diff --git a/fs/bcachefs/bcachefs.h b/fs/bcachefs/bcachefs.h
index 91c40fde1925..5824cf57defd 100644
--- a/fs/bcachefs/bcachefs.h
+++ b/fs/bcachefs/bcachefs.h
@@ -912,10 +912,6 @@ struct bch_fs {
 	struct bch_fs_usage __percpu	*usage_gc;
 	u64 __percpu		*online_reserved;
 
-	/* single element mempool: */
-	struct mutex		usage_scratch_lock;
-	struct bch_fs_usage_online *usage_scratch;
-
 	struct io_clock		io_clock[2];
 
 	/* JOURNAL SEQ BLACKLIST */
diff --git a/fs/bcachefs/buckets.c b/fs/bcachefs/buckets.c
index 054c4c8d9c1b..24b53f449313 100644
--- a/fs/bcachefs/buckets.c
+++ b/fs/bcachefs/buckets.c
@@ -64,40 +64,6 @@ u64 bch2_fs_usage_read_one(struct bch_fs *c, u64 *v)
 	return ret;
 }
 
-struct bch_fs_usage_online *bch2_fs_usage_read(struct bch_fs *c)
-{
-	struct bch_fs_usage_online *ret;
-	unsigned nr_replicas = READ_ONCE(c->replicas.nr);
-	unsigned seq, i;
-retry:
-	ret = kmalloc(__fs_usage_online_u64s(nr_replicas) * sizeof(u64), GFP_KERNEL);
-	if (unlikely(!ret))
-		return NULL;
-
-	percpu_down_read(&c->mark_lock);
-
-	if (nr_replicas != c->replicas.nr) {
-		nr_replicas = c->replicas.nr;
-		percpu_up_read(&c->mark_lock);
-		kfree(ret);
-		goto retry;
-	}
-
-	ret->online_reserved = percpu_u64_get(c->online_reserved);
-
-	do {
-		seq = read_seqcount_begin(&c->usage_lock);
-		unsafe_memcpy(&ret->u, c->usage_base,
-			      __fs_usage_u64s(nr_replicas) * sizeof(u64),
-			      "embedded variable length struct");
-		for (i = 0; i < ARRAY_SIZE(c->usage); i++)
-			acc_u64s_percpu((u64 *) &ret->u, (u64 __percpu *) c->usage[i],
-					__fs_usage_u64s(nr_replicas));
-	} while (read_seqcount_retry(&c->usage_lock, seq));
-
-	return ret;
-}
-
 void bch2_fs_usage_acc_to_base(struct bch_fs *c, unsigned idx)
 {
 	unsigned u64s = fs_usage_u64s(c);
diff --git a/fs/bcachefs/buckets.h b/fs/bcachefs/buckets.h
index 4e14615c770e..356f725a4fad 100644
--- a/fs/bcachefs/buckets.h
+++ b/fs/bcachefs/buckets.h
@@ -296,8 +296,6 @@ static inline unsigned dev_usage_u64s(void)
 
 u64 bch2_fs_usage_read_one(struct bch_fs *, u64 *);
 
-struct bch_fs_usage_online *bch2_fs_usage_read(struct bch_fs *);
-
 void bch2_fs_usage_acc_to_base(struct bch_fs *, unsigned);
 
 void bch2_fs_usage_to_text(struct printbuf *,
diff --git a/fs/bcachefs/chardev.c b/fs/bcachefs/chardev.c
index 13ea852be153..03a1339e8f3b 100644
--- a/fs/bcachefs/chardev.c
+++ b/fs/bcachefs/chardev.c
@@ -502,9 +502,7 @@ static long bch2_ioctl_fs_usage(struct bch_fs *c,
 				struct bch_ioctl_fs_usage __user *user_arg)
 {
 	struct bch_ioctl_fs_usage arg;
-	struct bch_fs_usage_online *src = NULL;
 	darray_char replicas = {};
-	unsigned i;
 	u32 replica_entries_bytes;
 	int ret = 0;
 
@@ -520,25 +518,26 @@ static long bch2_ioctl_fs_usage(struct bch_fs *c,
 	if (ret)
 		goto err;
 
