diff --git a/drivers/md/dm-io.c b/drivers/md/dm-io.c
index ea49834377c8..2a20986a2fec 100644
--- a/drivers/md/dm-io.c
+++ b/drivers/md/dm-io.c
@@ -19,8 +19,6 @@
 #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;
@@ -50,16 +48,17 @@ static struct kmem_cache *_dm_io_cache;
 struct dm_io_client *dm_io_client_create(void)
 {
 	struct dm_io_client *client;
+	unsigned min_ios = dm_get_reserved_bio_based_ios();
 
 	client = kmalloc(sizeof(*client), GFP_KERNEL);
 	if (!client)
 		return ERR_PTR(-ENOMEM);
 
-	client->pool = mempool_create_slab_pool(MIN_IOS, _dm_io_cache);
+	client->pool = mempool_create_slab_pool(min_ios, _dm_io_cache);
 	if (!client->pool)
 		goto bad;
 
-	client->bios = bioset_create(MIN_BIOS, 0);
+	client->bios = bioset_create(min_ios, 0);
 	if (!client->bios)
 		goto bad;
 
diff --git a/drivers/md/dm.c b/drivers/md/dm.c
index 1e85f1da1ef3..b3e26c7d1417 100644
--- a/drivers/md/dm.c
+++ b/drivers/md/dm.c
@@ -217,6 +217,11 @@ struct dm_md_mempools {
 static struct kmem_cache *_io_cache;
 static struct kmem_cache *_rq_tio_cache;
 
+/*
+ * Bio-based DM's mempools' reserved IOs set by the user.
+ */
+static unsigned reserved_bio_based_ios = RESERVED_BIO_BASED_IOS;
+
 /*
  * Request-based DM's mempools' reserved IOs set by the user.
  */
@@ -241,6 +246,13 @@ static unsigned __dm_get_reserved_ios(unsigned *reserved_ios,
 	return ios;
 }
 
+unsigned dm_get_reserved_bio_based_ios(void)
+{
+	return __dm_get_reserved_ios(&reserved_bio_based_ios,
+				     RESERVED_BIO_BASED_IOS, RESERVED_MAX_IOS);
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(dm_get_reserved_bio_based_ios);
+
 unsigned dm_get_reserved_rq_based_ios(void)
 {
 	return __dm_get_reserved_ios(&reserved_rq_based_ios,
@@ -2906,7 +2918,7 @@ struct dm_md_mempools *dm_alloc_md_mempools(unsigned type, unsigned integrity, u
 
 	if (type == DM_TYPE_BIO_BASED) {
 		cachep = _io_cache;
-		pool_size = RESERVED_BIO_BASED_IOS;
+		pool_size = dm_get_reserved_bio_based_ios();
 		front_pad = roundup(per_bio_data_size, __alignof__(struct dm_target_io)) + offsetof(struct dm_target_io, clone);
 	} else if (type == DM_TYPE_REQUEST_BASED) {
 		cachep = _rq_tio_cache;
@@ -2969,6 +2981,9 @@ module_exit(dm_exit);
 module_param(major, uint, 0);
 MODULE_PARM_DESC(major, "The major number of the device mapper");
 
+module_param(reserved_bio_based_ios, uint, S_IRUGO | S_IWUSR);
+MODULE_PARM_DESC(reserved_bio_based_ios, "Reserved IOs in bio-based mempools");
+
 module_param(reserved_rq_based_ios, uint, S_IRUGO | S_IWUSR);
 MODULE_PARM_DESC(reserved_rq_based_ios, "Reserved IOs in request-based mempools");
 
diff --git a/drivers/md/dm.h b/drivers/md/dm.h
index 15396501e0b3..1d1ad7b7e527 100644
--- a/drivers/md/dm.h
+++ b/drivers/md/dm.h
@@ -184,6 +184,7 @@ void dm_free_md_mempools(struct dm_md_mempools *pools);
 /*
  * Helpers that are used by DM core
  */
+unsigned dm_get_reserved_bio_based_ios(void);
 unsigned dm_get_reserved_rq_based_ios(void);
 
 static inline bool dm_message_test_buffer_overflow(char *result, unsigned maxlen)