* Returns zero on success.
  **/
 static int ibmvfc_init_event_pool(struct ibmvfc_host *vhost,
-                                 struct ibmvfc_queue *queue)
+                                 struct ibmvfc_queue *queue,
+                                 unsigned int size)
 {
        int i;
        struct ibmvfc_event_pool *pool = &queue->evt_pool;
 
        ENTER;
-       pool->size = max_requests + IBMVFC_NUM_INTERNAL_REQ;
-       pool->events = kcalloc(pool->size, sizeof(*pool->events), GFP_KERNEL);
+       if (!size)
+               return 0;
+
+       pool->size = size;
+       pool->events = kcalloc(size, sizeof(*pool->events), GFP_KERNEL);
        if (!pool->events)
                return -ENOMEM;
 
        pool->iu_storage = dma_alloc_coherent(vhost->dev,
-                                             pool->size * sizeof(*pool->iu_storage),
+                                             size * sizeof(*pool->iu_storage),
                                              &pool->iu_token, 0);
 
        if (!pool->iu_storage) {
        INIT_LIST_HEAD(&queue->free);
        spin_lock_init(&queue->l_lock);
 
-       for (i = 0; i < pool->size; ++i) {
+       for (i = 0; i < size; ++i) {
                struct ibmvfc_event *evt = &pool->events[i];
 
                atomic_set(&evt->free, 1);
 {
        struct device *dev = vhost->dev;
        size_t fmt_size;
+       unsigned int pool_size = 0;
 
        ENTER;
        spin_lock_init(&queue->_lock);
        switch (fmt) {
        case IBMVFC_CRQ_FMT:
                fmt_size = sizeof(*queue->msgs.crq);
-               if (ibmvfc_init_event_pool(vhost, queue)) {
-                       dev_err(dev, "Couldn't initialize event pool.\n");
-                       return -ENOMEM;
-               }
+               pool_size = max_requests + IBMVFC_NUM_INTERNAL_REQ;
                break;
        case IBMVFC_ASYNC_FMT:
                fmt_size = sizeof(*queue->msgs.async);
                return -EINVAL;
        }
 
+       if (ibmvfc_init_event_pool(vhost, queue, pool_size)) {
+               dev_err(dev, "Couldn't initialize event pool.\n");
+               return -ENOMEM;
+       }
+
        queue->msgs.handle = (void *)get_zeroed_page(GFP_KERNEL);
        if (!queue->msgs.handle)
                return -ENOMEM;