diff --git a/drivers/md/dm.c b/drivers/md/dm.c
index 7b0ccdc5d65c..f2e5a50ee84e 100644
--- a/drivers/md/dm.c
+++ b/drivers/md/dm.c
@@ -211,7 +211,8 @@ struct dm_md_mempools {
 	struct bio_set *bs;
 };
 
-#define MIN_IOS 256
+#define RESERVED_BIO_BASED_IOS		16
+#define RESERVED_REQUEST_BASED_IOS	256
 static struct kmem_cache *_io_cache;
 static struct kmem_cache *_rq_tio_cache;
 
@@ -2873,18 +2874,18 @@ struct dm_md_mempools *dm_alloc_md_mempools(unsigned type, unsigned integrity, u
 
 	if (type == DM_TYPE_BIO_BASED) {
 		cachep = _io_cache;
-		pool_size = 16;
+		pool_size = RESERVED_BIO_BASED_IOS;
 		front_pad = roundup(per_bio_data_size, __alignof__(struct dm_target_io)) + offsetof(struct dm_target_io, clone);
 	} else if (type == DM_TYPE_REQUEST_BASED) {
 		cachep = _rq_tio_cache;
-		pool_size = MIN_IOS;
+		pool_size = RESERVED_REQUEST_BASED_IOS;
 		front_pad = offsetof(struct dm_rq_clone_bio_info, clone);
 		/* per_bio_data_size is not used. See __bind_mempools(). */
 		WARN_ON(per_bio_data_size != 0);
 	} else
 		goto out;
 
-	pools->io_pool = mempool_create_slab_pool(MIN_IOS, cachep);
+	pools->io_pool = mempool_create_slab_pool(pool_size, cachep);
 	if (!pools->io_pool)
 		goto out;