have a hard time opening 8 queues.
+ *   Minimum maximum for HARD_MSGMAX - 32767.  I bumped this to 65536.
+ *   Minimum maximum for HARD_MSGSIZEMAX - POSIX is silent on this.  However,
+ *     we have run into a situation where running applications in the wild
+ *     require this to be at least 5MB, and preferably 10MB, so I set the
+ *     value to 16MB in hopes that this user is the worst of the bunch and
+ *     the new maximum will handle anyone else.  I may have to revisit this
+ *     in the future.
+ */
+#define MIN_QUEUESMAX			1
+#define DFLT_QUEUESMAX		      256
+#define HARD_QUEUESMAX		     1024
+#define MIN_MSGMAX			1
+#define DFLT_MSG		       64U
+#define DFLT_MSGMAX		     1024
+#define HARD_MSGMAX		    65536
+#define MIN_MSGSIZEMAX		      128
+#define DFLT_MSGSIZE		     8192U
+#define DFLT_MSGSIZEMAX	       (1024*1024)
+#define HARD_MSGSIZEMAX	    (16*1024*1024)
 #else
 static inline int mq_init_ns(struct ipc_namespace *ns) { return 0; }
 #endif
diff --git a/ipc/mqueue.c b/ipc/mqueue.c
index 6e10a55a78c5..f8eba5e46c5a 100644
--- a/ipc/mqueue.c
+++ b/ipc/mqueue.c
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@
 #include <linux/mqueue.h>
 #include <linux/msg.h>
 #include <linux/skbuff.h>
+#include <linux/vmalloc.h>
 #include <linux/netlink.h>
 #include <linux/syscalls.h>
 #include <linux/audit.h>
@@ -152,7 +153,10 @@ static struct inode *mqueue_get_inode(struct super_block *sb,
 			info->attr.mq_msgsize = attr->mq_msgsize;
 		}
 		mq_msg_tblsz = info->attr.mq_maxmsg * sizeof(struct msg_msg *);
-		info->messages = kmalloc(mq_msg_tblsz, GFP_KERNEL);
+		if (mq_msg_tblsz > KMALLOC_MAX_SIZE)
+			info->messages = vmalloc(mq_msg_tblsz);
+		else
+			info->messages = kmalloc(mq_msg_tblsz, GFP_KERNEL);
 		if (!info->messages)
 			goto out_inode;
 
@@ -262,7 +266,10 @@ static void mqueue_evict_inode(struct inode *inode)
 	spin_lock(&info->lock);
 	for (i = 0; i < info->attr.mq_curmsgs; i++)
 		free_msg(info->messages[i]);
-	kfree(info->messages);
+	if (info->attr.mq_maxmsg * sizeof(struct msg_msg *) > KMALLOC_MAX_SIZE)
+		vfree(info->messages);
+	else
+		kfree(info->messages);
 	spin_unlock(&info->lock);
 
 	/* Total amount of bytes accounted for the mqueue */