diff --git a/drivers/infiniband/hw/ehca/ehca_hca.c b/drivers/infiniband/hw/ehca/ehca_hca.c
index 5eae6ac..f77e626 100644
--- a/drivers/infiniband/hw/ehca/ehca_hca.c
+++ b/drivers/infiniband/hw/ehca/ehca_hca.c
@@ -40,6 +40,7 @@
  */
 
 #include "ehca_tools.h"
+#include "ehca_iverbs.h"
 #include "hcp_if.h"
 
 int ehca_query_device(struct ib_device *ibdev, struct ib_device_attr *props)
@@ -49,7 +50,7 @@ int ehca_query_device(struct ib_device *
 					      ib_device);
 	struct hipz_query_hca *rblock;
 
-	rblock = kzalloc(H_CB_ALIGNMENT, GFP_KERNEL);
+	rblock = (struct hipz_query_hca*)ehca_alloc_fw_ctrlblock();
 	if (!rblock) {
 		ehca_err(&shca->ib_device, "Can't allocate rblock memory.");
 		return -ENOMEM;
@@ -96,7 +97,7 @@ int ehca_query_device(struct ib_device *
 		= min_t(int, rblock->max_total_mcast_qp_attach, INT_MAX);
 
 query_device1:
-	kfree(rblock);
+	ehca_free_fw_ctrlblock(rblock);
 
 	return ret;
 }
@@ -109,7 +110,7 @@ int ehca_query_port(struct ib_device *ib
 					      ib_device);
 	struct hipz_query_port *rblock;
 
-	rblock = kzalloc(H_CB_ALIGNMENT, GFP_KERNEL);
+	rblock = (struct hipz_query_port*)ehca_alloc_fw_ctrlblock();
 	if (!rblock) {
 		ehca_err(&shca->ib_device, "Can't allocate rblock memory.");
 		return -ENOMEM;
@@ -162,7 +163,7 @@ int ehca_query_port(struct ib_device *ib
 	props->active_speed    = 0x1;
 
 query_port1:
-	kfree(rblock);
+	ehca_free_fw_ctrlblock(rblock);
 
 	return ret;
 }
@@ -178,7 +179,7 @@ int ehca_query_pkey(struct ib_device *ib
 		return -EINVAL;
 	}
 
-	rblock = kzalloc(H_CB_ALIGNMENT, GFP_KERNEL);
+	rblock = (struct hipz_query_port*)ehca_alloc_fw_ctrlblock();
 	if (!rblock) {
 		ehca_err(&shca->ib_device,  "Can't allocate rblock memory.");
 		return -ENOMEM;
@@ -193,7 +194,7 @@ int ehca_query_pkey(struct ib_device *ib
 	memcpy(pkey, &rblock->pkey_entries + index, sizeof(u16));
 
 query_pkey1:
-	kfree(rblock);
+	ehca_free_fw_ctrlblock(rblock);
 
 	return ret;
 }
@@ -211,7 +212,7 @@ int ehca_query_gid(struct ib_device *ibd
 		return -EINVAL;
 	}
 
-	rblock = kzalloc(H_CB_ALIGNMENT, GFP_KERNEL);
+	rblock = (struct hipz_query_port*)ehca_alloc_fw_ctrlblock();
 	if (!rblock) {
 		ehca_err(&shca->ib_device, "Can't allocate rblock memory.");
 		return -ENOMEM;
@@ -227,7 +228,7 @@ int ehca_query_gid(struct ib_device *ibd
 	memcpy(&gid->raw[8], &rblock->guid_entries[index], sizeof(u64));
 
 query_gid1:
-	kfree(rblock);
+	ehca_free_fw_ctrlblock(rblock);
 
 	return ret;
 }
diff --git a/drivers/infiniband/hw/ehca/ehca_irq.c b/drivers/infiniband/hw/ehca/ehca_irq.c
index 048cc44..01b66d7 100644
--- a/drivers/infiniband/hw/ehca/ehca_irq.c
+++ b/drivers/infiniband/hw/ehca/ehca_irq.c
@@ -45,6 +45,7 @@ #include "ehca_iverbs.h"
 #include "ehca_tools.h"
 #include "hcp_if.h"
 #include "hipz_fns.h"
+#include "ipz_pt_fn.h"
 
 #define EQE_COMPLETION_EVENT   EHCA_BMASK_IBM(1,1)
 #define EQE_CQ_QP_NUMBER       EHCA_BMASK_IBM(8,31)
@@ -137,38 +138,36 @@ int ehca_error_data(struct ehca_shca *sh
 	u64 *rblock;
 	unsigned long block_count;
 
