diff --git a/drivers/md/raid1.c b/drivers/md/raid1.c
index 3362cfc8073c..40f58d3b67ff 100644
--- a/drivers/md/raid1.c
+++ b/drivers/md/raid1.c
@@ -100,7 +100,7 @@ static void * r1buf_pool_alloc(gfp_t gfp_flags, void *data)
 	 * Allocate bios : 1 for reading, n-1 for writing
 	 */
 	for (j = pi->raid_disks ; j-- ; ) {
-		bio = bio_alloc(gfp_flags, RESYNC_PAGES);
+		bio = bio_kmalloc(gfp_flags, RESYNC_PAGES);
 		if (!bio)
 			goto out_free_bio;
 		r1_bio->bios[j] = bio;
diff --git a/drivers/md/raid10.c b/drivers/md/raid10.c
index 8f5543a62416..6709cb255200 100644
--- a/drivers/md/raid10.c
+++ b/drivers/md/raid10.c
@@ -120,7 +120,7 @@ static void * r10buf_pool_alloc(gfp_t gfp_flags, void *data)
 	 * Allocate bios.
 	 */
 	for (j = nalloc ; j-- ; ) {
-		bio = bio_alloc(gfp_flags, RESYNC_PAGES);
+		bio = bio_kmalloc(gfp_flags, RESYNC_PAGES);
 		if (!bio)
 			goto out_free_bio;
 		r10_bio->devs[j].bio = bio;