diff --git a/drivers/scsi/mpi3mr/mpi3mr.h b/drivers/scsi/mpi3mr/mpi3mr.h
index def4c5e15cd8..8a438f248a82 100644
--- a/drivers/scsi/mpi3mr/mpi3mr.h
+++ b/drivers/scsi/mpi3mr/mpi3mr.h
@@ -955,19 +955,16 @@ struct scmd_priv {
  * @chain_buf_count: Chain buffer count
  * @chain_buf_pool: Chain buffer pool
  * @chain_sgl_list: Chain SGL list
- * @chain_bitmap_sz: Chain buffer allocator bitmap size
  * @chain_bitmap: Chain buffer allocator bitmap
  * @chain_buf_lock: Chain buffer list lock
  * @bsg_cmds: Command tracker for BSG command
  * @host_tm_cmds: Command tracker for task management commands
  * @dev_rmhs_cmds: Command tracker for device removal commands
  * @evtack_cmds: Command tracker for event ack commands
- * @devrem_bitmap_sz: Device removal bitmap size
  * @devrem_bitmap: Device removal bitmap
- * @dev_handle_bitmap_sz: Device handle bitmap size
+ * @dev_handle_bitmap_bits: Number of bits in device handle bitmap
  * @removepend_bitmap: Remove pending bitmap
  * @delayed_rmhs_list: Delayed device removal list
- * @evtack_cmds_bitmap_sz: Event Ack bitmap size
  * @evtack_cmds_bitmap: Event Ack bitmap
  * @delayed_evtack_cmds_list: Delayed event acknowledgment list
  * @ts_update_counter: Timestamp update counter
@@ -1128,7 +1125,6 @@ struct mpi3mr_ioc {
 	u32 chain_buf_count;
 	struct dma_pool *chain_buf_pool;
 	struct chain_element *chain_sgl_list;
-	u16  chain_bitmap_sz;
 	void *chain_bitmap;
 	spinlock_t chain_buf_lock;
 
@@ -1136,12 +1132,10 @@ struct mpi3mr_ioc {
 	struct mpi3mr_drv_cmd host_tm_cmds;
 	struct mpi3mr_drv_cmd dev_rmhs_cmds[MPI3MR_NUM_DEVRMCMD];
 	struct mpi3mr_drv_cmd evtack_cmds[MPI3MR_NUM_EVTACKCMD];
-	u16 devrem_bitmap_sz;
 	void *devrem_bitmap;
-	u16 dev_handle_bitmap_sz;
+	u16 dev_handle_bitmap_bits;
 	void *removepend_bitmap;
 	struct list_head delayed_rmhs_list;
-	u16 evtack_cmds_bitmap_sz;
 	void *evtack_cmds_bitmap;
 	struct list_head delayed_evtack_cmds_list;
 
diff --git a/drivers/scsi/mpi3mr/mpi3mr_fw.c b/drivers/scsi/mpi3mr/mpi3mr_fw.c
index 286a44506578..d25cd0382e20 100644
--- a/drivers/scsi/mpi3mr/mpi3mr_fw.c
+++ b/drivers/scsi/mpi3mr/mpi3mr_fw.c
@@ -1128,7 +1128,6 @@ static int mpi3mr_issue_and_process_mur(struct mpi3mr_ioc *mrioc,
 static int
 mpi3mr_revalidate_factsdata(struct mpi3mr_ioc *mrioc)
 {
-	u16 dev_handle_bitmap_sz;
 	void *removepend_bitmap;
 
 	if (mrioc->facts.reply_sz > mrioc->reply_sz) {
@@ -1160,25 +1159,24 @@ mpi3mr_revalidate_factsdata(struct mpi3mr_ioc *mrioc)
 		    "\tcontroller while sas transport support is enabled at the\n"
 		    "\tdriver, please reboot the system or reload the driver\n");
 
-	dev_handle_bitmap_sz = mrioc->facts.max_devhandle / 8;
-	if (mrioc->facts.max_devhandle % 8)
-		dev_handle_bitmap_sz++;
-	if (dev_handle_bitmap_sz > mrioc->dev_handle_bitmap_sz) {
-		removepend_bitmap = krealloc(mrioc->removepend_bitmap,
-		    dev_handle_bitmap_sz, GFP_KERNEL);
+	if (mrioc->facts.max_devhandle > mrioc->dev_handle_bitmap_bits) {
+		removepend_bitmap = bitmap_zalloc(mrioc->facts.max_devhandle,
+						  GFP_KERNEL);
 		if (!removepend_bitmap) {
 			ioc_err(mrioc,
-			    "failed to increase removepend_bitmap sz from: %d to %d\n",
-			    mrioc->dev_handle_bitmap_sz, dev_handle_bitmap_sz);
+				"failed to increase removepend_bitmap bits from %d to %d\n",
+				mrioc->dev_handle_bitmap_bits,
+				mrioc->facts.max_devhandle);
 			return -EPERM;
 		}
-		memset(removepend_bitmap + mrioc->dev_handle_bitmap_sz, 0,
-		    dev_handle_bitmap_sz - mrioc->dev_handle_bitmap_sz);
+		bitmap_copy(removepend_bitmap, mrioc->removepend_bitmap,
+			    mrioc->dev_handle_bitmap_bits);
 		mrioc->removepend_bitmap = removepend_bitmap;
 		ioc_info(mrioc,
-		    "increased dev_handle_bitmap_sz from %d to %d\n",
-		    mrioc->dev_handle_bitmap_sz, dev_handle_bitmap_sz);
-		mrioc->dev_handle_bitmap_sz = dev_handle_bitmap_sz;
+			 "increased bits of dev_handle_bitmap from %d to %d\n",
+			 mrioc->dev_handle_bitmap_bits,
+			 mrioc->facts.max_devhandle);
+		mrioc->dev_handle_bitmap_bits = mrioc->facts.max_devhandle;
 	}
 
 	return 0;
@@ -2957,27 +2955,18 @@ static int mpi3mr_alloc_reply_sense_bufs(struct mpi3mr_ioc *mrioc)
 	if (!mrioc->pel_abort_cmd.reply)
 		goto out_failed;
 
