diff --git a/drivers/md/dm-mpath.c b/drivers/md/dm-mpath.c
index f72a82f..1816f30 100644
--- a/drivers/md/dm-mpath.c
+++ b/drivers/md/dm-mpath.c
@@ -179,8 +179,7 @@
 		m->queue_io = 1;
 		INIT_WORK(&m->process_queued_ios, process_queued_ios, m);
 		INIT_WORK(&m->trigger_event, trigger_event, m);
-		m->mpio_pool = mempool_create(MIN_IOS, mempool_alloc_slab,
-					      mempool_free_slab, _mpio_cache);
+		m->mpio_pool = mempool_create_slab_pool(MIN_IOS, _mpio_cache);
 		if (!m->mpio_pool) {
 			kfree(m);
 			return NULL;