diff --git a/drivers/block/rbd.c b/drivers/block/rbd.c
index 08018710f363..9c6234428607 100644
--- a/drivers/block/rbd.c
+++ b/drivers/block/rbd.c
@@ -5641,18 +5641,12 @@ static void rbd_sysfs_cleanup(void)
 static int rbd_slab_init(void)
 {
 	rbd_assert(!rbd_img_request_cache);
-	rbd_img_request_cache = kmem_cache_create("rbd_img_request",
-					sizeof (struct rbd_img_request),
-					__alignof__(struct rbd_img_request),
-					0, NULL);
+	rbd_img_request_cache = KMEM_CACHE(rbd_img_request, 0);
 	if (!rbd_img_request_cache)
 		return -ENOMEM;
 
 	rbd_assert(!rbd_obj_request_cache);
-	rbd_obj_request_cache = kmem_cache_create("rbd_obj_request",
-					sizeof (struct rbd_obj_request),
-					__alignof__(struct rbd_obj_request),
-					0, NULL);
+	rbd_obj_request_cache = KMEM_CACHE(rbd_obj_request, 0);
 	if (!rbd_obj_request_cache)
 		goto out_err;