-	rblock = kzalloc(H_CB_ALIGNMENT, GFP_KERNEL);
+	rblock = (u64*)ehca_alloc_fw_ctrlblock();
 	if (!rblock) {
 		ehca_err(&shca->ib_device, "Cannot allocate rblock memory.");
 		ret = -ENOMEM;
 		goto error_data1;
 	}
 
+	/* rblock must be 4K aligned and should be 4K large */
 	ret = hipz_h_error_data(shca->ipz_hca_handle,
 				resource,
 				rblock,
 				&block_count);
 
-	if (ret == H_R_STATE) {
+	if (ret == H_R_STATE)
 		ehca_err(&shca->ib_device,
 			 "No error data is available: %lx.", resource);
-	}
 	else if (ret == H_SUCCESS) {
 		int length;
 
 		length = EHCA_BMASK_GET(ERROR_DATA_LENGTH, rblock[0]);
 
-		if (length > PAGE_SIZE)
-			length = PAGE_SIZE;
+		if (length > EHCA_PAGESIZE)
+			length = EHCA_PAGESIZE;
 
 		print_error_data(shca, data, rblock, length);
-	}
-	else {
+	} else
 		ehca_err(&shca->ib_device,
 			 "Error data could not be fetched: %lx", resource);
-	}
 
-	kfree(rblock);
+	ehca_free_fw_ctrlblock(rblock);
 
 error_data1:
 	return ret;
diff --git a/drivers/infiniband/hw/ehca/ehca_iverbs.h b/drivers/infiniband/hw/ehca/ehca_iverbs.h
index 319c39d..73e5f3f 100644
--- a/drivers/infiniband/hw/ehca/ehca_iverbs.h
+++ b/drivers/infiniband/hw/ehca/ehca_iverbs.h
@@ -179,4 +179,12 @@ int ehca_mmap_register(u64 physical,void
 
 int ehca_munmap(unsigned long addr, size_t len);
 
+#ifdef CONFIG_PPC_64K_PAGES
+void *ehca_alloc_fw_ctrlblock(void);
+void ehca_free_fw_ctrlblock(void *ptr);
+#else
+#define ehca_alloc_fw_ctrlblock() get_zeroed_page(GFP_KERNEL)
+#define ehca_free_fw_ctrlblock(ptr) free_page((unsigned long)(ptr))
+#endif
+
 #endif
diff --git a/drivers/infiniband/hw/ehca/ehca_main.c b/drivers/infiniband/hw/ehca/ehca_main.c
index 024d511..d66d66b 100644
--- a/drivers/infiniband/hw/ehca/ehca_main.c
+++ b/drivers/infiniband/hw/ehca/ehca_main.c
@@ -40,6 +40,9 @@
  * POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE.
  */
 
+#ifdef CONFIG_PPC_64K_PAGES
+#include <linux/slab.h>
+#endif
 #include "ehca_classes.h"
 #include "ehca_iverbs.h"
 #include "ehca_mrmw.h"
@@ -49,7 +52,7 @@ #include "hcp_if.h"
 MODULE_LICENSE("Dual BSD/GPL");
 MODULE_AUTHOR("Christoph Raisch <raisch@de.ibm.com>");
 MODULE_DESCRIPTION("IBM eServer HCA InfiniBand Device Driver");
-MODULE_VERSION("SVNEHCA_0017");
+MODULE_VERSION("SVNEHCA_0018");
 
 int ehca_open_aqp1     = 0;
 int ehca_debug_level   = 0;
@@ -94,11 +97,37 @@ spinlock_t ehca_cq_idr_lock;
 DEFINE_IDR(ehca_qp_idr);
 DEFINE_IDR(ehca_cq_idr);
 
+
 static struct list_head shca_list; /* list of all registered ehcas */
 static spinlock_t shca_list_lock;
 
 static struct timer_list poll_eqs_timer;
 
+#ifdef CONFIG_PPC_64K_PAGES
+static struct kmem_cache *ctblk_cache = NULL;
+
+/* constructor ctblk_cache */
+void ehca_ctblk_ctor(void *ptr, kmem_cache_t *cache, unsigned long flags)
+{
+	memset(ptr, 0, EHCA_PAGESIZE);
+}
+
+void *ehca_alloc_fw_ctrlblock(void)
+{
+	void *ret = kmem_cache_alloc(ctblk_cache, SLAB_KERNEL);
+	if (!ret)
+		ehca_gen_err("Out of memory for ctblk");
+	return ret;
+}
+
+void ehca_free_fw_ctrlblock(void *ptr)
+{
+	if (ptr)
+		kmem_cache_free(ctblk_cache, ptr);
+
+}
+#endif
+
 static int ehca_create_slab_caches(void)
 {
 	int ret;
@@ -133,6 +162,17 @@ static int ehca_create_slab_caches(void)
 		goto create_slab_caches5;
 	}
 
