diff --git a/drivers/net/xen-netback/common.h b/drivers/net/xen-netback/common.h
index 08ae01b41c83..c47794b9d42f 100644
--- a/drivers/net/xen-netback/common.h
+++ b/drivers/net/xen-netback/common.h
@@ -101,6 +101,13 @@ struct xenvif_rx_meta {
 
 #define MAX_PENDING_REQS 256
 
+/* It's possible for an skb to have a maximal number of frags
+ * but still be less than MAX_BUFFER_OFFSET in size. Thus the
+ * worst-case number of copy operations is MAX_SKB_FRAGS per
+ * ring slot.
+ */
+#define MAX_GRANT_COPY_OPS (MAX_SKB_FRAGS * XEN_NETIF_RX_RING_SIZE)
+
 struct xenvif {
 	/* Unique identifier for this interface. */
 	domid_t          domid;
@@ -143,13 +150,13 @@ struct xenvif {
 	 */
 	RING_IDX rx_req_cons_peek;
 
-	/* Given MAX_BUFFER_OFFSET of 4096 the worst case is that each
-	 * head/fragment page uses 2 copy operations because it
-	 * straddles two buffers in the frontend.
-	 */
-	struct gnttab_copy grant_copy_op[2*XEN_NETIF_RX_RING_SIZE];
-	struct xenvif_rx_meta meta[2*XEN_NETIF_RX_RING_SIZE];
+	/* This array is allocated seperately as it is large */
+	struct gnttab_copy *grant_copy_op;
 
+	/* We create one meta structure per ring request we consume, so
+	 * the maximum number is the same as the ring size.
+	 */
+	struct xenvif_rx_meta meta[XEN_NETIF_RX_RING_SIZE];
 
 	u8               fe_dev_addr[6];
 
diff --git a/drivers/net/xen-netback/interface.c b/drivers/net/xen-netback/interface.c
index 870f1fa58370..34ca4e58a43d 100644
--- a/drivers/net/xen-netback/interface.c
+++ b/drivers/net/xen-netback/interface.c
@@ -307,6 +307,15 @@ struct xenvif *xenvif_alloc(struct device *parent, domid_t domid,
 	SET_NETDEV_DEV(dev, parent);
 
 	vif = netdev_priv(dev);
+
+	vif->grant_copy_op = vmalloc(sizeof(struct gnttab_copy) *
+				     MAX_GRANT_COPY_OPS);
+	if (vif->grant_copy_op == NULL) {
+		pr_warn("Could not allocate grant copy space for %s\n", name);
+		free_netdev(dev);
+		return ERR_PTR(-ENOMEM);
+	}
+
 	vif->domid  = domid;
 	vif->handle = handle;
 	vif->can_sg = 1;
@@ -487,6 +496,7 @@ void xenvif_free(struct xenvif *vif)
 
 	unregister_netdev(vif->dev);
 
+	vfree(vif->grant_copy_op);
 	free_netdev(vif->dev);
 
 	module_put(THIS_MODULE);
diff --git a/drivers/net/xen-netback/netback.c b/drivers/net/xen-netback/netback.c
index 7b4fd93be76d..78425554a537 100644
--- a/drivers/net/xen-netback/netback.c
+++ b/drivers/net/xen-netback/netback.c
@@ -608,7 +608,7 @@ void xenvif_rx_action(struct xenvif *vif)
 	if (!npo.copy_prod)
 		return;
 
-	BUG_ON(npo.copy_prod > ARRAY_SIZE(vif->grant_copy_op));
+	BUG_ON(npo.copy_prod > MAX_GRANT_COPY_OPS);
 	gnttab_batch_copy(vif->grant_copy_op, npo.copy_prod);
 
 	while ((skb = __skb_dequeue(&rxq)) != NULL) {