diff --git a/drivers/staging/android/ion/ion_page_pool.c b/drivers/staging/android/ion/ion_page_pool.c
index 168478077cb8..111777c6e25a 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/android/ion/ion_page_pool.c
+++ b/drivers/staging/android/ion/ion_page_pool.c
@@ -23,11 +23,6 @@
 #include <linux/slab.h>
 #include "ion_priv.h"
 
-struct ion_page_pool_item {
-	struct page *page;
-	struct list_head list;
-};
-
 static void *ion_page_pool_alloc_pages(struct ion_page_pool *pool)
 {
 	struct page *page = alloc_pages(pool->gfp_mask, pool->order);
@@ -47,19 +42,12 @@ static void ion_page_pool_free_pages(struct ion_page_pool *pool,
 
 static int ion_page_pool_add(struct ion_page_pool *pool, struct page *page)
 {
-	struct ion_page_pool_item *item;
-
-	item = kmalloc(sizeof(struct ion_page_pool_item), GFP_KERNEL);
-	if (!item)
-		return -ENOMEM;
-
 	mutex_lock(&pool->mutex);
-	item->page = page;
 	if (PageHighMem(page)) {
-		list_add_tail(&item->list, &pool->high_items);
+		list_add_tail(&page->lru, &pool->high_items);
 		pool->high_count++;
 	} else {
-		list_add_tail(&item->list, &pool->low_items);
+		list_add_tail(&page->lru, &pool->low_items);
 		pool->low_count++;
 	}
 	mutex_unlock(&pool->mutex);
@@ -68,24 +56,19 @@ static int ion_page_pool_add(struct ion_page_pool *pool, struct page *page)
 
 static struct page *ion_page_pool_remove(struct ion_page_pool *pool, bool high)
 {
-	struct ion_page_pool_item *item;
 	struct page *page;
 
 	if (high) {
 		BUG_ON(!pool->high_count);
-		item = list_first_entry(&pool->high_items,
-					struct ion_page_pool_item, list);
+		page = list_first_entry(&pool->high_items, struct page, lru);
 		pool->high_count--;
 	} else {
 		BUG_ON(!pool->low_count);
-		item = list_first_entry(&pool->low_items,
-					struct ion_page_pool_item, list);
+		page = list_first_entry(&pool->low_items, struct page, lru);
 		pool->low_count--;
 	}
 
-	list_del(&item->list);
-	page = item->page;
-	kfree(item);
+	list_del(&page->lru);
 	return page;
 }