+#ifdef CONFIG_PPC_64K_PAGES
+	ctblk_cache = kmem_cache_create("ehca_cache_ctblk",
+					EHCA_PAGESIZE, H_CB_ALIGNMENT,
+					SLAB_HWCACHE_ALIGN,
+					ehca_ctblk_ctor, NULL);
+	if (!ctblk_cache) {
+		ehca_gen_err("Cannot create ctblk SLAB cache.");
+		ehca_cleanup_mrmw_cache();
+		goto create_slab_caches5;
+	}
+#endif
 	return 0;
 
 create_slab_caches5:
@@ -157,6 +197,10 @@ static void ehca_destroy_slab_caches(voi
 	ehca_cleanup_qp_cache();
 	ehca_cleanup_cq_cache();
 	ehca_cleanup_pd_cache();
+#ifdef CONFIG_PPC_64K_PAGES
+	if (ctblk_cache)
+		kmem_cache_destroy(ctblk_cache);
+#endif
 }
 
 #define EHCA_HCAAVER  EHCA_BMASK_IBM(32,39)
@@ -168,7 +212,7 @@ int ehca_sense_attributes(struct ehca_sh
 	u64 h_ret;
 	struct hipz_query_hca *rblock;
 
-	rblock = kzalloc(H_CB_ALIGNMENT, GFP_KERNEL);
+	rblock = (struct hipz_query_hca*)ehca_alloc_fw_ctrlblock();
 	if (!rblock) {
 		ehca_gen_err("Cannot allocate rblock memory.");
 		return -ENOMEM;
@@ -211,7 +255,7 @@ int ehca_sense_attributes(struct ehca_sh
 	shca->sport[1].rate = IB_RATE_30_GBPS;
 
 num_ports1:
-	kfree(rblock);
+	ehca_free_fw_ctrlblock(rblock);
 	return ret;
 }
 
@@ -220,7 +264,7 @@ static int init_node_guid(struct ehca_sh
 	int ret = 0;
 	struct hipz_query_hca *rblock;
 
-	rblock = kzalloc(H_CB_ALIGNMENT, GFP_KERNEL);
+	rblock = (struct hipz_query_hca*)ehca_alloc_fw_ctrlblock();
 	if (!rblock) {
 		ehca_err(&shca->ib_device, "Can't allocate rblock memory.");
 		return -ENOMEM;
@@ -235,7 +279,7 @@ static int init_node_guid(struct ehca_sh
 	memcpy(&shca->ib_device.node_guid, &rblock->node_guid, sizeof(u64));
 
 init_node_guid1:
-	kfree(rblock);
+	ehca_free_fw_ctrlblock(rblock);
 	return ret;
 }
 
@@ -431,7 +475,7 @@ static ssize_t  ehca_show_##name(struct 
 									   \
 	shca = dev->driver_data;					   \
 									   \
-	rblock = kzalloc(H_CB_ALIGNMENT, GFP_KERNEL);			   \
+	rblock = (struct hipz_query_hca*)ehca_alloc_fw_ctrlblock();	   \
 	if (!rblock) {						           \
 		dev_err(dev, "Can't allocate rblock memory.");		   \
 		return 0;						   \
@@ -439,12 +483,12 @@ static ssize_t  ehca_show_##name(struct 
 									   \
 	if (hipz_h_query_hca(shca->ipz_hca_handle, rblock) != H_SUCCESS) { \
 		dev_err(dev, "Can't query device properties");	   	   \
-		kfree(rblock);					   	   \
+		ehca_free_fw_ctrlblock(rblock);			   	   \
 		return 0;					   	   \
 	}								   \
 									   \
 	data = rblock->name;                                               \
-	kfree(rblock);                                                     \
+	ehca_free_fw_ctrlblock(rblock);                                    \
 									   \
 	if ((strcmp(#name, "num_ports") == 0) && (ehca_nr_ports == 1))	   \
 		return snprintf(buf, 256, "1\n");			   \
@@ -752,7 +796,7 @@ int __init ehca_module_init(void)
 	int ret;
 
 	printk(KERN_INFO "eHCA Infiniband Device Driver "
-	                 "(Rel.: SVNEHCA_0017)\n");
+	                 "(Rel.: SVNEHCA_0018)\n");
 	idr_init(&ehca_qp_idr);
 	idr_init(&ehca_cq_idr);
 	spin_lock_init(&ehca_qp_idr_lock);
diff --git a/drivers/infiniband/hw/ehca/ehca_mrmw.c b/drivers/infiniband/hw/ehca/ehca_mrmw.c
index 5ca6544..1b77ac7 100644
--- a/drivers/infiniband/hw/ehca/ehca_mrmw.c
+++ b/drivers/infiniband/hw/ehca/ehca_mrmw.c
@@ -1013,7 +1013,7 @@ int ehca_reg_mr_rpages(struct ehca_shca 
 	u32 i;
 	u64 *kpage;
 
