diff --git a/net/ceph/osd_client.c b/net/ceph/osd_client.c
index 109d1f82cac5..f93d0e893f3f 100644
--- a/net/ceph/osd_client.c
+++ b/net/ceph/osd_client.c
@@ -2648,8 +2648,8 @@ int ceph_osdc_init(struct ceph_osd_client *osdc, struct ceph_client *client)
 	    round_jiffies_relative(osdc->client->options->osd_idle_ttl));
 
 	err = -ENOMEM;
-	osdc->req_mempool = mempool_create_kmalloc_pool(10,
-					sizeof(struct ceph_osd_request));
+	osdc->req_mempool = mempool_create_slab_pool(10,
+						     ceph_osd_request_cache);
 	if (!osdc->req_mempool)
 		goto out;