diff --git a/arch/arm/plat-omap/Kconfig b/arch/arm/plat-omap/Kconfig
index 78b49a6..111d39a 100644
--- a/arch/arm/plat-omap/Kconfig
+++ b/arch/arm/plat-omap/Kconfig
@@ -106,6 +106,15 @@
 	  Say Y here if you want to use OMAP Mailbox framework support for
 	  DSP, IVA1.0 and IVA2 in OMAP1/2/3.
 
+config OMAP_MBOX_KFIFO_SIZE
+	int "Mailbox kfifo default buffer size (bytes)"
+	depends on OMAP_MBOX_FWK
+	default 256
+	help
+	  Specify the default size of mailbox's kfifo buffers (bytes).
+	  This can also be changed at runtime (via the mbox_kfifo_size
+	  module parameter).
+
 config OMAP_IOMMU
 	tristate
 
diff --git a/arch/arm/plat-omap/include/plat/mailbox.h b/arch/arm/plat-omap/include/plat/mailbox.h
index 729166b..0c3c4a5 100644
--- a/arch/arm/plat-omap/include/plat/mailbox.h
+++ b/arch/arm/plat-omap/include/plat/mailbox.h
@@ -5,8 +5,8 @@
 
 #include <linux/wait.h>
 #include <linux/workqueue.h>
-#include <linux/blkdev.h>
 #include <linux/interrupt.h>
+#include <linux/kfifo.h>
 
 typedef u32 mbox_msg_t;
 struct omap_mbox;
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@
 
 struct omap_mbox_queue {
 	spinlock_t		lock;
-	struct request_queue	*queue;
+	struct kfifo		fifo;
 	struct work_struct	work;
 	struct tasklet_struct	tasklet;
 	int	(*callback)(void *);
diff --git a/arch/arm/plat-omap/mailbox.c b/arch/arm/plat-omap/mailbox.c
index 81076b5..ec0e159 100644
--- a/arch/arm/plat-omap/mailbox.c
+++ b/arch/arm/plat-omap/mailbox.c
@@ -21,11 +21,14 @@
  *
  */
 
+#include <linux/kernel.h>
 #include <linux/module.h>
 #include <linux/interrupt.h>
 #include <linux/device.h>
 #include <linux/delay.h>
 #include <linux/slab.h>
+#include <linux/kfifo.h>
+#include <linux/err.h>
 
 #include <plat/mailbox.h>
 
@@ -37,6 +40,10 @@
 static int mbox_configured;
 static DEFINE_MUTEX(mbox_configured_lock);
 
+static unsigned int mbox_kfifo_size = CONFIG_OMAP_MBOX_KFIFO_SIZE;
+module_param(mbox_kfifo_size, uint, S_IRUGO);
+MODULE_PARM_DESC(mbox_kfifo_size, "Size of omap's mailbox kfifo (bytes)");
+
 /* Mailbox FIFO handle functions */
 static inline mbox_msg_t mbox_fifo_read(struct omap_mbox *mbox)
 {
@@ -69,7 +76,7 @@
 /*
  * message sender
  */
-static int __mbox_msg_send(struct omap_mbox *mbox, mbox_msg_t msg)
+static int __mbox_poll_for_space(struct omap_mbox *mbox)
 {
 	int ret = 0, i = 1000;
 
@@ -80,49 +87,50 @@
 			return -1;
 		udelay(1);
 	}
-	mbox_fifo_write(mbox, msg);
 	return ret;
 }
 
-
 int omap_mbox_msg_send(struct omap_mbox *mbox, mbox_msg_t msg)
 {
+	struct omap_mbox_queue *mq = mbox->txq;
+	int ret = 0, len;
 
-	struct request *rq;
-	struct request_queue *q = mbox->txq->queue;
+	spin_lock(&mq->lock);
 
-	rq = blk_get_request(q, WRITE, GFP_ATOMIC);
-	if (unlikely(!rq))
-		return -ENOMEM;
+	if (kfifo_avail(&mq->fifo) < sizeof(msg)) {
+		ret = -ENOMEM;
+		goto out;
+	}
 
-	blk_insert_request(q, rq, 0, (void *) msg);
+	len = kfifo_in(&mq->fifo, (unsigned char *)&msg, sizeof(msg));
+	WARN_ON(len != sizeof(msg));
+
 	tasklet_schedule(&mbox->txq->tasklet);
 
-	return 0;
+out:
+	spin_unlock(&mq->lock);
+	return ret;
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(omap_mbox_msg_send);
 
 static void mbox_tx_tasklet(unsigned long tx_data)
 {
-	int ret;
-	struct request *rq;
 	struct omap_mbox *mbox = (struct omap_mbox *)tx_data;
-	struct request_queue *q = mbox->txq->queue;
+	struct omap_mbox_queue *mq = mbox->txq;
+	mbox_msg_t msg;
+	int ret;
 
-	while (1) {
-
-		rq = blk_fetch_request(q);
-
-		if (!rq)
-			break;
-
-		ret = __mbox_msg_send(mbox, (mbox_msg_t)rq->special);
-		if (ret) {
+	while (kfifo_len(&mq->fifo)) {
+		if (__mbox_poll_for_space(mbox)) {
 			omap_mbox_enable_irq(mbox, IRQ_TX);
-			blk_requeue_request(q, rq);
-			return;
+			break;
 		}
-		blk_end_request_all(rq, 0);
+
+		ret = kfifo_out(&mq->fifo, (unsigned char *)&msg,
+								sizeof(msg));
+		WARN_ON(ret != sizeof(msg));
+
+		mbox_fifo_write(mbox, msg);
 	}
 }
 
