diff --git a/drivers/md/dm-log.c b/drivers/md/dm-log.c
index 8d301409d8142691a41205df562ee57cf88dfa7e..a60acf8d385a3541123ff514e9c7902aa2456ce2 100644
--- a/drivers/md/dm-log.c
+++ b/drivers/md/dm-log.c
@@ -149,6 +149,8 @@ struct log_c {
 		FORCESYNC,	/* Force a sync to happen */
 	} sync;
 
+	struct dm_io_request io_req;
+
 	/*
 	 * Disk log fields
 	 */
@@ -200,13 +202,20 @@ static void header_from_disk(struct log_header *core, struct log_header *disk)
 	core->nr_regions = le64_to_cpu(disk->nr_regions);
 }
 
+static int rw_header(struct log_c *lc, int rw)
+{
+	lc->io_req.bi_rw = rw;
+	lc->io_req.mem.ptr.vma = lc->disk_header;
+	lc->io_req.notify.fn = NULL;
+
+	return dm_io(&lc->io_req, 1, &lc->header_location, NULL);
+}
+
 static int read_header(struct log_c *log)
 {
 	int r;
-	unsigned long ebits;
 
-	r = dm_io_sync_vm(1, &log->header_location, READ,
-			  log->disk_header, &ebits);
+	r = rw_header(log, READ);
 	if (r)
 		return r;
 
@@ -234,11 +243,8 @@ static int read_header(struct log_c *log)
 
 static inline int write_header(struct log_c *log)
 {
-	unsigned long ebits;
-
 	header_to_disk(&log->header, log->disk_header);
-	return dm_io_sync_vm(1, &log->header_location, WRITE,
-			     log->disk_header, &ebits);
+	return rw_header(log, WRITE);
 }
 
 /*----------------------------------------------------------------
@@ -257,6 +263,7 @@ static int create_log_context(struct dirty_log *log, struct dm_target *ti,
 	uint32_t region_size;
 	unsigned int region_count;
 	size_t bitset_size, buf_size;
+	int r;
 
 	if (argc < 1 || argc > 2) {
 		DMWARN("wrong number of arguments to mirror log");
@@ -326,6 +333,15 @@ static int create_log_context(struct dirty_log *log, struct dm_target *ti,
 		buf_size = dm_round_up((LOG_OFFSET << SECTOR_SHIFT) +
 				       bitset_size, ti->limits.hardsect_size);
 		lc->header_location.count = buf_size >> SECTOR_SHIFT;
+		lc->io_req.mem.type = DM_IO_VMA;
+		lc->io_req.client = dm_io_client_create(dm_div_up(buf_size,
+								   PAGE_SIZE));
+		if (IS_ERR(lc->io_req.client)) {
+			r = PTR_ERR(lc->io_req.client);
+			DMWARN("couldn't allocate disk io client");
+			kfree(lc);
+			return -ENOMEM;
+		}
 
 		lc->disk_header = vmalloc(buf_size);
 		if (!lc->disk_header) {
@@ -426,6 +442,7 @@ static void disk_dtr(struct dirty_log *log)
 
 	dm_put_device(lc->ti, lc->log_dev);
 	vfree(lc->disk_header);
+	dm_io_client_destroy(lc->io_req.client);
 	destroy_log_context(lc);
 }