diff --git a/drivers/block/drbd/drbd_actlog.c b/drivers/block/drbd/drbd_actlog.c
index 0a35f82..e54e31b 100644
--- a/drivers/block/drbd/drbd_actlog.c
+++ b/drivers/block/drbd/drbd_actlog.c
@@ -115,7 +115,7 @@
 		rw |= REQ_FUA | REQ_FLUSH;
 	rw |= REQ_SYNC;
 
-	bio = bio_alloc(GFP_NOIO, 1);
+	bio = bio_alloc_drbd(GFP_NOIO);
 	bio->bi_bdev = bdev->md_bdev;
 	bio->bi_sector = sector;
 	ok = (bio_add_page(bio, page, size, 0) == size);
diff --git a/drivers/block/drbd/drbd_bitmap.c b/drivers/block/drbd/drbd_bitmap.c
index a24eb78..b5c5ff5 100644
--- a/drivers/block/drbd/drbd_bitmap.c
+++ b/drivers/block/drbd/drbd_bitmap.c
@@ -953,8 +953,7 @@
 
 static void bm_page_io_async(struct bm_aio_ctx *ctx, int page_nr, int rw) __must_hold(local)
 {
-	/* we are process context. we always get a bio */
-	struct bio *bio = bio_alloc(GFP_NOIO, 1);
+	struct bio *bio = bio_alloc_drbd(GFP_NOIO);
 	struct drbd_conf *mdev = ctx->mdev;
 	struct drbd_bitmap *b = mdev->bitmap;
 	struct page *page;
diff --git a/drivers/block/drbd/drbd_int.h b/drivers/block/drbd/drbd_int.h
index 685ed4c..02f013a 100644
--- a/drivers/block/drbd/drbd_int.h
+++ b/drivers/block/drbd/drbd_int.h
@@ -1522,6 +1522,12 @@
 #define DRBD_MIN_POOL_PAGES	128
 extern mempool_t *drbd_md_io_page_pool;
 
+/* We also need to make sure we get a bio
+ * when we need it for housekeeping purposes */
+extern struct bio_set *drbd_md_io_bio_set;
+/* to allocate from that set */
+extern struct bio *bio_alloc_drbd(gfp_t gfp_mask);
+
 extern rwlock_t global_state_lock;
 
 extern struct drbd_conf *drbd_new_device(unsigned int minor);
diff --git a/drivers/block/drbd/drbd_main.c b/drivers/block/drbd/drbd_main.c
index c03e87f..bd380b9 100644
--- a/drivers/block/drbd/drbd_main.c
+++ b/drivers/block/drbd/drbd_main.c
@@ -140,6 +140,7 @@
 mempool_t *drbd_request_mempool;
 mempool_t *drbd_ee_mempool;
 mempool_t *drbd_md_io_page_pool;
+struct bio_set *drbd_md_io_bio_set;
 
 /* I do not use a standard mempool, because:
    1) I want to hand out the pre-allocated objects first.
@@ -160,6 +161,25 @@
 	.release = drbd_release,
 };
 
+static void bio_destructor_drbd(struct bio *bio)
+{
+	bio_free(bio, drbd_md_io_bio_set);
+}
+
+struct bio *bio_alloc_drbd(gfp_t gfp_mask)
+{
+	struct bio *bio;
+
+	if (!drbd_md_io_bio_set)
+		return bio_alloc(gfp_mask, 1);
+
+	bio = bio_alloc_bioset(gfp_mask, 1, drbd_md_io_bio_set);
+	if (!bio)
+		return NULL;
+	bio->bi_destructor = bio_destructor_drbd;
+	return bio;
+}
+
 #ifdef __CHECKER__
 /* When checking with sparse, and this is an inline function, sparse will
    give tons of false positives. When this is a real functions sparse works.
@@ -3263,6 +3283,8 @@
 
 	/* D_ASSERT(atomic_read(&drbd_pp_vacant)==0); */
 
+	if (drbd_md_io_bio_set)
+		bioset_free(drbd_md_io_bio_set);
 	if (drbd_md_io_page_pool)
 		mempool_destroy(drbd_md_io_page_pool);
 	if (drbd_ee_mempool)
@@ -3278,6 +3300,7 @@
 	if (drbd_al_ext_cache)
 		kmem_cache_destroy(drbd_al_ext_cache);
 
+	drbd_md_io_bio_set   = NULL;
 	drbd_md_io_page_pool = NULL;
 	drbd_ee_mempool      = NULL;
 	drbd_request_mempool = NULL;
@@ -3303,6 +3326,7 @@
 	drbd_al_ext_cache    = NULL;
 	drbd_pp_pool         = NULL;
 	drbd_md_io_page_pool = NULL;
+	drbd_md_io_bio_set   = NULL;
 
 	/* caches */
 	drbd_request_cache = kmem_cache_create(
@@ -3326,6 +3350,12 @@
 		goto Enomem;
 
 	/* mempools */
+#ifdef COMPAT_HAVE_BIOSET_CREATE
+	drbd_md_io_bio_set = bioset_create(DRBD_MIN_POOL_PAGES, 0);
+	if (drbd_md_io_bio_set == NULL)
+		goto Enomem;
+#endif
+
 	drbd_md_io_page_pool = mempool_create_page_pool(DRBD_MIN_POOL_PAGES, 0);
 	if (drbd_md_io_page_pool == NULL)
 		goto Enomem;
diff --git a/drivers/block/drbd/drbd_receiver.c b/drivers/block/drbd/drbd_receiver.c
index 017eeb7..247a79a 100644
--- a/drivers/block/drbd/drbd_receiver.c
+++ b/drivers/block/drbd/drbd_receiver.c
@@ -1106,7 +1106,11 @@
 	/* In most cases, we will only need one bio.  But in case the lower
 	 * level restrictions happen to be different at this offset on this
 	 * side than those of the sending peer, we may need to submit the
-	 * request in more than one bio. */
+	 * request in more than one bio.
+	 *
+	 * Plain bio_alloc is good enough here, this is no DRBD internally
+	 * generated bio, but a bio allocated on behalf of the peer.
+	 */
 next_bio:
 	bio = bio_alloc(GFP_NOIO, nr_pages);
 	if (!bio) {