diff --git a/drivers/block/drbd/drbd_bitmap.c b/drivers/block/drbd/drbd_bitmap.c
index d82237d534..11a85b7403 100644
--- a/drivers/block/drbd/drbd_bitmap.c
+++ b/drivers/block/drbd/drbd_bitmap.c
@@ -977,7 +977,7 @@ static void drbd_bm_endio(struct bio *bio)
 	bm_page_unlock_io(device, idx);
 
 	if (ctx->flags & BM_AIO_COPY_PAGES)
-		mempool_free(bio->bi_io_vec[0].bv_page, drbd_md_io_page_pool);
+		mempool_free(bio->bi_io_vec[0].bv_page, &drbd_md_io_page_pool);
 
 	bio_put(bio);
 
@@ -1014,7 +1014,7 @@ static void bm_page_io_async(struct drbd_bm_aio_ctx *ctx, int page_nr) __must_ho
 	bm_set_page_unchanged(b->bm_pages[page_nr]);
 
 	if (ctx->flags & BM_AIO_COPY_PAGES) {
-		page = mempool_alloc(drbd_md_io_page_pool,
+		page = mempool_alloc(&drbd_md_io_page_pool,
 				GFP_NOIO | __GFP_HIGHMEM);
 		copy_highpage(page, b->bm_pages[page_nr]);
 		bm_store_page_idx(page, page_nr);
diff --git a/drivers/block/drbd/drbd_int.h b/drivers/block/drbd/drbd_int.h
index 06ecee1b52..21b4186add 100644
--- a/drivers/block/drbd/drbd_int.h
+++ b/drivers/block/drbd/drbd_int.h
@@ -1405,8 +1405,8 @@ extern struct kmem_cache *drbd_request_cache;
 extern struct kmem_cache *drbd_ee_cache;	/* peer requests */
 extern struct kmem_cache *drbd_bm_ext_cache;	/* bitmap extents */
 extern struct kmem_cache *drbd_al_ext_cache;	/* activity log extents */
-extern mempool_t *drbd_request_mempool;
-extern mempool_t *drbd_ee_mempool;
+extern mempool_t drbd_request_mempool;
+extern mempool_t drbd_ee_mempool;
 
 /* drbd's page pool, used to buffer data received from the peer,
  * or data requested by the peer.
@@ -1432,16 +1432,16 @@ extern wait_queue_head_t drbd_pp_wait;
  * 128 should be plenty, currently we probably can get away with as few as 1.
  */
 #define DRBD_MIN_POOL_PAGES	128
-extern mempool_t *drbd_md_io_page_pool;
+extern mempool_t drbd_md_io_page_pool;
 
 /* We also need to make sure we get a bio
  * when we need it for housekeeping purposes */
-extern struct bio_set *drbd_md_io_bio_set;
+extern struct bio_set drbd_md_io_bio_set;
 /* to allocate from that set */
 extern struct bio *bio_alloc_drbd(gfp_t gfp_mask);
 
 /* And a bio_set for cloning */
-extern struct bio_set *drbd_io_bio_set;
+extern struct bio_set drbd_io_bio_set;
 
 extern struct mutex resources_mutex;
 
diff --git a/drivers/block/drbd/drbd_main.c b/drivers/block/drbd/drbd_main.c
index 185f1ef00a..faea36c5aa 100644
--- a/drivers/block/drbd/drbd_main.c
+++ b/drivers/block/drbd/drbd_main.c
@@ -124,11 +124,11 @@ struct kmem_cache *drbd_request_cache;
 struct kmem_cache *drbd_ee_cache;	/* peer requests */
 struct kmem_cache *drbd_bm_ext_cache;	/* bitmap extents */
 struct kmem_cache *drbd_al_ext_cache;	/* activity log extents */
-mempool_t *drbd_request_mempool;
-mempool_t *drbd_ee_mempool;
-mempool_t *drbd_md_io_page_pool;
-struct bio_set *drbd_md_io_bio_set;
-struct bio_set *drbd_io_bio_set;
+mempool_t drbd_request_mempool;
+mempool_t drbd_ee_mempool;
+mempool_t drbd_md_io_page_pool;
+struct bio_set drbd_md_io_bio_set;
+struct bio_set drbd_io_bio_set;
 
