diff --git a/virtio-blkd/Cargo.toml b/virtio-blkd/Cargo.toml
index 461a0d679a..2068f8923a 100644
--- a/virtio-blkd/Cargo.toml
+++ b/virtio-blkd/Cargo.toml
@@ -17,5 +17,6 @@ redox_syscall = "0.3"
 partitionlib = { git = "https://gitlab.redox-os.org/redox-os/partitionlib.git" }
 
 block-io-wrapper = { path = "../block-io-wrapper" }
+common = { path = "../common" }
 pcid = { path = "../pcid" }
 virtio-core = { path = "../virtio-core" }
diff --git a/virtio-blkd/src/scheme.rs b/virtio-blkd/src/scheme.rs
index 8a3f6154cb..d94f9a76b4 100644
--- a/virtio-blkd/src/scheme.rs
+++ b/virtio-blkd/src/scheme.rs
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ use std::io::Seek;
 use std::fmt::Write;
 use std::sync::Arc;
 
+use common::dma::Dma;
 use partitionlib::LogicalBlockSize;
 use partitionlib::PartitionTable;
 use syscall::*;
@@ -27,15 +28,15 @@ trait BlkExtension {
 
 impl BlkExtension for Queue<'_> {
     async fn read(&self, block: u64, target: &mut [u8]) -> usize {
-        let req = syscall::Dma::new(BlockVirtRequest {
+        let req = Dma::new(BlockVirtRequest {
             ty: BlockRequestTy::In,
             reserved: 0,
             sector: block,
         })
         .unwrap();
 
-        let result = unsafe { syscall::Dma::<[u8]>::zeroed_unsized(target.len()) }.unwrap();
-        let status = syscall::Dma::new(u8::MAX).unwrap();
+        let result = unsafe { Dma::<[u8]>::zeroed_unsized(target.len()) }.unwrap();
+        let status = Dma::new(u8::MAX).unwrap();
 
         let chain = ChainBuilder::new()
             .chain(Buffer::new(&req))
@@ -52,17 +53,17 @@ impl BlkExtension for Queue<'_> {
     }
 
     async fn write(&self, block: u64, target: &[u8]) -> usize {
-        let req = syscall::Dma::new(BlockVirtRequest {
+        let req = Dma::new(BlockVirtRequest {
             ty: BlockRequestTy::Out,
             reserved: 0,
             sector: block,
         })
         .unwrap();
 
-        let mut result = unsafe { syscall::Dma::<[u8]>::zeroed_unsized(target.len()) }.unwrap();
+        let mut result = unsafe { Dma::<[u8]>::zeroed_unsized(target.len()) }.unwrap();
         result.copy_from_slice(target.as_ref());
 
-        let status = syscall::Dma::new(u8::MAX).unwrap();
+        let status = Dma::new(u8::MAX).unwrap();
 
         let chain = ChainBuilder::new()
             .chain(Buffer::new(&req))
@@ -122,15 +123,15 @@ impl<'a> DiskScheme<'a> {
         impl<'a, 'b> Read for VirtioShim<'a, 'b> {
             fn read(&mut self, buf: &mut [u8]) -> IoResult<usize> {
                 let read_block = |block: u64, block_bytes: &mut [u8]| -> Result<(), ()> {
-                    let req = syscall::Dma::new(BlockVirtRequest {
+                    let req = Dma::new(BlockVirtRequest {
                         ty: BlockRequestTy::In,
                         reserved: 0,
                         sector: block,
                     })
                     .unwrap();
 
-                    let result = syscall::Dma::new([0u8; 512]).unwrap();
-                    let status = syscall::Dma::new(u8::MAX).unwrap();
+                    let result = Dma::new([0u8; 512]).unwrap();
+                    let status = Dma::new(u8::MAX).unwrap();
 
                     let chain = ChainBuilder::new()
                         .chain(Buffer::new(&req))
diff --git a/virtio-core/src/spec.rs b/virtio-core/src/spec.rs
index eb8f12f829..f4a3d79f8c 100644
--- a/virtio-core/src/spec.rs
+++ b/virtio-core/src/spec.rs
@@ -246,7 +246,7 @@ pub struct Buffer {
 }
 
 impl Buffer {
-    pub fn new<T>(val: &syscall::Dma<T>) -> Self {
+    pub fn new<T>(val: &common::dma::Dma<T>) -> Self {
         Self {
             buffer: val.physical(),
             size: core::mem::size_of::<T>(),
@@ -254,7 +254,7 @@ impl Buffer {
         }
     }
 
-    pub fn new_unsized<T>(val: &syscall::Dma<[T]>) -> Self {
+    pub fn new_unsized<T>(val: &common::dma::Dma<[T]>) -> Self {
         Self {
             buffer: val.physical(),
             size: core::mem::size_of::<T>() * val.len(),
@@ -262,7 +262,7 @@ impl Buffer {
         }
     }
 
-    pub fn new_sized<T>(val: &syscall::Dma<[T]>, size: usize) -> Self {
+    pub fn new_sized<T>(val: &common::dma::Dma<[T]>, size: usize) -> Self {
         Self {
             buffer: val.physical(),
             size,
diff --git a/virtio-core/src/transport.rs b/virtio-core/src/transport.rs
index 2f049a1dab..6048d14f34 100644
--- a/virtio-core/src/transport.rs
+++ b/virtio-core/src/transport.rs
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
 use crate::spec::*;
 use crate::utils::align;
 
+use common::dma::Dma;
 use event::EventQueue;
-use syscall::Dma;
 
 use core::mem::size_of;
 use core::sync::atomic::{AtomicU16, Ordering};
diff --git a/virtio-gpud/src/scheme.rs b/virtio-gpud/src/scheme.rs
index ed202693e3..4439f647be 100644
--- a/virtio-gpud/src/scheme.rs
+++ b/virtio-gpud/src/scheme.rs
@@ -3,8 +3,9 @@ use std::collections::BTreeMap;
 use std::sync::atomic::{AtomicU32, Ordering};
 use std::sync::Arc;
 
+use common::dma::Dma;
 use inputd::Damage;
-use syscall::{Dma, Error as SysError, SchemeMut, EINVAL};
+use syscall::{Error as SysError, SchemeMut, EINVAL};
 
 use virtio_core::spec::{Buffer, ChainBuilder, DescriptorFlags};
 use virtio_core::transport::{Error, Queue, StandardTransport};