diff --git a/fs/gfs2/lops.c b/fs/gfs2/lops.c
index fe369bd9e10c..87e6e0d66bb7 100644
--- a/fs/gfs2/lops.c
+++ b/fs/gfs2/lops.c
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@
 #include <linux/spinlock.h>
 #include <linux/completion.h>
 #include <linux/buffer_head.h>
+#include <linux/mempool.h>
 #include <linux/gfs2_ondisk.h>
 #include <linux/bio.h>
 #include <linux/fs.h>
@@ -199,7 +200,7 @@ static void gfs2_fake_write_endio(struct buffer_head *bh, int uptodate)
 	struct gfs2_sbd *sdp = bd->bd_gl->gl_sbd;
 
 	end_buffer_write_sync(bh, uptodate);
-	free_buffer_head(bh);
+	mempool_free(bh, gfs2_bh_pool);
 	unlock_buffer(real_bh);
 	brelse(real_bh);
 	if (atomic_dec_and_test(&sdp->sd_log_in_flight))
@@ -220,7 +221,7 @@ static struct buffer_head *gfs2_log_fake_buf(struct gfs2_sbd *sdp,
 	u64 blkno = gfs2_log_bmap(sdp, sdp->sd_log_flush_head);
 	struct buffer_head *bh;
 
-	bh = alloc_buffer_head(GFP_NOFS | __GFP_NOFAIL);
+	bh = mempool_alloc(gfs2_bh_pool, GFP_NOFS);
 	atomic_set(&bh->b_count, 1);
 	bh->b_state = (1 << BH_Mapped) | (1 << BH_Uptodate) | (1 << BH_Lock);
 	set_bh_page(bh, real->b_page, bh_offset(real));
diff --git a/fs/gfs2/main.c b/fs/gfs2/main.c
index a8d9bcd0e19c..754426b1e52c 100644
--- a/fs/gfs2/main.c
+++ b/fs/gfs2/main.c
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@
 #include <linux/rcupdate.h>
 #include <linux/rculist_bl.h>
 #include <linux/atomic.h>
+#include <linux/mempool.h>
 
 #include "gfs2.h"
 #include "incore.h"
@@ -69,6 +70,16 @@ static void gfs2_init_gl_aspace_once(void *foo)
 	address_space_init_once(mapping);
 }
 
+static void *gfs2_bh_alloc(gfp_t mask, void *data)
+{
+	return alloc_buffer_head(mask);
+}
+
+static void gfs2_bh_free(void *ptr, void *data)
+{
+	return free_buffer_head(ptr);
+}
+
 /**
  * init_gfs2_fs - Register GFS2 as a filesystem
  *
@@ -151,6 +162,10 @@ static int __init init_gfs2_fs(void)
 	gfs2_control_wq = alloc_workqueue("gfs2_control",
 			       WQ_NON_REENTRANT | WQ_UNBOUND | WQ_FREEZABLE, 0);
 	if (!gfs2_control_wq)
+		goto fail_recovery;
+
+	gfs2_bh_pool = mempool_create(1024, gfs2_bh_alloc, gfs2_bh_free, NULL);
+	if (!gfs2_bh_pool)
 		goto fail_control;
 
 	gfs2_register_debugfs();
@@ -160,6 +175,8 @@ static int __init init_gfs2_fs(void)
 	return 0;
 
 fail_control:
+	destroy_workqueue(gfs2_control_wq);
+fail_recovery:
 	destroy_workqueue(gfs_recovery_wq);
 fail_wq:
 	unregister_filesystem(&gfs2meta_fs_type);
@@ -208,6 +225,7 @@ static void __exit exit_gfs2_fs(void)
 
 	rcu_barrier();
 
+	mempool_destroy(gfs2_bh_pool);
 	kmem_cache_destroy(gfs2_quotad_cachep);
 	kmem_cache_destroy(gfs2_rgrpd_cachep);
 	kmem_cache_destroy(gfs2_bufdata_cachep);
diff --git a/fs/gfs2/util.c b/fs/gfs2/util.c
index 53511291fe36..9e7765e8e7b0 100644
--- a/fs/gfs2/util.c
+++ b/fs/gfs2/util.c
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@ struct kmem_cache *gfs2_inode_cachep __read_mostly;
 struct kmem_cache *gfs2_bufdata_cachep __read_mostly;
 struct kmem_cache *gfs2_rgrpd_cachep __read_mostly;
 struct kmem_cache *gfs2_quotad_cachep __read_mostly;
+mempool_t *gfs2_bh_pool __read_mostly;
 
 void gfs2_assert_i(struct gfs2_sbd *sdp)
 {
diff --git a/fs/gfs2/util.h b/fs/gfs2/util.h
index b432e04600de..a4ce76c67dbb 100644
--- a/fs/gfs2/util.h
+++ b/fs/gfs2/util.h
@@ -10,6 +10,8 @@
 #ifndef __UTIL_DOT_H__
 #define __UTIL_DOT_H__
 
+#include <linux/mempool.h>
+
 #include "incore.h"
 
 #define fs_printk(level, fs, fmt, arg...) \
@@ -150,6 +152,7 @@ extern struct kmem_cache *gfs2_inode_cachep;
 extern struct kmem_cache *gfs2_bufdata_cachep;
 extern struct kmem_cache *gfs2_rgrpd_cachep;
 extern struct kmem_cache *gfs2_quotad_cachep;
+extern mempool_t *gfs2_bh_pool;
 
 static inline unsigned int gfs2_tune_get_i(struct gfs2_tune *gt,
 					   unsigned int *p)