diff --git a/fs/sdcardfs/file.c b/fs/sdcardfs/file.c
index 271c4c4cb760..70134f3f296c 100644
--- a/fs/sdcardfs/file.c
+++ b/fs/sdcardfs/file.c
@@ -23,6 +23,8 @@
 #include <linux/backing-dev.h>
 #endif
 
+struct kmem_cache *kmem_file_info_pool;
+
 static ssize_t sdcardfs_read(struct file *file, char __user *buf,
 			   size_t count, loff_t *ppos)
 {
@@ -256,7 +258,7 @@ static int sdcardfs_open(struct inode *inode, struct file *file)
 	}
 
 	file->private_data =
-		kzalloc(sizeof(struct sdcardfs_file_info), GFP_KERNEL);
+		kmem_cache_zalloc(kmem_file_info_pool, GFP_KERNEL);
 	if (!SDCARDFS_F(file)) {
 		err = -ENOMEM;
 		goto out_revert_cred;
@@ -278,7 +280,7 @@ static int sdcardfs_open(struct inode *inode, struct file *file)
 	}
 
 	if (err)
-		kfree(SDCARDFS_F(file));
+		kmem_cache_free(kmem_file_info_pool, SDCARDFS_F(file));
 	else
 		sdcardfs_copy_and_fix_attrs(inode, sdcardfs_lower_inode(inode));
 
@@ -314,7 +316,7 @@ static int sdcardfs_file_release(struct inode *inode, struct file *file)
 		fput(lower_file);
 	}
 
-	kfree(SDCARDFS_F(file));
+	kmem_cache_free(kmem_file_info_pool, SDCARDFS_F(file));
 	return 0;
 }
 
diff --git a/fs/sdcardfs/main.c b/fs/sdcardfs/main.c
index 905b1a9dfe3c..7b847039a63b 100644
--- a/fs/sdcardfs/main.c
+++ b/fs/sdcardfs/main.c
@@ -475,6 +475,12 @@ static int __init init_sdcardfs_fs(void)
 
 	pr_info("Registering sdcardfs " SDCARDFS_VERSION "\n");
 
+	kmem_file_info_pool = KMEM_CACHE(sdcardfs_file_info, SLAB_HWCACHE_ALIGN);
+	if (!kmem_file_info_pool) {
+		err = -ENOMEM;
+		goto err;
+	}
+
 	err = sdcardfs_init_inode_cache();
 	if (err)
 		goto out;
@@ -491,6 +497,7 @@ out:
 		sdcardfs_destroy_dentry_cache();
 		packagelist_exit();
 	}
+err:
 	return err;
 }
 
@@ -500,6 +507,7 @@ static void __exit exit_sdcardfs_fs(void)
 	sdcardfs_destroy_dentry_cache();
 	packagelist_exit();
 	unregister_filesystem(&sdcardfs_fs_type);
+	kmem_cache_destroy(kmem_file_info_pool);
 	pr_info("Completed sdcardfs module unload\n");
 }
 
diff --git a/fs/sdcardfs/sdcardfs.h b/fs/sdcardfs/sdcardfs.h
index c9d855da629f..8c353a2ba10d 100644
--- a/fs/sdcardfs/sdcardfs.h
+++ b/fs/sdcardfs/sdcardfs.h
@@ -654,4 +654,6 @@ static inline bool qstr_case_eq(const struct qstr *q1, const struct qstr *q2)
 
 #define QSTR_LITERAL(string) QSTR_INIT(string, sizeof(string)-1)
 
+extern struct kmem_cache *kmem_file_info_pool;
+
 #endif	/* not _SDCARDFS_H_ */