diff --git a/sys/geom/geom.h b/sys/geom/geom.h
index 015baea4deb4..55a6f0c7df50 100644
--- a/sys/geom/geom.h
+++ b/sys/geom/geom.h
@@ -264,6 +264,7 @@ void g_io_deliver(struct bio *bp, int error);
 int g_io_getattr(const char *attr, struct g_consumer *cp, int *len, void *ptr);
 void g_io_request(struct bio *bp, struct g_consumer *cp);
 struct bio *g_new_bio(void);
+struct bio *g_alloc_bio(void);
 void * g_read_data(struct g_consumer *cp, off_t offset, off_t length, int *error);
 int g_write_data(struct g_consumer *cp, off_t offset, void *ptr, off_t length);
 void g_print_bio(struct bio *bp);
diff --git a/sys/geom/geom_io.c b/sys/geom/geom_io.c
index 89b0e392b5ea..ba4c0407dd34 100644
--- a/sys/geom/geom_io.c
+++ b/sys/geom/geom_io.c
@@ -121,6 +121,15 @@ g_new_bio(void)
 	return (bp);
 }
 
+struct bio *
+g_alloc_bio(void)
+{
+	struct bio *bp;
+
+	bp = uma_zalloc(biozone, M_WAITOK | M_ZERO);
+	return (bp);
+}
+
 void
 g_destroy_bio(struct bio *bp)
 {
@@ -166,7 +175,7 @@ g_io_getattr(const char *attr, struct g_consumer *cp, int *len, void *ptr)
 	int error;
 
 	g_trace(G_T_BIO, "bio_getattr(%s)", attr);
-	bp = g_new_bio();
+	bp = g_alloc_bio();
 	bp->bio_cmd = BIO_GETATTR;
 	bp->bio_done = NULL;
 	bp->bio_attribute = attr;
@@ -439,7 +448,7 @@ g_read_data(struct g_consumer *cp, off_t offset, off_t length, int *error)
 	KASSERT(length >= 512 && length <= DFLTPHYS,
 		("g_read_data(): invalid length %jd", (intmax_t)length));
 
-	bp = g_new_bio();
+	bp = g_alloc_bio();
 	bp->bio_cmd = BIO_READ;
 	bp->bio_done = NULL;
 	bp->bio_offset = offset;
@@ -467,7 +476,7 @@ g_write_data(struct g_consumer *cp, off_t offset, void *ptr, off_t length)
 	KASSERT(length >= 512 && length <= DFLTPHYS,
 		("g_write_data(): invalid length %jd", (intmax_t)length));
 
-	bp = g_new_bio();
+	bp = g_alloc_bio();
 	bp->bio_cmd = BIO_WRITE;
 	bp->bio_done = NULL;
 	bp->bio_offset = offset;