diff --git a/drivers/scsi/sd.c b/drivers/scsi/sd.c
index 3bb2b3351e35..bd0a5c694a97 100644
--- a/drivers/scsi/sd.c
+++ b/drivers/scsi/sd.c
@@ -133,6 +133,7 @@ static DEFINE_MUTEX(sd_ref_mutex);
 
 static struct kmem_cache *sd_cdb_cache;
 static mempool_t *sd_cdb_pool;
+static mempool_t *sd_page_pool;
 
 static const char *sd_cache_types[] = {
 	"write through", "none", "write back",
@@ -759,9 +760,10 @@ static int sd_setup_unmap_cmnd(struct scsi_cmnd *cmd)
 	unsigned int data_len = 24;
 	char *buf;
 
-	rq->special_vec.bv_page = alloc_page(GFP_ATOMIC | __GFP_ZERO);
+	rq->special_vec.bv_page = mempool_alloc(sd_page_pool, GFP_ATOMIC);
 	if (!rq->special_vec.bv_page)
 		return BLKPREP_DEFER;
+	clear_highpage(rq->special_vec.bv_page);
 	rq->special_vec.bv_offset = 0;
 	rq->special_vec.bv_len = data_len;
 	rq->rq_flags |= RQF_SPECIAL_PAYLOAD;
@@ -792,9 +794,10 @@ static int sd_setup_write_same16_cmnd(struct scsi_cmnd *cmd, bool unmap)
 	u32 nr_sectors = blk_rq_sectors(rq) >> (ilog2(sdp->sector_size) - 9);
 	u32 data_len = sdp->sector_size;
 
-	rq->special_vec.bv_page = alloc_page(GFP_ATOMIC | __GFP_ZERO);
+	rq->special_vec.bv_page = mempool_alloc(sd_page_pool, GFP_ATOMIC);
 	if (!rq->special_vec.bv_page)
 		return BLKPREP_DEFER;
+	clear_highpage(rq->special_vec.bv_page);
 	rq->special_vec.bv_offset = 0;
 	rq->special_vec.bv_len = data_len;
 	rq->rq_flags |= RQF_SPECIAL_PAYLOAD;
@@ -822,9 +825,10 @@ static int sd_setup_write_same10_cmnd(struct scsi_cmnd *cmd, bool unmap)
 	u32 nr_sectors = blk_rq_sectors(rq) >> (ilog2(sdp->sector_size) - 9);
 	u32 data_len = sdp->sector_size;
 
-	rq->special_vec.bv_page = alloc_page(GFP_ATOMIC | __GFP_ZERO);
+	rq->special_vec.bv_page = mempool_alloc(sd_page_pool, GFP_ATOMIC);
 	if (!rq->special_vec.bv_page)
 		return BLKPREP_DEFER;
+	clear_highpage(rq->special_vec.bv_page);
 	rq->special_vec.bv_offset = 0;
 	rq->special_vec.bv_len = data_len;
 	rq->rq_flags |= RQF_SPECIAL_PAYLOAD;
@@ -1286,7 +1290,7 @@ static void sd_uninit_command(struct scsi_cmnd *SCpnt)
 	u8 *cmnd;
 
 	if (rq->rq_flags & RQF_SPECIAL_PAYLOAD)
-		__free_page(rq->special_vec.bv_page);
+		mempool_free(rq->special_vec.bv_page, sd_page_pool);
 
 	if (SCpnt->cmnd != scsi_req(rq)->cmd) {
 		cmnd = SCpnt->cmnd;
@@ -3623,6 +3627,13 @@ static int __init init_sd(void)
 		goto err_out_cache;
 	}
 
+	sd_page_pool = mempool_create_page_pool(SD_MEMPOOL_SIZE, 0);
+	if (!sd_page_pool) {
+		printk(KERN_ERR "sd: can't init discard page pool\n");
+		err = -ENOMEM;
+		goto err_out_ppool;
+	}
+
 	err = scsi_register_driver(&sd_template.gendrv);
 	if (err)
 		goto err_out_driver;
@@ -3630,6 +3641,9 @@ static int __init init_sd(void)
 	return 0;
 
 err_out_driver:
+	mempool_destroy(sd_page_pool);
+
+err_out_ppool:
 	mempool_destroy(sd_cdb_pool);
 
 err_out_cache:
@@ -3656,6 +3670,7 @@ static void __exit exit_sd(void)
 
 	scsi_unregister_driver(&sd_template.gendrv);
 	mempool_destroy(sd_cdb_pool);
+	mempool_destroy(sd_page_pool);
 	kmem_cache_destroy(sd_cdb_cache);
 
 	class_unregister(&sd_disk_class);