diff --git a/drivers/staging/zcache/zcache-main.c b/drivers/staging/zcache/zcache-main.c
index d0141fbc649..174861f93b4 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/zcache/zcache-main.c
+++ b/drivers/staging/zcache/zcache-main.c
@@ -31,6 +31,7 @@
 #include <linux/math64.h>
 #include <linux/crypto.h>
 #include <linux/string.h>
+#include <linux/idr.h>
 #include "tmem.h"
 
 #include "../zsmalloc/zsmalloc.h"
@@ -53,15 +54,13 @@
 	(__GFP_FS | __GFP_NORETRY | __GFP_NOWARN | __GFP_NOMEMALLOC)
 #endif
 
-#define MAX_POOLS_PER_CLIENT 16
-
 #define MAX_CLIENTS 16
 #define LOCAL_CLIENT ((uint16_t)-1)
 
 MODULE_LICENSE("GPL");
 
 struct zcache_client {
-	struct tmem_pool *tmem_pools[MAX_POOLS_PER_CLIENT];
+	struct idr tmem_pools;
 	struct zs_pool *zspool;
 	bool allocated;
 	atomic_t refcount;
@@ -949,11 +948,9 @@ static struct tmem_pool *zcache_get_pool_by_id(uint16_t cli_id, uint16_t poolid)
 			goto out;
 		atomic_inc(&cli->refcount);
 	}
-	if (poolid < MAX_POOLS_PER_CLIENT) {
-		pool = cli->tmem_pools[poolid];
-		if (pool != NULL)
-			atomic_inc(&pool->refcount);
-	}
+	pool = idr_find(&cli->tmem_pools, poolid);
+	if (pool != NULL)
+		atomic_inc(&pool->refcount);
 out:
 	return pool;
 }
@@ -987,6 +984,7 @@ int zcache_new_client(uint16_t cli_id)
 	cli->zspool = zs_create_pool("zcache", ZCACHE_GFP_MASK);
 	if (cli->zspool == NULL)
 		goto out;
+	idr_init(&cli->tmem_pools);
 #endif
 	ret = 0;
 out:
@@ -1673,10 +1671,10 @@ static int zcache_destroy_pool(int cli_id, int pool_id)
 	if (cli == NULL)
 		goto out;
 	atomic_inc(&cli->refcount);
-	pool = cli->tmem_pools[pool_id];
+	pool = idr_find(&cli->tmem_pools, pool_id);
 	if (pool == NULL)
 		goto out;
-	cli->tmem_pools[pool_id] = NULL;
+	idr_remove(&cli->tmem_pools, pool_id);
 	/* wait for pool activity on other cpus to quiesce */
 	while (atomic_read(&pool->refcount) != 0)
 		;
@@ -1696,6 +1694,7 @@ static int zcache_new_pool(uint16_t cli_id, uint32_t flags)
 	int poolid = -1;
 	struct tmem_pool *pool;
 	struct zcache_client *cli = NULL;
+	int r;
 
 	if (cli_id == LOCAL_CLIENT)
 		cli = &zcache_host;
@@ -1710,20 +1709,25 @@ static int zcache_new_pool(uint16_t cli_id, uint32_t flags)
 		goto out;
 	}
 
-	for (poolid = 0; poolid < MAX_POOLS_PER_CLIENT; poolid++)
-		if (cli->tmem_pools[poolid] == NULL)
-			break;
-	if (poolid >= MAX_POOLS_PER_CLIENT) {
-		pr_info("zcache: pool creation failed: max exceeded\n");
+	do {
+		r = idr_pre_get(&cli->tmem_pools, GFP_ATOMIC);
+		if (r != 1) {
+			kfree(pool);
+			pr_info("zcache: pool creation failed: out of memory\n");
+			goto out;
+		}
+		r = idr_get_new(&cli->tmem_pools, pool, &poolid);
+	} while (r == -EAGAIN);
+	if (r) {
+		pr_info("zcache: pool creation failed: error %d\n", r);
 		kfree(pool);
-		poolid = -1;
 		goto out;
 	}
+
 	atomic_set(&pool->refcount, 0);
 	pool->client = cli;
 	pool->pool_id = poolid;
 	tmem_new_pool(pool, flags);
-	cli->tmem_pools[poolid] = pool;
 	pr_info("zcache: created %s tmem pool, id=%d, client=%d\n",
 		flags & TMEM_POOL_PERSIST ? "persistent" : "ephemeral",
 		poolid, cli_id);