diff --git a/drivers/md/faulty.c b/drivers/md/faulty.c
index 1a89878..339fdc6 100644
--- a/drivers/md/faulty.c
+++ b/drivers/md/faulty.c
@@ -210,7 +210,7 @@
 		}
 	}
 	if (failit) {
-		struct bio *b = bio_clone(bio, GFP_NOIO);
+		struct bio *b = bio_clone_mddev(bio, GFP_NOIO, mddev);
 		b->bi_bdev = conf->rdev->bdev;
 		b->bi_private = bio;
 		b->bi_end_io = faulty_fail;
diff --git a/drivers/md/md.c b/drivers/md/md.c
index 3149bf3..4e957f3 100644
--- a/drivers/md/md.c
+++ b/drivers/md/md.c
@@ -149,6 +149,72 @@
 
 static int start_readonly;
 
+/* bio_clone_mddev
+ * like bio_clone, but with a local bio set
+ */
+
+static void mddev_bio_destructor(struct bio *bio)
+{
+	mddev_t *mddev, **mddevp;
+
+	mddevp = (void*)bio;
+	mddev = mddevp[-1];
+
+	bio_free(bio, mddev->bio_set);
+}
+
+struct bio *bio_alloc_mddev(gfp_t gfp_mask, int nr_iovecs,
+			    mddev_t *mddev)
+{
+	struct bio *b;
+	mddev_t **mddevp;
+
+	if (!mddev || !mddev->bio_set)
+		return bio_alloc(gfp_mask, nr_iovecs);
+
+	b = bio_alloc_bioset(gfp_mask, nr_iovecs,
+			     mddev->bio_set);
+	if (!b)
+		return NULL;
+	mddevp = (void*)b;
+	mddevp[-1] = mddev;
+	b->bi_destructor = mddev_bio_destructor;
+	return b;
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(bio_alloc_mddev);
+
+struct bio *bio_clone_mddev(struct bio *bio, gfp_t gfp_mask,
+			    mddev_t *mddev)
+{
+	struct bio *b;
+	mddev_t **mddevp;
+
+	if (!mddev || !mddev->bio_set)
+		return bio_clone(bio, gfp_mask);
+
+	b = bio_alloc_bioset(gfp_mask, bio->bi_max_vecs,
+			     mddev->bio_set);
+	if (!b)
+		return NULL;
+	mddevp = (void*)b;
+	mddevp[-1] = mddev;
+	b->bi_destructor = mddev_bio_destructor;
+	__bio_clone(b, bio);
+	if (bio_integrity(bio)) {
+		int ret;
+
+		ret = bio_integrity_clone(b, bio, gfp_mask, mddev->bio_set);
+
+		if (ret < 0) {
+			bio_put(b);
+			return NULL;
+		}
+	}
+
+	return b;
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(bio_clone_mddev);
+
 /*
  * We have a system wide 'event count' that is incremented
  * on any 'interesting' event, and readers of /proc/mdstat
@@ -321,7 +387,7 @@
 			atomic_inc(&rdev->nr_pending);
 			atomic_inc(&rdev->nr_pending);
 			rcu_read_unlock();
-			bi = bio_alloc(GFP_KERNEL, 0);
+			bi = bio_alloc_mddev(GFP_KERNEL, 0, mddev);
 			bi->bi_end_io = md_end_flush;
 			bi->bi_private = rdev;
 			bi->bi_bdev = rdev->bdev;
@@ -428,6 +494,8 @@
 
 static void mddev_put(mddev_t *mddev)
 {
+	struct bio_set *bs = NULL;
+
 	if (!atomic_dec_and_lock(&mddev->active, &all_mddevs_lock))
 		return;
 	if (!mddev->raid_disks && list_empty(&mddev->disks) &&
@@ -435,6 +503,8 @@
 		/* Array is not configured at all, and not held active,
 		 * so destroy it */
 		list_del(&mddev->all_mddevs);
+		bs = mddev->bio_set;
+		mddev->bio_set = NULL;
 		if (mddev->gendisk) {
 			/* We did a probe so need to clean up.  Call
 			 * queue_work inside the spinlock so that
@@ -447,6 +517,8 @@
 			kfree(mddev);
 	}
 	spin_unlock(&all_mddevs_lock);
+	if (bs)
+		bioset_free(bs);
 }
 
 void mddev_init(mddev_t *mddev)
@@ -690,7 +762,7 @@
 	 * if zero is reached.
 	 * If an error occurred, call md_error
 	 */
-	struct bio *bio = bio_alloc(GFP_NOIO, 1);
+	struct bio *bio = bio_alloc_mddev(GFP_NOIO, 1, mddev);
 
 	bio->bi_bdev = rdev->bdev;
 	bio->bi_sector = sector;
@@ -724,7 +796,7 @@
 int sync_page_io(mdk_rdev_t *rdev, sector_t sector, int size,
 		 struct page *page, int rw)
 {
-	struct bio *bio = bio_alloc(GFP_NOIO, 1);
+	struct bio *bio = bio_alloc_mddev(GFP_NOIO, 1, rdev->mddev);
 	struct completion event;
 	int ret;
 