@@ -133,41 +141,21 @@
 {
 	struct omap_mbox_queue *mq =
 			container_of(work, struct omap_mbox_queue, work);
-	struct omap_mbox *mbox = mq->queue->queuedata;
-	struct request_queue *q = mbox->rxq->queue;
-	struct request *rq;
 	mbox_msg_t msg;
-	unsigned long flags;
+	int len;
 
-	while (1) {
-		spin_lock_irqsave(q->queue_lock, flags);
-		rq = blk_fetch_request(q);
-		if (rq_full) {
-			omap_mbox_enable_irq(mbox, IRQ_RX);
-			rq_full = false;
-		}
-		spin_unlock_irqrestore(q->queue_lock, flags);
-		if (!rq)
-			break;
+	while (kfifo_len(&mq->fifo) >= sizeof(msg)) {
+		len = kfifo_out(&mq->fifo, (unsigned char *)&msg, sizeof(msg));
+		WARN_ON(len != sizeof(msg));
 
-		msg = (mbox_msg_t)rq->special;
-		blk_end_request_all(rq, 0);
-		if (mbox->rxq->callback)
-			mbox->rxq->callback((void *)msg);
+		if (mq->callback)
+			mq->callback((void *)msg);
 	}
 }
 
 /*
  * Mailbox interrupt handler
  */
-static void mbox_txq_fn(struct request_queue *q)
-{
-}
-
-static void mbox_rxq_fn(struct request_queue *q)
-{
-}
-
 static void __mbox_tx_interrupt(struct omap_mbox *mbox)
 {
 	omap_mbox_disable_irq(mbox, IRQ_TX);
@@ -177,13 +165,12 @@
 
 static void __mbox_rx_interrupt(struct omap_mbox *mbox)
 {
-	struct request *rq;
+	struct omap_mbox_queue *mq = mbox->rxq;
 	mbox_msg_t msg;
-	struct request_queue *q = mbox->rxq->queue;
+	int len;
 
 	while (!mbox_fifo_empty(mbox)) {
-		rq = blk_get_request(q, WRITE, GFP_ATOMIC);
-		if (unlikely(!rq)) {
+		if (unlikely(kfifo_avail(&mq->fifo) < sizeof(msg))) {
 			omap_mbox_disable_irq(mbox, IRQ_RX);
 			rq_full = true;
 			goto nomem;
@@ -191,8 +178,9 @@
 
 		msg = mbox_fifo_read(mbox);
 
+		len = kfifo_in(&mq->fifo, (unsigned char *)&msg, sizeof(msg));
+		WARN_ON(len != sizeof(msg));
 
-		blk_insert_request(q, rq, 0, (void *)msg);
 		if (mbox->ops->type == OMAP_MBOX_TYPE1)
 			break;
 	}
@@ -217,11 +205,9 @@
 }
 
 static struct omap_mbox_queue *mbox_queue_alloc(struct omap_mbox *mbox,
-					request_fn_proc *proc,
 					void (*work) (struct work_struct *),
 					void (*tasklet)(unsigned long))
 {
-	struct request_queue *q;
 	struct omap_mbox_queue *mq;
 
 	mq = kzalloc(sizeof(struct omap_mbox_queue), GFP_KERNEL);
@@ -230,11 +216,8 @@
 
 	spin_lock_init(&mq->lock);
 
-	q = blk_init_queue(proc, &mq->lock);
-	if (!q)
+	if (kfifo_alloc(&mq->fifo, mbox_kfifo_size, GFP_KERNEL))
 		goto error;
-	q->queuedata = mbox;
-	mq->queue = q;
 
 	if (work)
 		INIT_WORK(&mq->work, work);
@@ -249,7 +232,7 @@
 
 static void mbox_queue_free(struct omap_mbox_queue *q)
 {
-	blk_cleanup_queue(q->queue);
+	kfifo_free(&q->fifo);
 	kfree(q);
 }
 
@@ -279,14 +262,14 @@
 		goto fail_request_irq;
 	}
 
-	mq = mbox_queue_alloc(mbox, mbox_txq_fn, NULL, mbox_tx_tasklet);
+	mq = mbox_queue_alloc(mbox, NULL, mbox_tx_tasklet);
 	if (!mq) {
 		ret = -ENOMEM;
 		goto fail_alloc_txq;
 	}
 	mbox->txq = mq;
 
-	mq = mbox_queue_alloc(mbox, mbox_rxq_fn, mbox_rx_work, NULL);
+	mq = mbox_queue_alloc(mbox, mbox_rx_work, NULL);
 	if (!mq) {
 		ret = -ENOMEM;
 		goto fail_alloc_rxq;
@@ -418,6 +401,10 @@
 	if (!mboxd)
 		return -ENOMEM;
 
+	/* kfifo size sanity check: alignment and minimal size */
+	mbox_kfifo_size = ALIGN(mbox_kfifo_size, sizeof(mbox_msg_t));
+	mbox_kfifo_size = max_t(unsigned int, mbox_kfifo_size, sizeof(mbox_msg_t));
+
 	return 0;
 }
 module_init(omap_mbox_init);