diff --git a/sys/dev/ppbus/lpt.c b/sys/dev/ppbus/lpt.c
index a7f8dd97767..cf2a325ea1e 100644
--- a/sys/dev/ppbus/lpt.c
+++ b/sys/dev/ppbus/lpt.c
@@ -68,10 +68,10 @@
 #include <sys/module.h>
 #include <sys/bus.h>
 #include <sys/conf.h>
-#include <sys/buf.h>
 #include <sys/kernel.h>
 #include <sys/uio.h>
 #include <sys/syslog.h>
+#include <sys/malloc.h>
 
 #include <machine/clock.h>
 #include <machine/bus.h>
@@ -86,6 +86,8 @@
 #include "ppbus_if.h"
 #include <dev/ppbus/ppbio.h>
 
+MALLOC_DEFINE(M_LPT, "lpt", "LPT buffers");
+
 #ifndef LPT_DEBUG
 #define lprintf(args)
 #else
@@ -120,8 +122,8 @@ struct lpt_data {
 #define LP_PRIMEOPEN	0x20	/* prime on every open */
 #define LP_AUTOLF	0x40	/* tell printer to do an automatic lf */
 #define LP_BYPASS	0x80	/* bypass  printer ready checks */
-	struct	buf *sc_inbuf;
-	struct	buf *sc_statbuf;
+	void	*sc_inbuf;
+	void	*sc_statbuf;
 	short	sc_xfercnt ;
 	char	sc_primed;
 	char	*sc_cp ;
@@ -551,8 +553,8 @@ lptopen(dev_t dev, int flags, int fmt, struct proc *p)
 	ppb_wctr(ppbus, sc->sc_control);
 
 	sc->sc_state = OPEN;
-	sc->sc_inbuf = geteblk(BUFSIZE);
-	sc->sc_statbuf = geteblk(BUFSTATSIZE);
+	sc->sc_inbuf = malloc(BUFSIZE, M_LPT, M_WAITOK);
+	sc->sc_statbuf = malloc(BUFSTATSIZE, M_LPT, M_WAITOK);
 	sc->sc_xfercnt = 0;
 	splx(s);
 
@@ -605,8 +607,8 @@ lptclose(dev_t dev, int flags, int fmt, struct proc *p)
 				break;
 
 	ppb_wctr(ppbus, LPC_NINIT);
-	brelse(sc->sc_inbuf);
-	brelse(sc->sc_statbuf);
+	free(sc->sc_inbuf, M_LPT);
+	free(sc->sc_statbuf, M_LPT);
 
 end_close:
 	/* release the bus anyway
@@ -707,7 +709,7 @@ lptread(dev_t dev, struct uio *uio, int ioflag)
 	len = 0;
 	while (uio->uio_resid) {
 		if ((error = ppb_1284_read(ppbus, PPB_NIBBLE,
-				sc->sc_statbuf->b_data, min(BUFSTATSIZE,
+				sc->sc_statbuf, min(BUFSTATSIZE,
 				uio->uio_resid), &len))) {
 			goto error;
 		}
@@ -715,7 +717,7 @@ lptread(dev_t dev, struct uio *uio, int ioflag)
 		if (!len)
 			goto error;		/* no more data */
 
-		if ((error = uiomove(sc->sc_statbuf->b_data, len, uio)))
+		if ((error = uiomove(sc->sc_statbuf, len, uio)))
 			goto error;
 	}
 
@@ -765,7 +767,7 @@ lptwrite(dev_t dev, struct uio *uio, int ioflag)
 
 	sc->sc_state &= ~INTERRUPTED;
 	while ((n = min(BUFSIZE, uio->uio_resid)) != 0) {
-		sc->sc_cp = sc->sc_inbuf->b_data ;
+		sc->sc_cp = sc->sc_inbuf;
 		uiomove(sc->sc_cp, n, uio);
 		sc->sc_xfercnt = n ;