diff --git a/drivers/vhost/scsi.c b/drivers/vhost/scsi.c
index 8cd545a..d52a3a0 100644
--- a/drivers/vhost/scsi.c
+++ b/drivers/vhost/scsi.c
@@ -56,6 +56,8 @@
 #define TCM_VHOST_NAMELEN 256
 #define TCM_VHOST_MAX_CDB_SIZE 32
 #define TCM_VHOST_DEFAULT_TAGS 256
+#define TCM_VHOST_PREALLOC_SGLS 2048
+#define TCM_VHOST_PREALLOC_PAGES 2048
 
 struct vhost_scsi_inflight {
 	/* Wait for the flush operation to finish */
@@ -81,6 +83,7 @@
 	u32 tvc_lun;
 	/* Pointer to the SGL formatted memory from virtio-scsi */
 	struct scatterlist *tvc_sgl;
+	struct page **tvc_upages;
 	/* Pointer to response */
 	struct virtio_scsi_cmd_resp __user *tvc_resp;
 	/* Pointer to vhost_scsi for our device */
@@ -458,8 +461,6 @@
 		u32 i;
 		for (i = 0; i < tv_cmd->tvc_sgl_count; i++)
 			put_page(sg_page(&tv_cmd->tvc_sgl[i]));
-
-		kfree(tv_cmd->tvc_sgl);
         }
 
 	tcm_vhost_put_inflight(tv_cmd->inflight);
@@ -716,6 +717,8 @@
 	struct tcm_vhost_cmd *cmd;
 	struct tcm_vhost_nexus *tv_nexus;
 	struct se_session *se_sess;
+	struct scatterlist *sg;
+	struct page **pages;
 	int tag;
 
 	tv_nexus = tpg->tpg_nexus;
@@ -727,8 +730,12 @@
 
 	tag = percpu_ida_alloc(&se_sess->sess_tag_pool, GFP_KERNEL);
 	cmd = &((struct tcm_vhost_cmd *)se_sess->sess_cmd_map)[tag];
+	sg = cmd->tvc_sgl;
+	pages = cmd->tvc_upages;
 	memset(cmd, 0, sizeof(struct tcm_vhost_cmd));
 
+	cmd->tvc_sgl = sg;
+	cmd->tvc_upages = pages;
 	cmd->tvc_se_cmd.map_tag = tag;
 	cmd->tvc_tag = v_req->tag;
 	cmd->tvc_task_attr = v_req->task_attr;
@@ -746,7 +753,8 @@
  * Returns the number of scatterlist entries used or -errno on error.
  */
 static int
-vhost_scsi_map_to_sgl(struct scatterlist *sgl,
+vhost_scsi_map_to_sgl(struct tcm_vhost_cmd *tv_cmd,
+		      struct scatterlist *sgl,
 		      unsigned int sgl_count,
 		      struct iovec *iov,
 		      int write)
@@ -758,13 +766,25 @@
 	struct page **pages;
 	int ret, i;
 
+	if (sgl_count > TCM_VHOST_PREALLOC_SGLS) {
+		pr_err("vhost_scsi_map_to_sgl() psgl_count: %u greater than"
+		       " preallocated TCM_VHOST_PREALLOC_SGLS: %u\n",
+			sgl_count, TCM_VHOST_PREALLOC_SGLS);
+		return -ENOBUFS;
+	}
+
 	pages_nr = iov_num_pages(iov);
 	if (pages_nr > sgl_count)
 		return -ENOBUFS;
 
-	pages = kmalloc(pages_nr * sizeof(struct page *), GFP_KERNEL);
-	if (!pages)
-		return -ENOMEM;
+	if (pages_nr > TCM_VHOST_PREALLOC_PAGES) {
+		pr_err("vhost_scsi_map_to_sgl() pages_nr: %u greater than"
+		       " preallocated TCM_VHOST_PREALLOC_PAGES: %u\n",
+			pages_nr, TCM_VHOST_PREALLOC_PAGES);
+		return -ENOBUFS;
+	}
+
+	pages = tv_cmd->tvc_upages;
 
 	ret = get_user_pages_fast((unsigned long)ptr, pages_nr, write, pages);
 	/* No pages were pinned */
@@ -789,7 +809,6 @@
 	}
 
 out:
-	kfree(pages);
 	return ret;
 }
 
@@ -813,24 +832,20 @@
 
 	/* TODO overflow checking */
 
-	sg = kmalloc(sizeof(cmd->tvc_sgl[0]) * sgl_count, GFP_ATOMIC);
-	if (!sg)
-		return -ENOMEM;
-	pr_debug("%s sg %p sgl_count %u is_err %d\n", __func__,
-	       sg, sgl_count, !sg);
+	sg = cmd->tvc_sgl;
+	pr_debug("%s sg %p sgl_count %u\n", __func__, sg, sgl_count);
 	sg_init_table(sg, sgl_count);
 