 /* I do not use a standard mempool, because:
    1) I want to hand out the pre-allocated objects first.
@@ -153,10 +153,10 @@ struct bio *bio_alloc_drbd(gfp_t gfp_mask)
 {
 	struct bio *bio;
 
-	if (!drbd_md_io_bio_set)
+	if (!bioset_initialized(&drbd_md_io_bio_set))
 		return bio_alloc(gfp_mask, 1);
 
-	bio = bio_alloc_bioset(gfp_mask, 1, drbd_md_io_bio_set);
+	bio = bio_alloc_bioset(gfp_mask, 1, &drbd_md_io_bio_set);
 	if (!bio)
 		return NULL;
 	return bio;
@@ -2097,16 +2097,11 @@ static void drbd_destroy_mempools(void)
 
 	/* D_ASSERT(device, atomic_read(&drbd_pp_vacant)==0); */
 
-	if (drbd_io_bio_set)
-		bioset_free(drbd_io_bio_set);
-	if (drbd_md_io_bio_set)
-		bioset_free(drbd_md_io_bio_set);
-	if (drbd_md_io_page_pool)
-		mempool_destroy(drbd_md_io_page_pool);
-	if (drbd_ee_mempool)
-		mempool_destroy(drbd_ee_mempool);
-	if (drbd_request_mempool)
-		mempool_destroy(drbd_request_mempool);
+	bioset_exit(&drbd_io_bio_set);
+	bioset_exit(&drbd_md_io_bio_set);
+	mempool_exit(&drbd_md_io_page_pool);
+	mempool_exit(&drbd_ee_mempool);
+	mempool_exit(&drbd_request_mempool);
 	if (drbd_ee_cache)
 		kmem_cache_destroy(drbd_ee_cache);
 	if (drbd_request_cache)
@@ -2116,11 +2111,6 @@ static void drbd_destroy_mempools(void)
 	if (drbd_al_ext_cache)
 		kmem_cache_destroy(drbd_al_ext_cache);
 
-	drbd_io_bio_set      = NULL;
-	drbd_md_io_bio_set   = NULL;
-	drbd_md_io_page_pool = NULL;
-	drbd_ee_mempool      = NULL;
-	drbd_request_mempool = NULL;
 	drbd_ee_cache        = NULL;
 	drbd_request_cache   = NULL;
 	drbd_bm_ext_cache    = NULL;
@@ -2133,18 +2123,7 @@ static int drbd_create_mempools(void)
 {
 	struct page *page;
 	const int number = (DRBD_MAX_BIO_SIZE/PAGE_SIZE) * drbd_minor_count;
-	int i;
-
-	/* prepare our caches and mempools */
-	drbd_request_mempool = NULL;
-	drbd_ee_cache        = NULL;
-	drbd_request_cache   = NULL;
-	drbd_bm_ext_cache    = NULL;
-	drbd_al_ext_cache    = NULL;
-	drbd_pp_pool         = NULL;
-	drbd_md_io_page_pool = NULL;
-	drbd_md_io_bio_set   = NULL;
-	drbd_io_bio_set      = NULL;
+	int i, ret;
 
 	/* caches */
 	drbd_request_cache = kmem_cache_create(
@@ -2168,26 +2147,26 @@ static int drbd_create_mempools(void)
 		goto Enomem;
 
 	/* mempools */
-	drbd_io_bio_set = bioset_create(BIO_POOL_SIZE, 0, 0);
-	if (drbd_io_bio_set == NULL)
+	ret = bioset_init(&drbd_io_bio_set, BIO_POOL_SIZE, 0, 0);
+	if (ret)
 		goto Enomem;
 
-	drbd_md_io_bio_set = bioset_create(DRBD_MIN_POOL_PAGES, 0,
-					   BIOSET_NEED_BVECS);
-	if (drbd_md_io_bio_set == NULL)
+	ret = bioset_init(&drbd_md_io_bio_set, DRBD_MIN_POOL_PAGES, 0,
+			  BIOSET_NEED_BVECS);
+	if (ret)
 		goto Enomem;
 
-	drbd_md_io_page_pool = mempool_create_page_pool(DRBD_MIN_POOL_PAGES, 0);
-	if (drbd_md_io_page_pool == NULL)
+	ret = mempool_init_page_pool(&drbd_md_io_page_pool, DRBD_MIN_POOL_PAGES, 0);
+	if (ret)
 		goto Enomem;
 