-	mrioc->dev_handle_bitmap_sz = mrioc->facts.max_devhandle / 8;
-	if (mrioc->facts.max_devhandle % 8)
-		mrioc->dev_handle_bitmap_sz++;
-	mrioc->removepend_bitmap = kzalloc(mrioc->dev_handle_bitmap_sz,
-	    GFP_KERNEL);
+	mrioc->dev_handle_bitmap_bits = mrioc->facts.max_devhandle;
+	mrioc->removepend_bitmap = bitmap_zalloc(mrioc->dev_handle_bitmap_bits,
+						 GFP_KERNEL);
 	if (!mrioc->removepend_bitmap)
 		goto out_failed;
 
-	mrioc->devrem_bitmap_sz = MPI3MR_NUM_DEVRMCMD / 8;
-	if (MPI3MR_NUM_DEVRMCMD % 8)
-		mrioc->devrem_bitmap_sz++;
-	mrioc->devrem_bitmap = kzalloc(mrioc->devrem_bitmap_sz,
-	    GFP_KERNEL);
+	mrioc->devrem_bitmap = bitmap_zalloc(MPI3MR_NUM_DEVRMCMD, GFP_KERNEL);
 	if (!mrioc->devrem_bitmap)
 		goto out_failed;
 
-	mrioc->evtack_cmds_bitmap_sz = MPI3MR_NUM_EVTACKCMD / 8;
-	if (MPI3MR_NUM_EVTACKCMD % 8)
-		mrioc->evtack_cmds_bitmap_sz++;
-	mrioc->evtack_cmds_bitmap = kzalloc(mrioc->evtack_cmds_bitmap_sz,
-	    GFP_KERNEL);
+	mrioc->evtack_cmds_bitmap = bitmap_zalloc(MPI3MR_NUM_EVTACKCMD,
+						  GFP_KERNEL);
 	if (!mrioc->evtack_cmds_bitmap)
 		goto out_failed;
 
@@ -3415,10 +3404,7 @@ static int mpi3mr_alloc_chain_bufs(struct mpi3mr_ioc *mrioc)
 		if (!mrioc->chain_sgl_list[i].addr)
 			goto out_failed;
 	}
-	mrioc->chain_bitmap_sz = num_chains / 8;
-	if (num_chains % 8)
-		mrioc->chain_bitmap_sz++;
-	mrioc->chain_bitmap = kzalloc(mrioc->chain_bitmap_sz, GFP_KERNEL);
+	mrioc->chain_bitmap = bitmap_zalloc(num_chains, GFP_KERNEL);
 	if (!mrioc->chain_bitmap)
 		goto out_failed;
 	return retval;
@@ -4189,10 +4175,11 @@ void mpi3mr_memset_buffers(struct mpi3mr_ioc *mrioc)
 		for (i = 0; i < MPI3MR_NUM_EVTACKCMD; i++)
 			memset(mrioc->evtack_cmds[i].reply, 0,
 			    sizeof(*mrioc->evtack_cmds[i].reply));
-		memset(mrioc->removepend_bitmap, 0, mrioc->dev_handle_bitmap_sz);
-		memset(mrioc->devrem_bitmap, 0, mrioc->devrem_bitmap_sz);
-		memset(mrioc->evtack_cmds_bitmap, 0,
-		    mrioc->evtack_cmds_bitmap_sz);
+		bitmap_clear(mrioc->removepend_bitmap, 0,
+			     mrioc->dev_handle_bitmap_bits);
+		bitmap_clear(mrioc->devrem_bitmap, 0, MPI3MR_NUM_DEVRMCMD);
+		bitmap_clear(mrioc->evtack_cmds_bitmap, 0,
+			     MPI3MR_NUM_EVTACKCMD);
 	}
 
 	for (i = 0; i < mrioc->num_queues; i++) {
@@ -4886,9 +4873,10 @@ int mpi3mr_soft_reset_handler(struct mpi3mr_ioc *mrioc,
 
 	mpi3mr_flush_delayed_cmd_lists(mrioc);
 	mpi3mr_flush_drv_cmds(mrioc);
-	memset(mrioc->devrem_bitmap, 0, mrioc->devrem_bitmap_sz);
-	memset(mrioc->removepend_bitmap, 0, mrioc->dev_handle_bitmap_sz);
-	memset(mrioc->evtack_cmds_bitmap, 0, mrioc->evtack_cmds_bitmap_sz);
+	bitmap_clear(mrioc->devrem_bitmap, 0, MPI3MR_NUM_DEVRMCMD);
+	bitmap_clear(mrioc->removepend_bitmap, 0,
+		     mrioc->dev_handle_bitmap_bits);
+	bitmap_clear(mrioc->evtack_cmds_bitmap, 0, MPI3MR_NUM_EVTACKCMD);
 	mpi3mr_flush_host_io(mrioc);
 	mpi3mr_cleanup_fwevt_list(mrioc);
 	mpi3mr_invalidate_devhandles(mrioc);
