diff --git a/drivers/md/multipath.c b/drivers/md/multipath.c
index 96f7af4ae400..1cc9de44ce86 100644
--- a/drivers/md/multipath.c
+++ b/drivers/md/multipath.c
@@ -35,18 +35,6 @@
 #define	NR_RESERVED_BUFS	32
 
 
-static void *mp_pool_alloc(gfp_t gfp_flags, void *data)
-{
-	struct multipath_bh *mpb;
-	mpb = kzalloc(sizeof(*mpb), gfp_flags);
-	return mpb;
-}
-
-static void mp_pool_free(void *mpb, void *data)
-{
-	kfree(mpb);
-}
-
 static int multipath_map (multipath_conf_t *conf)
 {
 	int i, disks = conf->raid_disks;
@@ -494,9 +482,8 @@ static int multipath_run (mddev_t *mddev)
 	}
 	mddev->degraded = conf->raid_disks = conf->working_disks;
 
-	conf->pool = mempool_create(NR_RESERVED_BUFS,
-				    mp_pool_alloc, mp_pool_free,
-				    NULL);
+	conf->pool = mempool_create_kzalloc_pool(NR_RESERVED_BUFS,
+						 sizeof(struct multipath_bh));
 	if (conf->pool == NULL) {
 		printk(KERN_ERR 
 			"multipath: couldn't allocate memory for %s\n",