diff --git a/src/afs/afs_daemons.c b/src/afs/afs_daemons.c
index 4026b3d09b..766d57cb17 100644
--- a/src/afs/afs_daemons.c
+++ b/src/afs/afs_daemons.c
@@ -358,7 +358,7 @@ void BPath(ab)
     code = gop_lookupname((char *)ab->parm[0], AFS_UIOSYS, 1,  (struct vnode **) 0, (struct vnode **)&tvn);
 #endif
     AFS_GLOCK();
-    osi_FreeSmallSpace((char *)ab->parm[0]); /* free path name buffer here */
+    osi_FreeLargeSpace((char *)ab->parm[0]); /* free path name buffer here */
     if (code) return;
     /* now path may not have been in afs, so check that before calling our cache manager */
     if (!tvn || !IsAfsVnode((struct vnode *) tvn)) {
diff --git a/src/afs/afs_pioctl.c b/src/afs/afs_pioctl.c
index 5688d72df1..ef7320378a 100644
--- a/src/afs/afs_pioctl.c
+++ b/src/afs/afs_pioctl.c
@@ -1942,14 +1942,14 @@ struct AFS_UCRED *acred;
 
     AFS_STATCNT(Prefetch);
     if (!apath) return EINVAL;
-    tp = osi_AllocSmallSpace(AFS_SMALLOCSIZ);
+    tp = osi_AllocLargeSpace(1024);
     AFS_COPYINSTR(apath, tp, 1024, &bufferSize, code);
     if (code) {
-	osi_FreeSmallSpace(tp);
+	osi_FreeLargeSpace(tp);
 	return code;
     }
     if (afs_BBusy()) {	/* do this as late as possible */
-	osi_FreeSmallSpace(tp);
+	osi_FreeLargeSpace(tp);
 	return EWOULDBLOCK;	/* pretty close */
     }
     afs_BQueue(BOP_PATH, (struct vcache*)0, 0, 0, acred, (long)tp, 0L, 0L, 0L);