diff --git a/fs/super.c b/fs/super.c
index 181d42e2abff..269d96857caa 100644
--- a/fs/super.c
+++ b/fs/super.c
@@ -195,8 +195,12 @@ static struct super_block *alloc_super(struct file_system_type *type, int flags)
 		INIT_HLIST_NODE(&s->s_instances);
 		INIT_HLIST_BL_HEAD(&s->s_anon);
 		INIT_LIST_HEAD(&s->s_inodes);
-		list_lru_init(&s->s_dentry_lru);
-		list_lru_init(&s->s_inode_lru);
+
+		if (list_lru_init(&s->s_dentry_lru))
+			goto err_out;
+		if (list_lru_init(&s->s_inode_lru))
+			goto err_out_dentry_lru;
+
 		INIT_LIST_HEAD(&s->s_mounts);
 		init_rwsem(&s->s_umount);
 		lockdep_set_class(&s->s_umount, &type->s_umount_key);
@@ -236,6 +240,9 @@ static struct super_block *alloc_super(struct file_system_type *type, int flags)
 	}
 out:
 	return s;
+
+err_out_dentry_lru:
+	list_lru_destroy(&s->s_dentry_lru);
 err_out:
 	security_sb_free(s);
 #ifdef CONFIG_SMP
diff --git a/fs/xfs/xfs_buf.c b/fs/xfs/xfs_buf.c
index d46f6a3dc1de..49fdb7bed481 100644
--- a/fs/xfs/xfs_buf.c
+++ b/fs/xfs/xfs_buf.c
@@ -1592,6 +1592,7 @@ xfs_free_buftarg(
 	struct xfs_mount	*mp,
 	struct xfs_buftarg	*btp)
 {
+	list_lru_destroy(&btp->bt_lru);
 	unregister_shrinker(&btp->bt_shrinker);
 
 	if (mp->m_flags & XFS_MOUNT_BARRIER)
@@ -1666,9 +1667,12 @@ xfs_alloc_buftarg(
 	if (!btp->bt_bdi)
 		goto error;
 
-	list_lru_init(&btp->bt_lru);
 	if (xfs_setsize_buftarg_early(btp, bdev))
 		goto error;
+
+	if (list_lru_init(&btp->bt_lru))
+		goto error;
+
 	btp->bt_shrinker.count_objects = xfs_buftarg_shrink_count;
 	btp->bt_shrinker.scan_objects = xfs_buftarg_shrink_scan;
 	btp->bt_shrinker.seeks = DEFAULT_SEEKS;
diff --git a/fs/xfs/xfs_qm.c b/fs/xfs/xfs_qm.c
index a29169b062e3..7f4138629a80 100644
--- a/fs/xfs/xfs_qm.c
+++ b/fs/xfs/xfs_qm.c
@@ -831,11 +831,18 @@ xfs_qm_init_quotainfo(
 
 	qinf = mp->m_quotainfo = kmem_zalloc(sizeof(xfs_quotainfo_t), KM_SLEEP);
 
+	if ((error = list_lru_init(&qinf->qi_lru))) {
+		kmem_free(qinf);
+		mp->m_quotainfo = NULL;
+		return error;
+	}
+
 	/*
 	 * See if quotainodes are setup, and if not, allocate them,
 	 * and change the superblock accordingly.
 	 */
 	if ((error = xfs_qm_init_quotainos(mp))) {
+		list_lru_destroy(&qinf->qi_lru);
 		kmem_free(qinf);
 		mp->m_quotainfo = NULL;
 		return error;
@@ -846,8 +853,6 @@ xfs_qm_init_quotainfo(
 	INIT_RADIX_TREE(&qinf->qi_pquota_tree, GFP_NOFS);
 	mutex_init(&qinf->qi_tree_lock);
 
-	list_lru_init(&qinf->qi_lru);
-
 	/* mutex used to serialize quotaoffs */
 	mutex_init(&qinf->qi_quotaofflock);
 
@@ -935,6 +940,7 @@ xfs_qm_destroy_quotainfo(
 	qi = mp->m_quotainfo;
 	ASSERT(qi != NULL);
 
+	list_lru_destroy(&qi->qi_lru);
 	unregister_shrinker(&qi->qi_shrinker);
 
 	if (qi->qi_uquotaip) {
diff --git a/include/linux/list_lru.h b/include/linux/list_lru.h
index 4d02ad3badab..3ce541753c88 100644
--- a/include/linux/list_lru.h
+++ b/include/linux/list_lru.h
@@ -27,20 +27,11 @@ struct list_lru_node {
 } ____cacheline_aligned_in_smp;
 
 struct list_lru {
-	/*
-	 * Because we use a fixed-size array, this struct can be very big if
-	 * MAX_NUMNODES is big. If this becomes a problem this is fixable by
-	 * turning this into a pointer and dynamically allocating this to
-	 * nr_node_ids. This quantity is firwmare-provided, and still would
-	 * provide room for all nodes at the cost of a pointer lookup and an
-	 * extra allocation. Because that allocation will most likely come from
-	 * a different slab cache than the main structure holding this
-	 * structure, we may very well fail.
-	 */
-	struct list_lru_node	node[MAX_NUMNODES];
+	struct list_lru_node	*node;
 	nodemask_t		active_nodes;
 };
 
+void list_lru_destroy(struct list_lru *lru);
 int list_lru_init(struct list_lru *lru);
 
 /**
diff --git a/mm/list_lru.c b/mm/list_lru.c
index f91c24188573..72467914b856 100644
--- a/mm/list_lru.c
+++ b/mm/list_lru.c
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@
 #include <linux/module.h>
 #include <linux/mm.h>
 #include <linux/list_lru.h>
+#include <linux/slab.h>
 
 bool list_lru_add(struct list_lru *lru, struct list_head *item)
 {
@@ -115,9 +116,14 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(list_lru_walk_node);
 int list_lru_init(struct list_lru *lru)
 {
 	int i;
+	size_t size = sizeof(*lru->node) * nr_node_ids;
+
+	lru->node = kzalloc(size, GFP_KERNEL);
+	if (!lru->node)
+		return -ENOMEM;
 
 	nodes_clear(lru->active_nodes);
-	for (i = 0; i < MAX_NUMNODES; i++) {
+	for (i = 0; i < nr_node_ids; i++) {
 		spin_lock_init(&lru->node[i].lock);
 		INIT_LIST_HEAD(&lru->node[i].list);
 		lru->node[i].nr_items = 0;
@@ -125,3 +131,9 @@ int list_lru_init(struct list_lru *lru)
 	return 0;
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(list_lru_init);
+
+void list_lru_destroy(struct list_lru *lru)
+{
+	kfree(lru->node);
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(list_lru_destroy);