diff --git a/drivers/lightnvm/core.c b/drivers/lightnvm/core.c
index 652b8c7..4cadbe0 100644
--- a/drivers/lightnvm/core.c
+++ b/drivers/lightnvm/core.c
@@ -420,6 +420,41 @@ int nvm_submit_ppa(struct nvm_dev *dev, struct ppa_addr *ppa, int nr_ppas,
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(nvm_submit_ppa);
 
+/*
+ * folds a bad block list from its plane representation to its virtual
+ * block representation. The fold is done in place and reduced size is
+ * returned.
+ *
+ * If any of the planes status are bad or grown bad block, the virtual block
+ * is marked bad. If not bad, the first plane state acts as the block state.
+ */
+int nvm_bb_tbl_fold(struct nvm_dev *dev, u8 *blks, int nr_blks)
+{
+	int blk, offset, pl, blktype;
+
+	if (nr_blks != dev->blks_per_lun * dev->plane_mode)
+		return -EINVAL;
+
+	for (blk = 0; blk < dev->blks_per_lun; blk++) {
+		offset = blk * dev->plane_mode;
+		blktype = blks[offset];
+
+		/* Bad blocks on any planes take precedence over other types */
+		for (pl = 0; pl < dev->plane_mode; pl++) {
+			if (blks[offset + pl] &
+					(NVM_BLK_T_BAD|NVM_BLK_T_GRWN_BAD)) {
+				blktype = blks[offset + pl];
+				break;
+			}
+		}
+
+		blks[blk] = blktype;
+	}
+
+	return dev->blks_per_lun;
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL(nvm_bb_tbl_fold);
+
 static int nvm_init_slc_tbl(struct nvm_dev *dev, struct nvm_id_group *grp)
 {
 	int i;
diff --git a/drivers/lightnvm/gennvm.c b/drivers/lightnvm/gennvm.c
index 72e124a..6096077 100644
--- a/drivers/lightnvm/gennvm.c
+++ b/drivers/lightnvm/gennvm.c
@@ -129,18 +129,21 @@ static int gennvm_luns_init(struct nvm_dev *dev, struct gen_nvm *gn)
 	return 0;
 }
 
-static int gennvm_block_bb(struct ppa_addr ppa, int nr_blocks, u8 *blks,
-								void *private)
+static int gennvm_block_bb(struct nvm_dev *dev, struct ppa_addr ppa,
+					u8 *blks, int nr_blks, void *private)
 {
 	struct gen_nvm *gn = private;
-	struct nvm_dev *dev = gn->dev;
 	struct gen_lun *lun;
 	struct nvm_block *blk;
 	int i;
 
+	nr_blks = nvm_bb_tbl_fold(dev, blks, nr_blks);
+	if (nr_blks < 0)
+		return nr_blks;
+
 	lun = &gn->luns[(dev->luns_per_chnl * ppa.g.ch) + ppa.g.lun];
 
-	for (i = 0; i < nr_blocks; i++) {
+	for (i = 0; i < nr_blks; i++) {
 		if (blks[i] == 0)
 			continue;
 
@@ -250,8 +253,7 @@ static int gennvm_blocks_init(struct nvm_dev *dev, struct gen_nvm *gn)
 			ppa = generic_to_dev_addr(dev, ppa);
 
 			ret = dev->ops->get_bb_tbl(dev, ppa,
-						dev->blks_per_lun,
-						gennvm_block_bb, gn);
+							gennvm_block_bb, gn);
 			if (ret)
 				pr_err("gennvm: could not read BB table\n");
 		}
diff --git a/drivers/lightnvm/sysblk.c b/drivers/lightnvm/sysblk.c
index 8835d89..fcd16d8 100644
--- a/drivers/lightnvm/sysblk.c
+++ b/drivers/lightnvm/sysblk.c
@@ -93,12 +93,16 @@ void nvm_setup_sysblk_scan(struct nvm_dev *dev, struct sysblk_scan *s,
 	s->nr_rows = nvm_setup_sysblks(dev, sysblk_ppas);
 }
 
-static int sysblk_get_host_blks(struct ppa_addr ppa, int nr_blks, u8 *blks,
-								void *private)
+static int sysblk_get_host_blks(struct nvm_dev *dev, struct ppa_addr ppa,
+					u8 *blks, int nr_blks, void *private)
 {
 	struct sysblk_scan *s = private;
 	int i, nr_sysblk = 0;
 