+	struct bch_fs_usage_short u = bch2_fs_usage_read_short(c);
 	arg.capacity		= c->capacity;
-	arg.used		= bch2_fs_sectors_used(c, src);
-	arg.online_reserved	= src->online_reserved;
+	arg.used		= u.used;
+	arg.online_reserved	= percpu_u64_get(c->online_reserved);
 	arg.replica_entries_bytes = replicas.nr;
 
-	src = bch2_fs_usage_read(c);
-	if (!src) {
-		ret = -ENOMEM;
-		goto err;
-	}
+	for (unsigned i = 0; i < BCH_REPLICAS_MAX; i++) {
+		struct disk_accounting_key k = {
+			.type = BCH_DISK_ACCOUNTING_persistent_reserved,
+			.persistent_reserved.nr_replicas = i,
+		};
 
-	for (i = 0; i < BCH_REPLICAS_MAX; i++)
-		arg.persistent_reserved[i] = src->u.persistent_reserved[i];
-	percpu_up_read(&c->mark_lock);
+		bch2_accounting_mem_read(c,
+					 disk_accounting_key_to_bpos(&k),
+					 &arg.persistent_reserved[i], 1);
+	}
 
 	ret = copy_to_user_errcode(user_arg, &arg, sizeof(arg));
 err:
 	darray_exit(&replicas);
-	kfree(src);
 	return ret;
 }
 
diff --git a/fs/bcachefs/replicas.c b/fs/bcachefs/replicas.c
index dde581a49e28..d02eb03d2ebd 100644
--- a/fs/bcachefs/replicas.c
+++ b/fs/bcachefs/replicas.c
@@ -319,13 +319,10 @@ static int replicas_table_update(struct bch_fs *c,
 				 struct bch_replicas_cpu *new_r)
 {
 	struct bch_fs_usage __percpu *new_usage[JOURNAL_BUF_NR];
-	struct bch_fs_usage_online *new_scratch = NULL;
 	struct bch_fs_usage __percpu *new_gc = NULL;
 	struct bch_fs_usage *new_base = NULL;
 	unsigned i, bytes = sizeof(struct bch_fs_usage) +
 		sizeof(u64) * new_r->nr;
-	unsigned scratch_bytes = sizeof(struct bch_fs_usage_online) +
-		sizeof(u64) * new_r->nr;
 	int ret = 0;
 
 	memset(new_usage, 0, sizeof(new_usage));
@@ -336,7 +333,6 @@ static int replicas_table_update(struct bch_fs *c,
 			goto err;
 
 	if (!(new_base = kzalloc(bytes, GFP_KERNEL)) ||
-	    !(new_scratch  = kmalloc(scratch_bytes, GFP_KERNEL)) ||
 	    (c->usage_gc &&
 	     !(new_gc = __alloc_percpu_gfp(bytes, sizeof(u64), GFP_KERNEL))))
 		goto err;
@@ -355,12 +351,10 @@ static int replicas_table_update(struct bch_fs *c,
 	for (i = 0; i < ARRAY_SIZE(new_usage); i++)
 		swap(c->usage[i],	new_usage[i]);
 	swap(c->usage_base,	new_base);
-	swap(c->usage_scratch,	new_scratch);
 	swap(c->usage_gc,	new_gc);
 	swap(c->replicas,	*new_r);
 out:
 	free_percpu(new_gc);
-	kfree(new_scratch);
 	for (i = 0; i < ARRAY_SIZE(new_usage); i++)
 		free_percpu(new_usage[i]);
 	kfree(new_base);
@@ -1024,7 +1018,6 @@ void bch2_fs_replicas_exit(struct bch_fs *c)
 {
 	unsigned i;
 
-	kfree(c->usage_scratch);
 	for (i = 0; i < ARRAY_SIZE(c->usage); i++)
 		free_percpu(c->usage[i]);
 	kfree(c->usage_base);
diff --git a/fs/bcachefs/super.c b/fs/bcachefs/super.c
index 685d54d0ddbb..a26472f4620a 100644
--- a/fs/bcachefs/super.c
+++ b/fs/bcachefs/super.c
@@ -783,8 +783,6 @@ static struct bch_fs *bch2_fs_alloc(struct bch_sb *sb, struct bch_opts opts)
 
 	INIT_LIST_HEAD(&c->list);
 
-	mutex_init(&c->usage_scratch_lock);
-
 	mutex_init(&c->bio_bounce_pages_lock);
 	mutex_init(&c->snapshot_table_lock);
 	init_rwsem(&c->snapshot_create_lock);
