diff --git a/drivers/block/pktcdvd.c b/drivers/block/pktcdvd.c
index e1a90bbb4747e3a3378296a3c22e08fefbaf7489..0e077150568bbc78b5f44323019dd8a9bf643f87 100644
--- a/drivers/block/pktcdvd.c
+++ b/drivers/block/pktcdvd.c
@@ -2544,7 +2544,7 @@ static int pkt_make_request(struct request_queue *q, struct bio *bio)
 		if (last_zone != zone) {
 			BUG_ON(last_zone != zone + pd->settings.size);
 			first_sectors = last_zone - bio->bi_sector;
-			bp = bio_split(bio, bio_split_pool, first_sectors);
+			bp = bio_split(bio, first_sectors);
 			BUG_ON(!bp);
 			pkt_make_request(q, &bp->bio1);
 			pkt_make_request(q, &bp->bio2);
diff --git a/drivers/md/linear.c b/drivers/md/linear.c
index c80ea90593d3ba649192ace9614e7059e88eddf4..b9cbee688fae9e4d28c9d62f58780d39254e0e3d 100644
--- a/drivers/md/linear.c
+++ b/drivers/md/linear.c
@@ -353,7 +353,7 @@ static int linear_make_request (struct request_queue *q, struct bio *bio)
 		 * split it.
 		 */
 		struct bio_pair *bp;
-		bp = bio_split(bio, bio_split_pool,
+		bp = bio_split(bio,
 			       ((tmp_dev->offset + tmp_dev->size)<<1) - bio->bi_sector);
 		if (linear_make_request(q, &bp->bio1))
 			generic_make_request(&bp->bio1);
diff --git a/drivers/md/raid0.c b/drivers/md/raid0.c
index f52f442a735fec509d47f92d91668ae328528884..53508a8a981d70881eb130ef952033435e9b92f1 100644
--- a/drivers/md/raid0.c
+++ b/drivers/md/raid0.c
@@ -427,7 +427,7 @@ static int raid0_make_request (struct request_queue *q, struct bio *bio)
 		/* This is a one page bio that upper layers
 		 * refuse to split for us, so we need to split it.
 		 */
-		bp = bio_split(bio, bio_split_pool, chunk_sects - (bio->bi_sector & (chunk_sects - 1)) );
+		bp = bio_split(bio, chunk_sects - (bio->bi_sector & (chunk_sects - 1)));
 		if (raid0_make_request(q, &bp->bio1))
 			generic_make_request(&bp->bio1);
 		if (raid0_make_request(q, &bp->bio2))
diff --git a/drivers/md/raid10.c b/drivers/md/raid10.c
index 5f990133f5ef1ebb40f1ef99e9c41fb3aaf68b6c..8bdc9bfc288703aafbc8b20925f3d9b8e337fd54 100644
--- a/drivers/md/raid10.c
+++ b/drivers/md/raid10.c
@@ -817,7 +817,7 @@ static int make_request(struct request_queue *q, struct bio * bio)
 		/* This is a one page bio that upper layers
 		 * refuse to split for us, so we need to split it.
 		 */
-		bp = bio_split(bio, bio_split_pool,
+		bp = bio_split(bio,
 			       chunk_sects - (bio->bi_sector & (chunk_sects - 1)) );
 		if (make_request(q, &bp->bio1))
 			generic_make_request(&bp->bio1);
diff --git a/fs/bio.c b/fs/bio.c
index a5af5809f566b6c3d3ff88e43d22deeaafa38a2a..77a55bcceedbc6afc79f7a081c0f0af5e7c4f46e 100644
--- a/fs/bio.c
+++ b/fs/bio.c
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@
 
 static struct kmem_cache *bio_slab __read_mostly;
 
-mempool_t *bio_split_pool __read_mostly;
+static mempool_t *bio_split_pool __read_mostly;
 
 /*
  * if you change this list, also change bvec_alloc or things will
@@ -1256,9 +1256,9 @@ static void bio_pair_end_2(struct bio *bi, int err)
  * split a bio - only worry about a bio with a single page
  * in it's iovec
  */
-struct bio_pair *bio_split(struct bio *bi, mempool_t *pool, int first_sectors)
+struct bio_pair *bio_split(struct bio *bi, int first_sectors)
 {
-	struct bio_pair *bp = mempool_alloc(pool, GFP_NOIO);
+	struct bio_pair *bp = mempool_alloc(bio_split_pool, GFP_NOIO);
 
 	if (!bp)
 		return bp;
@@ -1292,7 +1292,7 @@ struct bio_pair *bio_split(struct bio *bi, mempool_t *pool, int first_sectors)
 	bp->bio2.bi_end_io = bio_pair_end_2;
 
 	bp->bio1.bi_private = bi;
-	bp->bio2.bi_private = pool;
+	bp->bio2.bi_private = bio_split_pool;
 
 	if (bio_integrity(bi))
 		bio_integrity_split(bi, bp, first_sectors);
@@ -1455,7 +1455,6 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL(bio_map_kern);
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(bio_copy_kern);
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(bio_pair_release);
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(bio_split);
-EXPORT_SYMBOL(bio_split_pool);
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(bio_copy_user);
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(bio_uncopy_user);
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(bioset_create);
diff --git a/include/linux/bio.h b/include/linux/bio.h
index fe12d0f9ebaa4b5d606f3ff6a299866804401728..fb97221d7c30db17da3ac04d8923bfe0e748b79d 100644
--- a/include/linux/bio.h
+++ b/include/linux/bio.h
@@ -300,9 +300,7 @@ struct bio_pair {
 	atomic_t			cnt;
 	int				error;
 };
-extern struct bio_pair *bio_split(struct bio *bi, mempool_t *pool,
-				  int first_sectors);
-extern mempool_t *bio_split_pool;
+extern struct bio_pair *bio_split(struct bio *bi, int first_sectors);
 extern void bio_pair_release(struct bio_pair *dbio);
 
 extern struct bio_set *bioset_create(int, int);