-	drbd_request_mempool = mempool_create_slab_pool(number,
-		drbd_request_cache);
-	if (drbd_request_mempool == NULL)
+	ret = mempool_init_slab_pool(&drbd_request_mempool, number,
+				     drbd_request_cache);
+	if (ret)
 		goto Enomem;
 
-	drbd_ee_mempool = mempool_create_slab_pool(number, drbd_ee_cache);
-	if (drbd_ee_mempool == NULL)
+	ret = mempool_init_slab_pool(&drbd_ee_mempool, number, drbd_ee_cache);
+	if (ret)
 		goto Enomem;
 
 	/* drbd's page pool */
diff --git a/drivers/block/drbd/drbd_receiver.c b/drivers/block/drbd/drbd_receiver.c
index c72dee0ef0..be9450f5ad 100644
--- a/drivers/block/drbd/drbd_receiver.c
+++ b/drivers/block/drbd/drbd_receiver.c
@@ -378,7 +378,7 @@ drbd_alloc_peer_req(struct drbd_peer_device *peer_device, u64 id, sector_t secto
 	if (drbd_insert_fault(device, DRBD_FAULT_AL_EE))
 		return NULL;
 
-	peer_req = mempool_alloc(drbd_ee_mempool, gfp_mask & ~__GFP_HIGHMEM);
+	peer_req = mempool_alloc(&drbd_ee_mempool, gfp_mask & ~__GFP_HIGHMEM);
 	if (!peer_req) {
 		if (!(gfp_mask & __GFP_NOWARN))
 			drbd_err(device, "%s: allocation failed\n", __func__);
@@ -409,7 +409,7 @@ drbd_alloc_peer_req(struct drbd_peer_device *peer_device, u64 id, sector_t secto
 	return peer_req;
 
  fail:
-	mempool_free(peer_req, drbd_ee_mempool);
+	mempool_free(peer_req, &drbd_ee_mempool);
 	return NULL;
 }
 
@@ -426,7 +426,7 @@ void __drbd_free_peer_req(struct drbd_device *device, struct drbd_peer_request *
 		peer_req->flags &= ~EE_CALL_AL_COMPLETE_IO;
 		drbd_al_complete_io(device, &peer_req->i);
 	}
-	mempool_free(peer_req, drbd_ee_mempool);
+	mempool_free(peer_req, &drbd_ee_mempool);
 }
 
 int drbd_free_peer_reqs(struct drbd_device *device, struct list_head *list)
diff --git a/drivers/block/drbd/drbd_req.c b/drivers/block/drbd/drbd_req.c
index a500e738d9..a47e4987ee 100644
--- a/drivers/block/drbd/drbd_req.c
+++ b/drivers/block/drbd/drbd_req.c
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@ static struct drbd_request *drbd_req_new(struct drbd_device *device, struct bio
 {
 	struct drbd_request *req;
 
-	req = mempool_alloc(drbd_request_mempool, GFP_NOIO);
+	req = mempool_alloc(&drbd_request_mempool, GFP_NOIO);
 	if (!req)
 		return NULL;
 	memset(req, 0, sizeof(*req));
@@ -184,7 +184,7 @@ void drbd_req_destroy(struct kref *kref)
 		}
 	}
 
-	mempool_free(req, drbd_request_mempool);
+	mempool_free(req, &drbd_request_mempool);
 }
 
 static void wake_all_senders(struct drbd_connection *connection)
diff --git a/drivers/block/drbd/drbd_req.h b/drivers/block/drbd/drbd_req.h
index cb97b3b309..94c654020f 100644
--- a/drivers/block/drbd/drbd_req.h
+++ b/drivers/block/drbd/drbd_req.h
@@ -269,7 +269,7 @@ enum drbd_req_state_bits {
 static inline void drbd_req_make_private_bio(struct drbd_request *req, struct bio *bio_src)
 {
 	struct bio *bio;
-	bio = bio_clone_fast(bio_src, GFP_NOIO, drbd_io_bio_set);
+	bio = bio_clone_fast(bio_src, GFP_NOIO, &drbd_io_bio_set);
 
 	req->private_bio = bio;
 
