diff --git a/drivers/infiniband/hw/irdma/pble.c b/drivers/infiniband/hw/irdma/pble.c
index da032b952755e..fed49da770f3b 100644
--- a/drivers/infiniband/hw/irdma/pble.c
+++ b/drivers/infiniband/hw/irdma/pble.c
@@ -25,8 +25,7 @@ void irdma_destroy_pble_prm(struct irdma_hmc_pble_rsrc *pble_rsrc)
 		list_del(&chunk->list);
 		if (chunk->type == PBLE_SD_PAGED)
 			irdma_pble_free_paged_mem(chunk);
-		if (chunk->bitmapbuf)
-			kfree(chunk->bitmapmem.va);
+		bitmap_free(chunk->bitmapbuf);
 		kfree(chunk->chunkmem.va);
 	}
 }
@@ -299,8 +298,7 @@ add_pble_prm(struct irdma_hmc_pble_rsrc *pble_rsrc)
 	return 0;
 
 error:
-	if (chunk->bitmapbuf)
-		kfree(chunk->bitmapmem.va);
+	bitmap_free(chunk->bitmapbuf);
 	kfree(chunk->chunkmem.va);
 
 	return ret_code;
diff --git a/drivers/infiniband/hw/irdma/pble.h b/drivers/infiniband/hw/irdma/pble.h
index e1b3b8118a2ca..aa20827dcc9de 100644
--- a/drivers/infiniband/hw/irdma/pble.h
+++ b/drivers/infiniband/hw/irdma/pble.h
@@ -78,7 +78,6 @@ struct irdma_chunk {
 	u32 pg_cnt;
 	enum irdma_alloc_type type;
 	struct irdma_sc_dev *dev;
-	struct irdma_virt_mem bitmapmem;
 	struct irdma_virt_mem chunkmem;
 };
 
diff --git a/drivers/infiniband/hw/irdma/utils.c b/drivers/infiniband/hw/irdma/utils.c
index ac91ea5296db9..1bbf23689de48 100644
--- a/drivers/infiniband/hw/irdma/utils.c
+++ b/drivers/infiniband/hw/irdma/utils.c
@@ -2284,15 +2284,10 @@ enum irdma_status_code irdma_prm_add_pble_mem(struct irdma_pble_prm *pprm,
 
 	sizeofbitmap = (u64)pchunk->size >> pprm->pble_shift;
 
-	pchunk->bitmapmem.size = sizeofbitmap >> 3;
-	pchunk->bitmapmem.va = kzalloc(pchunk->bitmapmem.size, GFP_KERNEL);
-
-	if (!pchunk->bitmapmem.va)
+	pchunk->bitmapbuf = bitmap_zalloc(sizeofbitmap, GFP_KERNEL);
+	if (!pchunk->bitmapbuf)
 		return IRDMA_ERR_NO_MEMORY;
 
-	pchunk->bitmapbuf = pchunk->bitmapmem.va;
-	bitmap_zero(pchunk->bitmapbuf, sizeofbitmap);
-
 	pchunk->sizeofbitmap = sizeofbitmap;
 	/* each pble is 8 bytes hence shift by 3 */
 	pprm->total_pble_alloc += pchunk->size >> 3;