diff --git a/src/hw/nvme-int.h b/src/hw/nvme-int.h
index f0d717d..f9c807e 100644
--- a/src/hw/nvme-int.h
+++ b/src/hw/nvme-int.h
@@ -117,9 +117,6 @@
     u32 block_size;
     u32 metadata_size;
     u32 max_req_size;
-
-    /* Page aligned buffer of size NVME_PAGE_SIZE. */
-    char *dma_buffer;
 };
 
 /* Data structures for NVMe admin identify commands */
diff --git a/src/hw/nvme.c b/src/hw/nvme.c
index e9c449d..3dfa0ce 100644
--- a/src/hw/nvme.c
+++ b/src/hw/nvme.c
@@ -20,6 +20,9 @@
 #include "nvme.h"
 #include "nvme-int.h"
 
+// Page aligned "dma bounce buffer" of size NVME_PAGE_SIZE in high memory
+static void *nvme_dma_buffer;
+
 static void *
 zalloc_page_aligned(struct zone_s *zone, u32 size)
 {
@@ -257,6 +260,14 @@
         goto free_buffer;
     }
 
+    if (!nvme_dma_buffer) {
+        nvme_dma_buffer = zalloc_page_aligned(&ZoneHigh, NVME_PAGE_SIZE);
+        if (!nvme_dma_buffer) {
+            warn_noalloc();
+            goto free_buffer;
+        }
+    }
+
     struct nvme_namespace *ns = malloc_fseg(sizeof(*ns));
     if (!ns) {
         warn_noalloc();
@@ -294,8 +305,6 @@
         ns->max_req_size = -1U;
     }
 
-    ns->dma_buffer = zalloc_page_aligned(&ZoneHigh, NVME_PAGE_SIZE);
-
     char *desc = znprintf(MAXDESCSIZE, "NVMe NS %u: %llu MiB (%llu %u-byte "
                           "blocks + %u-byte metadata)",
                           ns_id, (ns->lba_count * ns->block_size) >> 20,
@@ -459,12 +468,12 @@
     u16 blocks = count < max_blocks ? count : max_blocks;
 
     if (write)
-        memcpy(ns->dma_buffer, buf, blocks * ns->block_size);
+        memcpy(nvme_dma_buffer, buf, blocks * ns->block_size);
 
-    int res = nvme_io_xfer(ns, lba, ns->dma_buffer, NULL, blocks, write);
+    int res = nvme_io_xfer(ns, lba, nvme_dma_buffer, NULL, blocks, write);
 
     if (!write && res >= 0)
-        memcpy(buf, ns->dma_buffer, res * ns->block_size);
+        memcpy(buf, nvme_dma_buffer, res * ns->block_size);
 
     return res;
 }
@@ -498,7 +507,7 @@
     /* Build PRP list if we need to describe more than 2 pages */
     if ((ns->block_size * count) > (NVME_PAGE_SIZE * 2)) {
         u32 prpl_len = 0;
-        u64 *prpl = (void*)ns->dma_buffer;
+        u64 *prpl = nvme_dma_buffer;
         int first_page = 1;
         for (; size > 0; base += NVME_PAGE_SIZE, size -= NVME_PAGE_SIZE) {
             if (first_page) {