diff --git a/drivers/md/raid1.c b/drivers/md/raid1.c
index a7ea954..aeb4e3f 100644
--- a/drivers/md/raid1.c
+++ b/drivers/md/raid1.c
@@ -92,7 +92,6 @@
 static void * r1buf_pool_alloc(gfp_t gfp_flags, void *data)
 {
 	struct pool_info *pi = data;
-	struct page *page;
 	struct r1bio *r1_bio;
 	struct bio *bio;
 	int i, j;
@@ -122,14 +121,10 @@
 		j = 1;
 	while(j--) {
 		bio = r1_bio->bios[j];
-		for (i = 0; i < RESYNC_PAGES; i++) {
-			page = alloc_page(gfp_flags);
-			if (unlikely(!page))
-				goto out_free_pages;
+		bio->bi_vcnt = RESYNC_PAGES;
 
-			bio->bi_io_vec[i].bv_page = page;
-			bio->bi_vcnt = i+1;
-		}
+		if (bio_alloc_pages(bio, gfp_flags))
+			goto out_free_bio;
 	}
 	/* If not user-requests, copy the page pointers to all bios */
 	if (!test_bit(MD_RECOVERY_REQUESTED, &pi->mddev->recovery)) {
@@ -143,11 +138,6 @@
 
 	return r1_bio;
 
-out_free_pages:
-	for (j=0 ; j < pi->raid_disks; j++)
-		for (i=0; i < r1_bio->bios[j]->bi_vcnt ; i++)
-			put_page(r1_bio->bios[j]->bi_io_vec[i].bv_page);
-	j = -1;
 out_free_bio:
 	while (++j < pi->raid_disks)
 		bio_put(r1_bio->bios[j]);