diff --git a/fs/xfs/kmem.c b/fs/xfs/kmem.c
index 686ba6fb20dd..339c696bbc01 100644
--- a/fs/xfs/kmem.c
+++ b/fs/xfs/kmem.c
@@ -93,19 +93,23 @@ kmem_zalloc_large(size_t size, xfs_km_flags_t flags)
 }
 
 void *
-kmem_realloc(const void *ptr, size_t newsize, size_t oldsize,
-	     xfs_km_flags_t flags)
+kmem_realloc(const void *old, size_t newsize, xfs_km_flags_t flags)
 {
-	void	*new;
+	int	retries = 0;
+	gfp_t	lflags = kmem_flags_convert(flags);
+	void	*ptr;
 
-	new = kmem_alloc(newsize, flags);
-	if (ptr) {
-		if (new)
-			memcpy(new, ptr,
-				((oldsize < newsize) ? oldsize : newsize));
-		kmem_free(ptr);
-	}
-	return new;
+	do {
+		ptr = krealloc(old, newsize, lflags);
+		if (ptr || (flags & (KM_MAYFAIL|KM_NOSLEEP)))
+			return ptr;
+		if (!(++retries % 100))
+			xfs_err(NULL,
+	"%s(%u) possible memory allocation deadlock size %zu in %s (mode:0x%x)",
+				current->comm, current->pid,
+				newsize, __func__, lflags);
+		congestion_wait(BLK_RW_ASYNC, HZ/50);
+	} while (1);
 }
 
 void *
diff --git a/fs/xfs/kmem.h b/fs/xfs/kmem.h
index d1c66e465ca5..689f746224e7 100644
--- a/fs/xfs/kmem.h
+++ b/fs/xfs/kmem.h
@@ -62,7 +62,7 @@ kmem_flags_convert(xfs_km_flags_t flags)
 
 extern void *kmem_alloc(size_t, xfs_km_flags_t);
 extern void *kmem_zalloc_large(size_t size, xfs_km_flags_t);
-extern void *kmem_realloc(const void *, size_t, size_t, xfs_km_flags_t);
+extern void *kmem_realloc(const void *, size_t, xfs_km_flags_t);
 static inline void  kmem_free(const void *ptr)
 {
 	kvfree(ptr);
diff --git a/fs/xfs/libxfs/xfs_inode_fork.c b/fs/xfs/libxfs/xfs_inode_fork.c
index 11faf7df14c8..1c842dce44b6 100644
--- a/fs/xfs/libxfs/xfs_inode_fork.c
+++ b/fs/xfs/libxfs/xfs_inode_fork.c
@@ -516,7 +516,6 @@ xfs_iroot_realloc(
 		new_max = cur_max + rec_diff;
 		new_size = XFS_BMAP_BROOT_SPACE_CALC(mp, new_max);
 		ifp->if_broot = kmem_realloc(ifp->if_broot, new_size,
-				XFS_BMAP_BROOT_SPACE_CALC(mp, cur_max),
 				KM_SLEEP | KM_NOFS);
 		op = (char *)XFS_BMAP_BROOT_PTR_ADDR(mp, ifp->if_broot, 1,
 						     ifp->if_broot_bytes);
@@ -660,7 +659,6 @@ xfs_idata_realloc(
 				ifp->if_u1.if_data =
 					kmem_realloc(ifp->if_u1.if_data,
 							real_size,
-							ifp->if_real_bytes,
 							KM_SLEEP | KM_NOFS);
 			}
 		} else {
@@ -1376,8 +1374,7 @@ xfs_iext_realloc_direct(
 		if (rnew_size != ifp->if_real_bytes) {
 			ifp->if_u1.if_extents =
 				kmem_realloc(ifp->if_u1.if_extents,
-						rnew_size,
-						ifp->if_real_bytes, KM_NOFS);
+						rnew_size, KM_NOFS);
 		}
 		if (rnew_size > ifp->if_real_bytes) {
 			memset(&ifp->if_u1.if_extents[ifp->if_bytes /
@@ -1461,9 +1458,8 @@ xfs_iext_realloc_indirect(
 	if (new_size == 0) {
 		xfs_iext_destroy(ifp);
 	} else {
-		ifp->if_u1.if_ext_irec = (xfs_ext_irec_t *)
-			kmem_realloc(ifp->if_u1.if_ext_irec,
-				new_size, size, KM_NOFS);
+		ifp->if_u1.if_ext_irec =
+			kmem_realloc(ifp->if_u1.if_ext_irec, new_size, KM_NOFS);
 	}
 }
 
diff --git a/fs/xfs/xfs_log_recover.c b/fs/xfs/xfs_log_recover.c
index 396565f43247..bf6e80703613 100644
--- a/fs/xfs/xfs_log_recover.c
+++ b/fs/xfs/xfs_log_recover.c
@@ -3843,7 +3843,7 @@ xlog_recover_add_to_cont_trans(
 	old_ptr = item->ri_buf[item->ri_cnt-1].i_addr;
 	old_len = item->ri_buf[item->ri_cnt-1].i_len;
 
-	ptr = kmem_realloc(old_ptr, len+old_len, old_len, KM_SLEEP);
+	ptr = kmem_realloc(old_ptr, len + old_len, KM_SLEEP);
 	memcpy(&ptr[old_len], dp, len);
 	item->ri_buf[item->ri_cnt-1].i_len += len;
 	item->ri_buf[item->ri_cnt-1].i_addr = ptr;
diff --git a/fs/xfs/xfs_mount.c b/fs/xfs/xfs_mount.c
index 536a0ee9cd5a..654799f716fc 100644
--- a/fs/xfs/xfs_mount.c
+++ b/fs/xfs/xfs_mount.c
@@ -89,7 +89,6 @@ xfs_uuid_mount(
 	if (hole < 0) {
 		xfs_uuid_table = kmem_realloc(xfs_uuid_table,
 			(xfs_uuid_table_size + 1) * sizeof(*xfs_uuid_table),
-			xfs_uuid_table_size  * sizeof(*xfs_uuid_table),
 			KM_SLEEP);
 		hole = xfs_uuid_table_size++;
 	}