diff --git a/drivers/net/e100.c b/drivers/net/e100.c
index 3c29a20..d269a68 100644
--- a/drivers/net/e100.c
+++ b/drivers/net/e100.c
@@ -157,6 +157,7 @@
 #include <linux/init.h>
 #include <linux/pci.h>
 #include <linux/dma-mapping.h>
+#include <linux/dmapool.h>
 #include <linux/netdevice.h>
 #include <linux/etherdevice.h>
 #include <linux/mii.h>
@@ -602,6 +603,7 @@
 	struct mem *mem;
 	dma_addr_t dma_addr;
 
+	struct pci_pool *cbs_pool;
 	dma_addr_t cbs_dma_addr;
 	u8 adaptive_ifs;
 	u8 tx_threshold;
@@ -1793,9 +1795,7 @@
 			nic->cb_to_clean = nic->cb_to_clean->next;
 			nic->cbs_avail++;
 		}
-		pci_free_consistent(nic->pdev,
-			sizeof(struct cb) * nic->params.cbs.count,
-			nic->cbs, nic->cbs_dma_addr);
+		pci_pool_free(nic->cbs_pool, nic->cbs, nic->cbs_dma_addr);
 		nic->cbs = NULL;
 		nic->cbs_avail = 0;
 	}
@@ -1813,8 +1813,8 @@
 	nic->cb_to_use = nic->cb_to_send = nic->cb_to_clean = NULL;
 	nic->cbs_avail = 0;
 
-	nic->cbs = pci_alloc_consistent(nic->pdev,
-		sizeof(struct cb) * count, &nic->cbs_dma_addr);
+	nic->cbs = pci_pool_alloc(nic->cbs_pool, GFP_KERNEL,
+				  &nic->cbs_dma_addr);
 	if (!nic->cbs)
 		return -ENOMEM;
 
@@ -2841,7 +2841,11 @@
 		DPRINTK(PROBE, ERR, "Cannot register net device, aborting.\n");
 		goto err_out_free;
 	}
-
+	nic->cbs_pool = pci_pool_create(netdev->name,
+			   nic->pdev,
+			   nic->params.cbs.count * sizeof(struct cb),
+			   sizeof(u32),
+			   0);
 	DPRINTK(PROBE, INFO, "addr 0x%llx, irq %d, MAC addr %pM\n",
 		(unsigned long long)pci_resource_start(pdev, use_io ? 1 : 0),
 		pdev->irq, netdev->dev_addr);
@@ -2871,6 +2875,7 @@
 		unregister_netdev(netdev);
 		e100_free(nic);
 		pci_iounmap(pdev, nic->csr);
+		pci_pool_destroy(nic->cbs_pool);
 		free_netdev(netdev);
 		pci_release_regions(pdev);
 		pci_disable_device(pdev);