diff --git a/fs/xfs/kmem.c b/fs/xfs/kmem.c
index e986b95d94c9..3f2979fd2f2b 100644
--- a/fs/xfs/kmem.c
+++ b/fs/xfs/kmem.c
@@ -56,31 +56,6 @@ __kmem_vmalloc(size_t size, xfs_km_flags_t flags)
 	return ptr;
 }
 
-/*
- * Same as kmem_alloc_large, except we guarantee the buffer returned is aligned
- * to the @align_mask. We only guarantee alignment up to page size, we'll clamp
- * alignment at page size if it is larger. vmalloc always returns a PAGE_SIZE
- * aligned region.
- */
-void *
-kmem_alloc_io(size_t size, int align_mask, xfs_km_flags_t flags)
-{
-	void	*ptr;
-
-	trace_kmem_alloc_io(size, flags, _RET_IP_);
-
-	if (WARN_ON_ONCE(align_mask >= PAGE_SIZE))
-		align_mask = PAGE_SIZE - 1;
-
-	ptr = kmem_alloc(size, flags | KM_MAYFAIL);
-	if (ptr) {
-		if (!((uintptr_t)ptr & align_mask))
-			return ptr;
-		kfree(ptr);
-	}
-	return __kmem_vmalloc(size, flags);
-}
-
 void *
 kmem_alloc_large(size_t size, xfs_km_flags_t flags)
 {
diff --git a/fs/xfs/kmem.h b/fs/xfs/kmem.h
index 38007117697e..9ff20047f8b8 100644
--- a/fs/xfs/kmem.h
+++ b/fs/xfs/kmem.h
@@ -57,7 +57,6 @@ kmem_flags_convert(xfs_km_flags_t flags)
 }
 
 extern void *kmem_alloc(size_t, xfs_km_flags_t);
-extern void *kmem_alloc_io(size_t size, int align_mask, xfs_km_flags_t flags);
 extern void *kmem_alloc_large(size_t size, xfs_km_flags_t);
 static inline void  kmem_free(const void *ptr)
 {
diff --git a/fs/xfs/xfs_buf.c b/fs/xfs/xfs_buf.c
index 8ff42b3585e0..a5ef1f9eb622 100644
--- a/fs/xfs/xfs_buf.c
+++ b/fs/xfs/xfs_buf.c
@@ -315,7 +315,6 @@ xfs_buf_alloc_kmem(
 	struct xfs_buf	*bp,
 	xfs_buf_flags_t	flags)
 {
-	int		align_mask = xfs_buftarg_dma_alignment(bp->b_target);
 	xfs_km_flags_t	kmflag_mask = KM_NOFS;
 	size_t		size = BBTOB(bp->b_length);
 
@@ -323,7 +322,7 @@ xfs_buf_alloc_kmem(
 	if (!(flags & XBF_READ))
 		kmflag_mask |= KM_ZERO;
 
-	bp->b_addr = kmem_alloc_io(size, align_mask, kmflag_mask);
+	bp->b_addr = kmem_alloc(size, kmflag_mask);
 	if (!bp->b_addr)
 		return -ENOMEM;
 
diff --git a/fs/xfs/xfs_buf.h b/fs/xfs/xfs_buf.h
index 464dc548fa23..cfbe37d73293 100644
--- a/fs/xfs/xfs_buf.h
+++ b/fs/xfs/xfs_buf.h
@@ -355,12 +355,6 @@ extern int xfs_setsize_buftarg(struct xfs_buftarg *, unsigned int);
 #define xfs_getsize_buftarg(buftarg)	block_size((buftarg)->bt_bdev)
 #define xfs_readonly_buftarg(buftarg)	bdev_read_only((buftarg)->bt_bdev)
 
-static inline int
-xfs_buftarg_dma_alignment(struct xfs_buftarg *bt)
-{
-	return queue_dma_alignment(bt->bt_bdev->bd_disk->queue);
-}
-
 int xfs_buf_reverify(struct xfs_buf *bp, const struct xfs_buf_ops *ops);
 bool xfs_verify_magic(struct xfs_buf *bp, __be32 dmagic);
 bool xfs_verify_magic16(struct xfs_buf *bp, __be16 dmagic);
diff --git a/fs/xfs/xfs_log.c b/fs/xfs/xfs_log.c
index 60ac5fd63f1e..fdc4d0636413 100644
--- a/fs/xfs/xfs_log.c
+++ b/fs/xfs/xfs_log.c
@@ -1476,7 +1476,6 @@ xlog_alloc_log(
 	 */
 	ASSERT(log->l_iclog_size >= 4096);
 	for (i = 0; i < log->l_iclog_bufs; i++) {
-		int align_mask = xfs_buftarg_dma_alignment(mp->m_logdev_targp);
 		size_t bvec_size = howmany(log->l_iclog_size, PAGE_SIZE) *
 				sizeof(struct bio_vec);
 
@@ -1488,7 +1487,7 @@ xlog_alloc_log(
 		iclog->ic_prev = prev_iclog;
 		prev_iclog = iclog;
 
-		iclog->ic_data = kmem_alloc_io(log->l_iclog_size, align_mask,
+		iclog->ic_data = kmem_alloc_large(log->l_iclog_size,
 						KM_MAYFAIL | KM_ZERO);
 		if (!iclog->ic_data)
 			goto out_free_iclog;
diff --git a/fs/xfs/xfs_log_recover.c b/fs/xfs/xfs_log_recover.c
index cc3c2329c4e5..48bb5c31ffd0 100644
--- a/fs/xfs/xfs_log_recover.c
+++ b/fs/xfs/xfs_log_recover.c
@@ -79,8 +79,6 @@ xlog_alloc_buffer(
 	struct xlog	*log,
 	int		nbblks)
 {
-	int align_mask = xfs_buftarg_dma_alignment(log->l_targ);
-
 	/*
 	 * Pass log block 0 since we don't have an addr yet, buffer will be
 	 * verified on read.
@@ -108,7 +106,7 @@ xlog_alloc_buffer(
 	if (nbblks > 1 && log->l_sectBBsize > 1)
 		nbblks += log->l_sectBBsize;
 	nbblks = round_up(nbblks, log->l_sectBBsize);
-	return kmem_alloc_io(BBTOB(nbblks), align_mask, KM_MAYFAIL | KM_ZERO);
+	return kmem_alloc_large(BBTOB(nbblks), KM_MAYFAIL | KM_ZERO);
 }
 
 /*
diff --git a/fs/xfs/xfs_trace.h b/fs/xfs/xfs_trace.h
index 57ce91dcc0a6..2d31e64b46dc 100644
--- a/fs/xfs/xfs_trace.h
+++ b/fs/xfs/xfs_trace.h
@@ -3774,7 +3774,6 @@ DEFINE_EVENT(xfs_kmem_class, name, \
 	TP_PROTO(ssize_t size, int flags, unsigned long caller_ip), \
 	TP_ARGS(size, flags, caller_ip))
 DEFINE_KMEM_EVENT(kmem_alloc);
-DEFINE_KMEM_EVENT(kmem_alloc_io);
 DEFINE_KMEM_EVENT(kmem_alloc_large);
 
 TRACE_EVENT(xfs_check_new_dalign,