diff --git a/fs/ext4/ext4.h b/fs/ext4/ext4.h
index 889ec9d5e6adfe5b62acf19b29fd37a7faf69f08..b364b9df09b374384f2a45b306ec59c2c1e347e9 100644
--- a/fs/ext4/ext4.h
+++ b/fs/ext4/ext4.h
@@ -205,6 +205,7 @@ typedef struct ext4_io_end {
 #define EXT4_MIN_BLOCK_SIZE		1024
 #define	EXT4_MAX_BLOCK_SIZE		65536
 #define EXT4_MIN_BLOCK_LOG_SIZE		10
+#define EXT4_MAX_BLOCK_LOG_SIZE		16
 #ifdef __KERNEL__
 # define EXT4_BLOCK_SIZE(s)		((s)->s_blocksize)
 #else
diff --git a/fs/ext4/mballoc.c b/fs/ext4/mballoc.c
index 4b4ad4b7ce57ccb9ed8e2c773865323f1c0c646a..d4714d6cf7d92d495ff4a01b9ffaa47a0651bdfb 100644
--- a/fs/ext4/mballoc.c
+++ b/fs/ext4/mballoc.c
@@ -338,6 +338,14 @@
 static struct kmem_cache *ext4_pspace_cachep;
 static struct kmem_cache *ext4_ac_cachep;
 static struct kmem_cache *ext4_free_ext_cachep;
+
+/* We create slab caches for groupinfo data structures based on the
+ * superblock block size.  There will be one per mounted filesystem for
+ * each unique s_blocksize_bits */
+#define NR_GRPINFO_CACHES	\
+	(EXT4_MAX_BLOCK_LOG_SIZE - EXT4_MIN_BLOCK_LOG_SIZE + 1)
+static struct kmem_cache *ext4_groupinfo_caches[NR_GRPINFO_CACHES];
+
 static void ext4_mb_generate_from_pa(struct super_block *sb, void *bitmap,
 					ext4_group_t group);
 static void ext4_mb_generate_from_freelist(struct super_block *sb, void *bitmap,
@@ -2233,15 +2241,24 @@ static const struct file_operations ext4_mb_seq_groups_fops = {
 	.release	= seq_release,
 };
 
+static struct kmem_cache *get_groupinfo_cache(int blocksize_bits)
+{
+	int cache_index = blocksize_bits - EXT4_MIN_BLOCK_LOG_SIZE;
+	struct kmem_cache *cachep = ext4_groupinfo_caches[cache_index];
+
+	BUG_ON(!cachep);
+	return cachep;
+}
 
 /* Create and initialize ext4_group_info data for the given group. */
 int ext4_mb_add_groupinfo(struct super_block *sb, ext4_group_t group,
 			  struct ext4_group_desc *desc)
 {
-	int i, len;
+	int i;
 	int metalen = 0;
 	struct ext4_sb_info *sbi = EXT4_SB(sb);
 	struct ext4_group_info **meta_group_info;
+	struct kmem_cache *cachep = get_groupinfo_cache(sb->s_blocksize_bits);
 
 	/*
 	 * First check if this group is the first of a reserved block.
@@ -2261,22 +2278,16 @@ int ext4_mb_add_groupinfo(struct super_block *sb, ext4_group_t group,
 			meta_group_info;
 	}
 
-	/*
-	 * calculate needed size. if change bb_counters size,
-	 * don't forget about ext4_mb_generate_buddy()
-	 */
-	len = offsetof(typeof(**meta_group_info),
-		       bb_counters[sb->s_blocksize_bits + 2]);
-
 	meta_group_info =
 		sbi->s_group_info[group >> EXT4_DESC_PER_BLOCK_BITS(sb)];
 	i = group & (EXT4_DESC_PER_BLOCK(sb) - 1);
 
-	meta_group_info[i] = kzalloc(len, GFP_KERNEL);
+	meta_group_info[i] = kmem_cache_alloc(cachep, GFP_KERNEL);
 	if (meta_group_info[i] == NULL) {
 		printk(KERN_ERR "EXT4-fs: can't allocate buddy mem\n");
 		goto exit_group_info;
 	}
+	memset(meta_group_info[i], 0, kmem_cache_size(cachep));
 	set_bit(EXT4_GROUP_INFO_NEED_INIT_BIT,
 		&(meta_group_info[i]->bb_state));
 
@@ -2331,6 +2342,7 @@ static int ext4_mb_init_backend(struct super_block *sb)
 	int num_meta_group_infos_max;
 	int array_size;
 	struct ext4_group_desc *desc;
+	struct kmem_cache *cachep;
 