+	nr_blks = nvm_bb_tbl_fold(dev, blks, nr_blks);
+	if (nr_blks < 0)
+		return nr_blks;
+
 	for (i = 0; i < nr_blks; i++) {
 		if (blks[i] != NVM_BLK_T_HOST)
 			continue;
@@ -130,7 +134,7 @@ static int nvm_get_all_sysblks(struct nvm_dev *dev, struct sysblk_scan *s,
 		dppa = generic_to_dev_addr(dev, ppas[i]);
 		s->row = i;
 
-		ret = dev->ops->get_bb_tbl(dev, dppa, dev->blks_per_lun, fn, s);
+		ret = dev->ops->get_bb_tbl(dev, dppa, fn, s);
 		if (ret) {
 			pr_err("nvm: failed bb tbl for ppa (%u %u)\n",
 							ppas[i].g.ch,
@@ -235,13 +239,17 @@ static int nvm_set_bb_tbl(struct nvm_dev *dev, struct sysblk_scan *s, int type)
 	return 0;
 }
 
-static int sysblk_get_free_blks(struct ppa_addr ppa, int nr_blks, u8 *blks,
-								void *private)
+static int sysblk_get_free_blks(struct nvm_dev *dev, struct ppa_addr ppa,
+					u8 *blks, int nr_blks, void *private)
 {
 	struct sysblk_scan *s = private;
 	struct ppa_addr *sppa;
 	int i, blkid = 0;
 
+	nr_blks = nvm_bb_tbl_fold(dev, blks, nr_blks);
+	if (nr_blks < 0)
+		return nr_blks;
+
 	for (i = 0; i < nr_blks; i++) {
 		if (blks[i] == NVM_BLK_T_HOST)
 			return -EEXIST;
@@ -578,13 +586,16 @@ static unsigned int factory_blk_offset(struct nvm_dev *dev, int ch, int lun)
 								BITS_PER_LONG;
 }
 
-static int nvm_factory_blks(struct ppa_addr ppa, int nr_blks, u8 *blks,
-								void *private)
+static int nvm_factory_blks(struct nvm_dev *dev, struct ppa_addr ppa,
+					u8 *blks, int nr_blks, void *private)
 {
 	struct factory_blks *f = private;
-	struct nvm_dev *dev = f->dev;
 	int i, lunoff;
 
+	nr_blks = nvm_bb_tbl_fold(dev, blks, nr_blks);
+	if (nr_blks < 0)
+		return nr_blks;
+
 	lunoff = factory_blk_offset(dev, ppa.g.ch, ppa.g.lun);
 
 	/* non-set bits correspond to the block must be erased */
@@ -661,7 +672,7 @@ static int nvm_fact_get_bb_tbl(struct nvm_dev *dev, struct ppa_addr ppa,
 
 	dev_ppa = generic_to_dev_addr(dev, ppa);
 
-	ret = dev->ops->get_bb_tbl(dev, dev_ppa, dev->blks_per_lun, fn, priv);
+	ret = dev->ops->get_bb_tbl(dev, dev_ppa, fn, priv);
 	if (ret)
 		pr_err("nvm: failed bb tbl for ch%u lun%u\n",
 							ppa.g.ch, ppa.g.blk);
diff --git a/drivers/nvme/host/lightnvm.c b/drivers/nvme/host/lightnvm.c
index 9461dd6..d289980 100644
--- a/drivers/nvme/host/lightnvm.c
+++ b/drivers/nvme/host/lightnvm.c
@@ -387,41 +387,16 @@ out:
 	return ret;
 }
 
-static void nvme_nvm_bb_tbl_fold(struct nvm_dev *nvmdev,
-						int nr_dst_blks, u8 *dst_blks,
-						int nr_src_blks, u8 *src_blks)
-{
-	int blk, offset, pl, blktype;
-
-	for (blk = 0; blk < nr_dst_blks; blk++) {
-		offset = blk * nvmdev->plane_mode;
-		blktype = src_blks[offset];
-
-		/* Bad blocks on any planes take precedence over other types */
-		for (pl = 0; pl < nvmdev->plane_mode; pl++) {
-			if (src_blks[offset + pl] &
-					(NVM_BLK_T_BAD|NVM_BLK_T_GRWN_BAD)) {
-				blktype = src_blks[offset + pl];
-				break;
-			}
-		}
-
-		dst_blks[blk] = blktype;
-	}
-}
-
 static int nvme_nvm_get_bb_tbl(struct nvm_dev *nvmdev, struct ppa_addr ppa,
-				int nr_dst_blks, nvm_bb_update_fn *update_bbtbl,
-				void *priv)
+				nvm_bb_update_fn *update_bbtbl, void *priv)
 {
 	struct request_queue *q = nvmdev->q;
 	struct nvme_ns *ns = q->queuedata;
 	struct nvme_ctrl *ctrl = ns->ctrl;
 	struct nvme_nvm_command c = {};
 	struct nvme_nvm_bb_tbl *bb_tbl;
-	u8 *dst_blks = NULL;
-	int nr_src_blks = nr_dst_blks * nvmdev->plane_mode;
-	int tblsz = sizeof(struct nvme_nvm_bb_tbl) + nr_src_blks;
+	int nr_blks = nvmdev->blks_per_lun * nvmdev->plane_mode;
+	int tblsz = sizeof(struct nvme_nvm_bb_tbl) + nr_blks;
 	int ret = 0;
 