-	kpage = kzalloc(H_CB_ALIGNMENT, GFP_KERNEL);
+	kpage = (u64*)ehca_alloc_fw_ctrlblock();
 	if (!kpage) {
 		ehca_err(&shca->ib_device, "kpage alloc failed");
 		ret = -ENOMEM;
@@ -1092,7 +1092,7 @@ int ehca_reg_mr_rpages(struct ehca_shca 
 
 
 ehca_reg_mr_rpages_exit1:
-	kfree(kpage);
+	ehca_free_fw_ctrlblock(kpage);
 ehca_reg_mr_rpages_exit0:
 	if (ret)
 		ehca_err(&shca->ib_device, "ret=%x shca=%p e_mr=%p pginfo=%p "
@@ -1124,7 +1124,7 @@ inline int ehca_rereg_mr_rereg1(struct e
 	ehca_mrmw_map_acl(acl, &hipz_acl);
 	ehca_mrmw_set_pgsize_hipz_acl(&hipz_acl);
 
-	kpage = kzalloc(H_CB_ALIGNMENT, GFP_KERNEL);
+	kpage = (u64*)ehca_alloc_fw_ctrlblock();
 	if (!kpage) {
 		ehca_err(&shca->ib_device, "kpage alloc failed");
 		ret = -ENOMEM;
@@ -1181,7 +1181,7 @@ inline int ehca_rereg_mr_rereg1(struct e
 	}
 
 ehca_rereg_mr_rereg1_exit1:
-	kfree(kpage);
+	ehca_free_fw_ctrlblock(kpage);
 ehca_rereg_mr_rereg1_exit0:
 	if ( ret && (ret != -EAGAIN) )
 		ehca_err(&shca->ib_device, "ret=%x lkey=%x rkey=%x "
diff --git a/drivers/infiniband/hw/ehca/ehca_qp.c b/drivers/infiniband/hw/ehca/ehca_qp.c
index 4394123..3768d8d 100644
--- a/drivers/infiniband/hw/ehca/ehca_qp.c
+++ b/drivers/infiniband/hw/ehca/ehca_qp.c
@@ -811,8 +811,9 @@ static int internal_modify_qp(struct ib_
 	unsigned long spl_flags = 0;
 
 	/* do query_qp to obtain current attr values */
-	mqpcb = kzalloc(H_CB_ALIGNMENT, GFP_KERNEL);
-	if (mqpcb == NULL) {
+	mqpcb = (struct hcp_modify_qp_control_block*)
+		ehca_alloc_fw_ctrlblock();
+	if (!mqpcb) {
 		ehca_err(ibqp->device, "Could not get zeroed page for mqpcb "
 			 "ehca_qp=%p qp_num=%x ", my_qp, ibqp->qp_num);
 		return -ENOMEM;
@@ -1225,7 +1226,7 @@ modify_qp_exit2:
 	}
 
 modify_qp_exit1:
-	kfree(mqpcb);
+	ehca_free_fw_ctrlblock(mqpcb);
 
 	return ret;
 }
@@ -1277,7 +1278,8 @@ int ehca_query_qp(struct ib_qp *qp,
 		return -EINVAL;
 	}
 
-	qpcb = kzalloc(H_CB_ALIGNMENT, GFP_KERNEL );
+	qpcb = (struct hcp_modify_qp_control_block*)
+		ehca_alloc_fw_ctrlblock();
 	if (!qpcb) {
 		ehca_err(qp->device,"Out of memory for qpcb "
 			 "ehca_qp=%p qp_num=%x", my_qp, qp->qp_num);
@@ -1401,7 +1403,7 @@ int ehca_query_qp(struct ib_qp *qp,
 		ehca_dmp(qpcb, 4*70, "qp_num=%x", qp->qp_num);
 
 query_qp_exit1:
-	kfree(qpcb);
+	ehca_free_fw_ctrlblock(qpcb);
 
 	return ret;
 }
 
