diff --git a/drivers/md/raid5-cache.c b/drivers/md/raid5-cache.c
index 2ac93fbc31eb..88758285261c 100644
--- a/drivers/md/raid5-cache.c
+++ b/drivers/md/raid5-cache.c
@@ -150,23 +150,6 @@ static bool r5l_has_free_space(struct r5l_log *log, sector_t size)
 	return log->device_size > used_size + size;
 }
 
-static struct r5l_io_unit *r5l_alloc_io_unit(struct r5l_log *log)
-{
-	struct r5l_io_unit *io;
-	/* We can't handle memory allocate failure so far */
-	gfp_t gfp = GFP_NOIO | __GFP_NOFAIL;
-
-	io = kmem_cache_zalloc(log->io_kc, gfp);
-	io->log = log;
-	io->meta_page = alloc_page(gfp | __GFP_ZERO);
-
-	bio_list_init(&io->bios);
-	INIT_LIST_HEAD(&io->log_sibling);
-	INIT_LIST_HEAD(&io->stripe_list);
-	io->state = IO_UNIT_RUNNING;
-	return io;
-}
-
 static void r5l_free_io_unit(struct r5l_log *log, struct r5l_io_unit *io)
 {
 	__free_page(io->meta_page);
@@ -293,8 +276,15 @@ static struct r5l_io_unit *r5l_new_meta(struct r5l_log *log)
 	struct r5l_io_unit *io;
 	struct r5l_meta_block *block;
 
-	io = r5l_alloc_io_unit(log);
+	/* We can't handle memory allocate failure so far */
+	io = kmem_cache_zalloc(log->io_kc, GFP_NOIO | __GFP_NOFAIL);
+	io->log = log;
+	bio_list_init(&io->bios);
+	INIT_LIST_HEAD(&io->log_sibling);
+	INIT_LIST_HEAD(&io->stripe_list);
+	io->state = IO_UNIT_RUNNING;
 
+	io->meta_page = alloc_page(GFP_NOIO | __GFP_NOFAIL | __GFP_ZERO);
 	block = page_address(io->meta_page);
 	block->magic = cpu_to_le32(R5LOG_MAGIC);
 	block->version = R5LOG_VERSION;