diff --git a/drivers/md/dm-io.c b/drivers/md/dm-io.c
index 76a5af00a26b..2067288f61f9 100644
--- a/drivers/md/dm-io.c
+++ b/drivers/md/dm-io.c
@@ -19,6 +19,8 @@
 #define DM_MSG_PREFIX "io"
 
 #define DM_IO_MAX_REGIONS	BITS_PER_LONG
+#define MIN_IOS		16
+#define MIN_BIOS	16
 
 struct dm_io_client {
 	mempool_t *pool;
@@ -40,34 +42,22 @@ struct io {
 
 static struct kmem_cache *_dm_io_cache;
 
-/*
- * io contexts are only dynamically allocated for asynchronous
- * io.  Since async io is likely to be the majority of io we'll
- * have the same number of io contexts as bios! (FIXME: must reduce this).
- */
-
-static unsigned int pages_to_ios(unsigned int pages)
-{
-	return 4 * pages;	/* too many ? */
-}
-
 /*
  * Create a client with mempool and bioset.
  */
-struct dm_io_client *dm_io_client_create(unsigned num_pages)
+struct dm_io_client *dm_io_client_create(void)
 {
-	unsigned ios = pages_to_ios(num_pages);
 	struct dm_io_client *client;
 
 	client = kmalloc(sizeof(*client), GFP_KERNEL);
 	if (!client)
 		return ERR_PTR(-ENOMEM);
 
-	client->pool = mempool_create_slab_pool(ios, _dm_io_cache);
+	client->pool = mempool_create_slab_pool(MIN_IOS, _dm_io_cache);
 	if (!client->pool)
 		goto bad;
 
-	client->bios = bioset_create(16, 0);
+	client->bios = bioset_create(MIN_BIOS, 0);
 	if (!client->bios)
 		goto bad;
 
@@ -81,13 +71,6 @@ struct dm_io_client *dm_io_client_create(unsigned num_pages)
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(dm_io_client_create);
 
-int dm_io_client_resize(unsigned num_pages, struct dm_io_client *client)
-{
-	return mempool_resize(client->pool, pages_to_ios(num_pages),
-			      GFP_KERNEL);
-}
-EXPORT_SYMBOL(dm_io_client_resize);
-
 void dm_io_client_destroy(struct dm_io_client *client)
 {
 	mempool_destroy(client->pool);
diff --git a/drivers/md/dm-kcopyd.c b/drivers/md/dm-kcopyd.c
index 5dfbdcb40a47..719693340d1d 100644
--- a/drivers/md/dm-kcopyd.c
+++ b/drivers/md/dm-kcopyd.c
@@ -667,7 +667,7 @@ int dm_kcopyd_client_create(unsigned min_pages,
 	if (r)
 		goto bad_client_pages;
 
-	kc->io_client = dm_io_client_create(min_pages);
+	kc->io_client = dm_io_client_create();
 	if (IS_ERR(kc->io_client)) {
 		r = PTR_ERR(kc->io_client);
 		goto bad_io_client;
diff --git a/drivers/md/dm-log.c b/drivers/md/dm-log.c
index a1f321889676..948e3f4925bf 100644
--- a/drivers/md/dm-log.c
+++ b/drivers/md/dm-log.c
@@ -449,8 +449,7 @@ static int create_log_context(struct dm_dirty_log *log, struct dm_target *ti,
 
 		lc->io_req.mem.type = DM_IO_VMA;
 		lc->io_req.notify.fn = NULL;
-		lc->io_req.client = dm_io_client_create(dm_div_up(buf_size,
-								   PAGE_SIZE));
+		lc->io_req.client = dm_io_client_create();
 		if (IS_ERR(lc->io_req.client)) {
 			r = PTR_ERR(lc->io_req.client);
 			DMWARN("couldn't allocate disk io client");
diff --git a/drivers/md/dm-raid1.c b/drivers/md/dm-raid1.c
index 976ad4688afc..53089aa11387 100644
--- a/drivers/md/dm-raid1.c
+++ b/drivers/md/dm-raid1.c
@@ -22,7 +22,6 @@
 #define DM_MSG_PREFIX "raid1"
 
 #define MAX_RECOVERY 1	/* Maximum number of regions recovered in parallel. */
-#define DM_IO_PAGES 64
 #define DM_KCOPYD_PAGES 64
 
 #define DM_RAID1_HANDLE_ERRORS 0x01
@@ -887,7 +886,7 @@ static struct mirror_set *alloc_context(unsigned int nr_mirrors,
 		return NULL;
 	}
 
-	ms->io_client = dm_io_client_create(DM_IO_PAGES);
+	ms->io_client = dm_io_client_create();
 	if (IS_ERR(ms->io_client)) {
 		ti->error = "Error creating dm_io client";
 		mempool_destroy(ms->read_record_pool);
diff --git a/drivers/md/dm-snap-persistent.c b/drivers/md/dm-snap-persistent.c
index 95891dfcbca0..135c2f1fdbfc 100644
--- a/drivers/md/dm-snap-persistent.c
+++ b/drivers/md/dm-snap-persistent.c
@@ -154,11 +154,6 @@ struct pstore {
 	struct workqueue_struct *metadata_wq;
 };
 
-static unsigned sectors_to_pages(unsigned sectors)
-{
-	return DIV_ROUND_UP(sectors, PAGE_SIZE >> 9);
-}
-
 static int alloc_area(struct pstore *ps)
 {
 	int r = -ENOMEM;
@@ -318,8 +313,7 @@ static int read_header(struct pstore *ps, int *new_snapshot)
 		chunk_size_supplied = 0;
 	}
 
-	ps->io_client = dm_io_client_create(sectors_to_pages(ps->store->
-							     chunk_size));
+	ps->io_client = dm_io_client_create();
 	if (IS_ERR(ps->io_client))
 		return PTR_ERR(ps->io_client);
 
@@ -368,11 +362,6 @@ static int read_header(struct pstore *ps, int *new_snapshot)
 		return r;
 	}
 
-	r = dm_io_client_resize(sectors_to_pages(ps->store->chunk_size),
-				ps->io_client);
-	if (r)
-		return r;
-
 	r = alloc_area(ps);
 	return r;
 
diff --git a/include/linux/dm-io.h b/include/linux/dm-io.h
index 5c9186b93fff..f4b0aa3126f5 100644
--- a/include/linux/dm-io.h
+++ b/include/linux/dm-io.h
@@ -69,8 +69,7 @@ struct dm_io_request {
  *
  * Create/destroy may block.
  */
-struct dm_io_client *dm_io_client_create(unsigned num_pages);
-int dm_io_client_resize(unsigned num_pages, struct dm_io_client *client);
+struct dm_io_client *dm_io_client_create(void);
 void dm_io_client_destroy(struct dm_io_client *client);
 
 /*