diff --git a/drivers/md/dm-core.h b/drivers/md/dm-core.h
index 40ceba1fe8be..1609d4971104 100644
--- a/drivers/md/dm-core.h
+++ b/drivers/md/dm-core.h
@@ -29,7 +29,6 @@ struct dm_kobject_holder {
  * DM targets must _not_ deference a mapped_device to directly access its members!
  */
 struct mapped_device {
-	struct srcu_struct io_barrier;
 	struct mutex suspend_lock;
 
 	/*
@@ -127,6 +126,8 @@ struct mapped_device {
 	struct blk_mq_tag_set *tag_set;
 	bool use_blk_mq:1;
 	bool init_tio_pdu:1;
+
+	struct srcu_struct io_barrier;
 };
 
 void dm_init_md_queue(struct mapped_device *md);
diff --git a/drivers/md/dm.c b/drivers/md/dm.c
index e66f4040d84b..d9206a3ebe5a 100644
--- a/drivers/md/dm.c
+++ b/drivers/md/dm.c
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@
 #include <linux/delay.h>
 #include <linux/wait.h>
 #include <linux/pr.h>
+#include <linux/vmalloc.h>
 
 #define DM_MSG_PREFIX "core"
 
@@ -1511,7 +1512,7 @@ static struct mapped_device *alloc_dev(int minor)
 	struct mapped_device *md;
 	void *old_md;
 
-	md = kzalloc_node(sizeof(*md), GFP_KERNEL, numa_node_id);
+	md = vzalloc_node(sizeof(*md), numa_node_id);
 	if (!md) {
 		DMWARN("unable to allocate device, out of memory.");
 		return NULL;
@@ -1605,7 +1606,7 @@ bad_io_barrier:
 bad_minor:
 	module_put(THIS_MODULE);
 bad_module_get:
-	kfree(md);
+	kvfree(md);
 	return NULL;
 }
 
@@ -1624,7 +1625,7 @@ static void free_dev(struct mapped_device *md)
 	free_minor(minor);
 
 	module_put(THIS_MODULE);
-	kfree(md);
+	kvfree(md);
 }
 
 static void __bind_mempools(struct mapped_device *md, struct dm_table *t)