 	/* This is the number of blocks used by GDT */
 	num_meta_group_infos = (ngroups + EXT4_DESC_PER_BLOCK(sb) -
@@ -2388,8 +2400,9 @@ static int ext4_mb_init_backend(struct super_block *sb)
 	return 0;
 
 err_freebuddy:
+	cachep = get_groupinfo_cache(sb->s_blocksize_bits);
 	while (i-- > 0)
-		kfree(ext4_get_group_info(sb, i));
+		kmem_cache_free(cachep, ext4_get_group_info(sb, i));
 	i = num_meta_group_infos;
 	while (i-- > 0)
 		kfree(sbi->s_group_info[i]);
@@ -2406,19 +2419,48 @@ int ext4_mb_init(struct super_block *sb, int needs_recovery)
 	unsigned offset;
 	unsigned max;
 	int ret;
+	int cache_index;
+	struct kmem_cache *cachep;
+	char *namep = NULL;
 
 	i = (sb->s_blocksize_bits + 2) * sizeof(*sbi->s_mb_offsets);
 
 	sbi->s_mb_offsets = kmalloc(i, GFP_KERNEL);
 	if (sbi->s_mb_offsets == NULL) {
-		return -ENOMEM;
+		ret = -ENOMEM;
+		goto out;
 	}
 
 	i = (sb->s_blocksize_bits + 2) * sizeof(*sbi->s_mb_maxs);
 	sbi->s_mb_maxs = kmalloc(i, GFP_KERNEL);
 	if (sbi->s_mb_maxs == NULL) {
-		kfree(sbi->s_mb_offsets);
-		return -ENOMEM;
+		ret = -ENOMEM;
+		goto out;
+	}
+
+	cache_index = sb->s_blocksize_bits - EXT4_MIN_BLOCK_LOG_SIZE;
+	cachep = ext4_groupinfo_caches[cache_index];
+	if (!cachep) {
+		char name[32];
+		int len = offsetof(struct ext4_group_info,
+					bb_counters[sb->s_blocksize_bits + 2]);
+
+		sprintf(name, "ext4_groupinfo_%d", sb->s_blocksize_bits);
+		namep = kstrdup(name, GFP_KERNEL);
+		if (!namep) {
+			ret = -ENOMEM;
+			goto out;
+		}
+
+		/* Need to free the kmem_cache_name() when we
+		 * destroy the slab */
+		cachep = kmem_cache_create(namep, len, 0,
+					     SLAB_RECLAIM_ACCOUNT, NULL);
+		if (!cachep) {
+			ret = -ENOMEM;
+			goto out;
+		}
+		ext4_groupinfo_caches[cache_index] = cachep;
 	}
 
 	/* order 0 is regular bitmap */
@@ -2439,9 +2481,7 @@ int ext4_mb_init(struct super_block *sb, int needs_recovery)
 	/* init file for buddy data */
 	ret = ext4_mb_init_backend(sb);
 	if (ret != 0) {
-		kfree(sbi->s_mb_offsets);
-		kfree(sbi->s_mb_maxs);
-		return ret;
+		goto out;
 	}
 
 	spin_lock_init(&sbi->s_md_lock);
@@ -2456,9 +2496,8 @@ int ext4_mb_init(struct super_block *sb, int needs_recovery)
 
 	sbi->s_locality_groups = alloc_percpu(struct ext4_locality_group);
 	if (sbi->s_locality_groups == NULL) {
-		kfree(sbi->s_mb_offsets);
-		kfree(sbi->s_mb_maxs);
-		return -ENOMEM;
+		ret = -ENOMEM;
+		goto out;
 	}
 	for_each_possible_cpu(i) {
 		struct ext4_locality_group *lg;
@@ -2475,7 +2514,13 @@ int ext4_mb_init(struct super_block *sb, int needs_recovery)
 
 	if (sbi->s_journal)
 		sbi->s_journal->j_commit_callback = release_blocks_on_commit;
-	return 0;
+out:
+	if (ret) {
+		kfree(sbi->s_mb_offsets);
+		kfree(sbi->s_mb_maxs);
+		kfree(namep);
+	}
+	return ret;
 }
 
 /* need to called with the ext4 group lock held */
@@ -2503,6 +2548,7 @@ int ext4_mb_release(struct super_block *sb)
 	int num_meta_group_infos;
 	struct ext4_group_info *grinfo;
 	struct ext4_sb_info *sbi = EXT4_SB(sb);
+	struct kmem_cache *cachep = get_groupinfo_cache(sb->s_blocksize_bits);
 
 	if (sbi->s_group_info) {
 		for (i = 0; i < ngroups; i++) {
@@ -2513,7 +2559,7 @@ int ext4_mb_release(struct super_block *sb)
 			ext4_lock_group(sb, i);
 			ext4_mb_cleanup_pa(grinfo);
 			ext4_unlock_group(sb, i);
-			kfree(grinfo);
+			kmem_cache_free(cachep, grinfo);
 		}
 		num_meta_group_infos = (ngroups +
 				EXT4_DESC_PER_BLOCK(sb) - 1) >>
@@ -2691,6 +2737,7 @@ int __init init_ext4_mballoc(void)
 
 void exit_ext4_mballoc(void)
 {
+	int i;
 	/*
 	 * Wait for completion of call_rcu()'s on ext4_pspace_cachep
 	 * before destroying the slab cache.
@@ -2699,6 +2746,15 @@ void exit_ext4_mballoc(void)
 	kmem_cache_destroy(ext4_pspace_cachep);
 	kmem_cache_destroy(ext4_ac_cachep);
 	kmem_cache_destroy(ext4_free_ext_cachep);
+
+	for (i = 0; i < NR_GRPINFO_CACHES; i++) {
+		struct kmem_cache *cachep = ext4_groupinfo_caches[i];
+		if (cachep) {
+			char *name = (char *)kmem_cache_name(cachep);
+			kmem_cache_destroy(cachep);
+			kfree(name);
+		}
+	}
 	ext4_remove_debugfs_entry();
 }