*/
 static int
 receive_bitmap_plain(struct drbd_conf *mdev, unsigned int data_size,
-                    unsigned long *buffer, struct bm_xfer_ctx *c)
+                    struct p_header *h, struct bm_xfer_ctx *c)
 {
+       unsigned long *buffer = (unsigned long *)h->payload;
        unsigned num_words = min_t(size_t, BM_PACKET_WORDS, c->bm_words - c->word_offset);
        unsigned want = num_words * sizeof(long);
        int err;
                          unsigned int data_size)
 {
        struct bm_xfer_ctx c;
-       void *buffer;
        int err;
        struct p_header *h = mdev->tconn->data.rbuf;
        struct packet_info pi;
        /* you are supposed to send additional out-of-sync information
         * if you actually set bits during this phase */
 
-       /* maybe we should use some per thread scratch page,
-        * and allocate that during initial device creation? */
-       buffer   = (unsigned long *) __get_free_page(GFP_NOIO);
-       if (!buffer) {
-               dev_err(DEV, "failed to allocate one page buffer in %s\n", __func__);
-               err = -ENOMEM;
-               goto out;
-       }
-
        c = (struct bm_xfer_ctx) {
                .bm_bits = drbd_bm_bits(mdev),
                .bm_words = drbd_bm_words(mdev),
 
        for(;;) {
                if (cmd == P_BITMAP) {
-                       err = receive_bitmap_plain(mdev, data_size, buffer, &c);
+                       err = receive_bitmap_plain(mdev, data_size, h, &c);
                } else if (cmd == P_COMPRESSED_BITMAP) {
                        /* MAYBE: sanity check that we speak proto >= 90,
                         * and the feature is enabled! */
                                err = -EIO;
                                goto out;
                        }
-                       /* use the page buff */
-                       p = buffer;
-                       memcpy(p, h, sizeof(*h));
+
+                       p = mdev->tconn->data.rbuf;
                        err = drbd_recv_all(mdev->tconn, p->head.payload, data_size);
                        if (err)
                               goto out;
        drbd_bm_unlock(mdev);
        if (!err && mdev->state.conn == C_WF_BITMAP_S)
                drbd_start_resync(mdev, C_SYNC_SOURCE);
-       free_page((unsigned long) buffer);
        return err;
 }