diff --git a/sys/uvm/uvm_map.c b/sys/uvm/uvm_map.c
index 695de6fad6a1..ccff29dcb36b 100644
--- a/sys/uvm/uvm_map.c
+++ b/sys/uvm/uvm_map.c
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-/*	$NetBSD: uvm_map.c,v 1.26 1998/08/31 01:10:15 thorpej Exp $	*/
+/*	$NetBSD: uvm_map.c,v 1.27 1998/08/31 01:50:08 thorpej Exp $	*/
 
 /*
  * XXXCDC: "ROUGH DRAFT" QUALITY UVM PRE-RELEASE FILE!
@@ -116,6 +116,12 @@ struct pool uvm_vmspace_pool;
 
 struct pool uvm_map_entry_pool;
 
+/*
+ * pool for vm_map structures
+ */
+
+struct pool uvm_map_pool;
+
 /*
  * macros
  */
@@ -329,6 +335,9 @@ uvm_map_init()
 	pool_init(&uvm_map_entry_pool, sizeof(struct vm_map_entry),
 	    0, 0, 0, "vmmpepl", 0,
 	    pool_page_alloc_nointr, pool_page_free_nointr, M_VMMAP);
+	pool_init(&uvm_map_pool, sizeof(struct vm_map),
+	    0, 0, 0, "vmmppl", 0,
+	    pool_page_alloc_nointr, pool_page_free_nointr, M_VMMAP);
 }
 
 /*
diff --git a/sys/uvm/uvm_map.h b/sys/uvm/uvm_map.h
index 6f7731be4aad..3fe79c859276 100644
--- a/sys/uvm/uvm_map.h
+++ b/sys/uvm/uvm_map.h
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-/*	$NetBSD: uvm_map.h,v 1.7 1998/08/13 02:11:01 eeh Exp $	*/
+/*	$NetBSD: uvm_map.h,v 1.8 1998/08/31 01:50:10 thorpej Exp $	*/
 
 /*
  * XXXCDC: "ROUGH DRAFT" QUALITY UVM PRE-RELEASE FILE!
@@ -109,6 +109,11 @@
 #define UVM_EXTRACT_QREF	0x4	/* use quick refs */
 #define UVM_EXTRACT_FIXPROT	0x8	/* set prot to maxprot as we go */
 
+/*
+ * pool for vm_map's; needed by inline functions in uvm_map_i.h
+ */
+
+extern struct pool uvm_map_pool;
 
 /*
  * handle inline options
diff --git a/sys/uvm/uvm_map_i.h b/sys/uvm/uvm_map_i.h
index e76bdd53e629..4bd4c9b7b28e 100644
--- a/sys/uvm/uvm_map_i.h
+++ b/sys/uvm/uvm_map_i.h
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-/*	$NetBSD: uvm_map_i.h,v 1.7 1998/08/13 02:11:02 eeh Exp $	*/
+/*	$NetBSD: uvm_map_i.h,v 1.8 1998/08/31 01:50:11 thorpej Exp $	*/
 
 /*
  * XXXCDC: "ROUGH DRAFT" QUALITY UVM PRE-RELEASE FILE!
@@ -75,6 +75,8 @@
 
 #include "opt_uvmhist.h"
 
+#include <sys/pool.h>
+
 /*
  * uvm_map_i.h
  */
@@ -97,7 +99,7 @@ uvm_map_create(pmap, min, max, pageable)
 {
 	vm_map_t result;
 
-	MALLOC(result, vm_map_t, sizeof(struct vm_map), M_VMMAP, M_WAITOK);
+	result = pool_get(&uvm_map_pool, PR_WAITOK);
 	uvm_map_setup(result, min, max, pageable);
 	result->pmap = pmap;
 	return(result);
@@ -239,7 +241,7 @@ uvm_map_deallocate(map)
 	uvm_unmap(map, map->min_offset, map->max_offset, TRUE);
 	pmap_destroy(map->pmap);
 
-	FREE(map, M_VMMAP);
+	pool_put(&uvm_map_pool, map);
 }
 
 #endif /* defined(UVM_MAP_INLINE) || defined(UVM_MAP) */