-	cmd->tvc_sgl = sg;
 	cmd->tvc_sgl_count = sgl_count;
 
 	pr_debug("Mapping %u iovecs for %u pages\n", niov, sgl_count);
 	for (i = 0; i < niov; i++) {
-		ret = vhost_scsi_map_to_sgl(sg, sgl_count, &iov[i], write);
+		ret = vhost_scsi_map_to_sgl(cmd, sg, sgl_count, &iov[i],
+					    write);
 		if (ret < 0) {
 			for (i = 0; i < cmd->tvc_sgl_count; i++)
 				put_page(sg_page(&cmd->tvc_sgl[i]));
-			kfree(cmd->tvc_sgl);
-			cmd->tvc_sgl = NULL;
+
 			cmd->tvc_sgl_count = 0;
 			return ret;
 		}
@@ -1660,11 +1675,31 @@
 	kfree(nacl);
 }
 
+static void tcm_vhost_free_cmd_map_res(struct tcm_vhost_nexus *nexus,
+				       struct se_session *se_sess)
+{
+	struct tcm_vhost_cmd *tv_cmd;
+	unsigned int i;
+
+	if (!se_sess->sess_cmd_map)
+		return;
+
+	for (i = 0; i < TCM_VHOST_DEFAULT_TAGS; i++) {
+		tv_cmd = &((struct tcm_vhost_cmd *)se_sess->sess_cmd_map)[i];
+
+		kfree(tv_cmd->tvc_sgl);
+		kfree(tv_cmd->tvc_upages);
+	}
+}
+
 static int tcm_vhost_make_nexus(struct tcm_vhost_tpg *tpg,
 				const char *name)
 {
 	struct se_portal_group *se_tpg;
+	struct se_session *se_sess;
 	struct tcm_vhost_nexus *tv_nexus;
+	struct tcm_vhost_cmd *tv_cmd;
+	unsigned int i;
 
 	mutex_lock(&tpg->tv_tpg_mutex);
 	if (tpg->tpg_nexus) {
@@ -1692,6 +1727,26 @@
 		kfree(tv_nexus);
 		return -ENOMEM;
 	}
+	se_sess = tv_nexus->tvn_se_sess;
+	for (i = 0; i < TCM_VHOST_DEFAULT_TAGS; i++) {
+		tv_cmd = &((struct tcm_vhost_cmd *)se_sess->sess_cmd_map)[i];
+
+		tv_cmd->tvc_sgl = kzalloc(sizeof(struct scatterlist) *
+					TCM_VHOST_PREALLOC_SGLS, GFP_KERNEL);
+		if (!tv_cmd->tvc_sgl) {
+			mutex_unlock(&tpg->tv_tpg_mutex);
+			pr_err("Unable to allocate tv_cmd->tvc_sgl\n");
+			goto out;
+		}
+
+		tv_cmd->tvc_upages = kzalloc(sizeof(struct page *) *
+					TCM_VHOST_PREALLOC_PAGES, GFP_KERNEL);
+		if (!tv_cmd->tvc_upages) {
+			mutex_unlock(&tpg->tv_tpg_mutex);
+			pr_err("Unable to allocate tv_cmd->tvc_upages\n");
+			goto out;
+		}
+	}
 	/*
 	 * Since we are running in 'demo mode' this call with generate a
 	 * struct se_node_acl for the tcm_vhost struct se_portal_group with
@@ -1703,9 +1758,7 @@
 		mutex_unlock(&tpg->tv_tpg_mutex);
 		pr_debug("core_tpg_check_initiator_node_acl() failed"
 				" for %s\n", name);
-		transport_free_session(tv_nexus->tvn_se_sess);
-		kfree(tv_nexus);
-		return -ENOMEM;
+		goto out;
 	}
 	/*
 	 * Now register the TCM vhost virtual I_T Nexus as active with the
@@ -1717,6 +1770,12 @@
 
 	mutex_unlock(&tpg->tv_tpg_mutex);
 	return 0;
+
+out:
+	tcm_vhost_free_cmd_map_res(tv_nexus, se_sess);
+	transport_free_session(se_sess);
+	kfree(tv_nexus);
+	return -ENOMEM;
 }
 
 static int tcm_vhost_drop_nexus(struct tcm_vhost_tpg *tpg)
@@ -1756,6 +1815,8 @@
 	pr_debug("TCM_vhost_ConfigFS: Removing I_T Nexus to emulated"
 		" %s Initiator Port: %s\n", tcm_vhost_dump_proto_id(tpg->tport),
 		tv_nexus->tvn_se_sess->se_node_acl->initiatorname);
+
+	tcm_vhost_free_cmd_map_res(tv_nexus, se_sess);
 	/*
 	 * Release the SCSI I_T Nexus to the emulated vhost Target Port
 	 */