 	c.get_bb.opcode = nvme_nvm_admin_get_bb_tbl;
@@ -432,12 +407,6 @@ static int nvme_nvm_get_bb_tbl(struct nvm_dev *nvmdev, struct ppa_addr ppa,
 	if (!bb_tbl)
 		return -ENOMEM;
 
-	dst_blks = kzalloc(nr_dst_blks, GFP_KERNEL);
-	if (!dst_blks) {
-		ret = -ENOMEM;
-		goto out;
-	}
-
 	ret = nvme_submit_sync_cmd(ctrl->admin_q, (struct nvme_command *)&c,
 								bb_tbl, tblsz);
 	if (ret) {
@@ -459,21 +428,17 @@ static int nvme_nvm_get_bb_tbl(struct nvm_dev *nvmdev, struct ppa_addr ppa,
 		goto out;
 	}
 
-	if (le32_to_cpu(bb_tbl->tblks) != nr_src_blks) {
+	if (le32_to_cpu(bb_tbl->tblks) != nr_blks) {
 		ret = -EINVAL;
 		dev_err(ctrl->dev, "bbt unsuspected blocks returned (%u!=%u)",
-				le32_to_cpu(bb_tbl->tblks), nr_src_blks);
+				le32_to_cpu(bb_tbl->tblks), nr_blks);
 		goto out;
 	}
 
-	nvme_nvm_bb_tbl_fold(nvmdev, nr_dst_blks, dst_blks,
-						nr_src_blks, bb_tbl->blk);
-
 	ppa = dev_to_generic_addr(nvmdev, ppa);
-	ret = update_bbtbl(ppa, nr_dst_blks, dst_blks, priv);
+	ret = update_bbtbl(nvmdev, ppa, bb_tbl->blk, nr_blks, priv);
 
 out:
-	kfree(dst_blks);
 	kfree(bb_tbl);
 	return ret;
 }
diff --git a/include/linux/lightnvm.h b/include/linux/lightnvm.h
index f7c607f..dacaa28 100644
--- a/include/linux/lightnvm.h
+++ b/include/linux/lightnvm.h
@@ -41,11 +41,12 @@ struct nvm_id;
 struct nvm_dev;
 
 typedef int (nvm_l2p_update_fn)(u64, u32, __le64 *, void *);
-typedef int (nvm_bb_update_fn)(struct ppa_addr, int, u8 *, void *);
+typedef int (nvm_bb_update_fn)(struct nvm_dev *, struct ppa_addr, u8 *, int,
+								void *);
 typedef int (nvm_id_fn)(struct nvm_dev *, struct nvm_id *);
 typedef int (nvm_get_l2p_tbl_fn)(struct nvm_dev *, u64, u32,
 				nvm_l2p_update_fn *, void *);
-typedef int (nvm_op_bb_tbl_fn)(struct nvm_dev *, struct ppa_addr, int,
+typedef int (nvm_op_bb_tbl_fn)(struct nvm_dev *, struct ppa_addr,
 				nvm_bb_update_fn *, void *);
 typedef int (nvm_op_set_bb_fn)(struct nvm_dev *, struct nvm_rq *, int);
 typedef int (nvm_submit_io_fn)(struct nvm_dev *, struct nvm_rq *);
@@ -538,6 +539,7 @@ extern int nvm_submit_ppa(struct nvm_dev *, struct ppa_addr *, int, int, int,
 								void *, int);
 extern int nvm_submit_ppa_list(struct nvm_dev *, struct ppa_addr *, int, int,
 							int, void *, int);
+extern int nvm_bb_tbl_fold(struct nvm_dev *, u8 *, int);
 
 /* sysblk.c */
 #define NVM_SYSBLK_MAGIC 0x4E564D53 /* "NVMS" */