@@ -4379,6 +4451,9 @@
 		sysfs_notify_dirent_safe(rdev->sysfs_state);
 	}
 
+	if (mddev->bio_set == NULL)
+		mddev->bio_set = bioset_create(BIO_POOL_SIZE, sizeof(mddev));
+
 	spin_lock(&pers_lock);
 	pers = find_pers(mddev->level, mddev->clevel);
 	if (!pers || !try_module_get(pers->owner)) {
diff --git a/drivers/md/md.h b/drivers/md/md.h
index 5ee5371..d05bab5 100644
--- a/drivers/md/md.h
+++ b/drivers/md/md.h
@@ -331,6 +331,8 @@
 	struct attribute_group		*to_remove;
 	struct plug_handle		*plug; /* if used by personality */
 
+	struct bio_set			*bio_set;
+
 	/* Generic flush handling.
 	 * The last to finish preflush schedules a worker to submit
 	 * the rest of the request (without the REQ_FLUSH flag).
@@ -517,4 +519,8 @@
 
 extern void mddev_suspend(mddev_t *mddev);
 extern void mddev_resume(mddev_t *mddev);
+extern struct bio *bio_clone_mddev(struct bio *bio, gfp_t gfp_mask,
+				   mddev_t *mddev);
+extern struct bio *bio_alloc_mddev(gfp_t gfp_mask, int nr_iovecs,
+				   mddev_t *mddev);
 #endif /* _MD_MD_H */
diff --git a/drivers/md/raid1.c b/drivers/md/raid1.c
index 08c66af..54f60c9 100644
--- a/drivers/md/raid1.c
+++ b/drivers/md/raid1.c
@@ -861,7 +861,7 @@
 		}
 		r1_bio->read_disk = rdisk;
 
-		read_bio = bio_clone(bio, GFP_NOIO);
+		read_bio = bio_clone_mddev(bio, GFP_NOIO, mddev);
 
 		r1_bio->bios[rdisk] = read_bio;
 
@@ -950,7 +950,7 @@
 		if (!r1_bio->bios[i])
 			continue;
 
-		mbio = bio_clone(bio, GFP_NOIO);
+		mbio = bio_clone_mddev(bio, GFP_NOIO, mddev);
 		r1_bio->bios[i] = mbio;
 
 		mbio->bi_sector	= r1_bio->sector + conf->mirrors[i].rdev->data_offset;
@@ -1640,7 +1640,8 @@
 					mddev->ro ? IO_BLOCKED : NULL;
 				r1_bio->read_disk = disk;
 				bio_put(bio);
-				bio = bio_clone(r1_bio->master_bio, GFP_NOIO);
+				bio = bio_clone_mddev(r1_bio->master_bio,
+						      GFP_NOIO, mddev);
 				r1_bio->bios[r1_bio->read_disk] = bio;
 				rdev = conf->mirrors[disk].rdev;
 				if (printk_ratelimit())
diff --git a/drivers/md/raid10.c b/drivers/md/raid10.c
index d54122b..c67aa54 100644
--- a/drivers/md/raid10.c
+++ b/drivers/md/raid10.c
@@ -889,7 +889,7 @@
 		}
 		mirror = conf->mirrors + disk;
 
-		read_bio = bio_clone(bio, GFP_NOIO);
+		read_bio = bio_clone_mddev(bio, GFP_NOIO, mddev);
 
 		r10_bio->devs[slot].bio = read_bio;
 
@@ -958,7 +958,7 @@
 		if (!r10_bio->devs[i].bio)
 			continue;
 
-		mbio = bio_clone(bio, GFP_NOIO);
+		mbio = bio_clone_mddev(bio, GFP_NOIO, mddev);
 		r10_bio->devs[i].bio = mbio;
 
 		mbio->bi_sector	= r10_bio->devs[i].addr+
@@ -1746,7 +1746,8 @@
 					       mdname(mddev),
 					       bdevname(rdev->bdev,b),
 					       (unsigned long long)r10_bio->sector);
-				bio = bio_clone(r10_bio->master_bio, GFP_NOIO);
+				bio = bio_clone_mddev(r10_bio->master_bio,
+						      GFP_NOIO, mddev);
 				r10_bio->devs[r10_bio->read_slot].bio = bio;
 				bio->bi_sector = r10_bio->devs[r10_bio->read_slot].addr
 					+ rdev->data_offset;
diff --git a/drivers/md/raid5.c b/drivers/md/raid5.c
index 8abc159..dc574f3 100644
--- a/drivers/md/raid5.c
+++ b/drivers/md/raid5.c
@@ -3876,9 +3876,9 @@
 		return 0;
 	}
 	/*
-	 * use bio_clone to make a copy of the bio
+	 * use bio_clone_mddev to make a copy of the bio
 	 */
-	align_bi = bio_clone(raid_bio, GFP_NOIO);
+	align_bi = bio_clone_mddev(raid_bio, GFP_NOIO, mddev);
 	if (!align_bi)
 		return 0;
 	/*