diff --git a/drivers/misc/habanalabs/Kconfig b/drivers/misc/habanalabs/Kconfig
index 1640340d3e62..293d79811372 100644
--- a/drivers/misc/habanalabs/Kconfig
+++ b/drivers/misc/habanalabs/Kconfig
@@ -6,7 +6,6 @@
 config HABANA_AI
 	tristate "HabanaAI accelerators (habanalabs)"
 	depends on PCI && HAS_IOMEM
-	select FRAME_VECTOR
 	select GENERIC_ALLOCATOR
 	select HWMON
 	help
diff --git a/drivers/misc/habanalabs/common/habanalabs.h b/drivers/misc/habanalabs/common/habanalabs.h
index e0d7f5fbaa5c..3ef1c7337adc 100644
--- a/drivers/misc/habanalabs/common/habanalabs.h
+++ b/drivers/misc/habanalabs/common/habanalabs.h
@@ -1089,7 +1089,8 @@ struct hl_ctx_mgr {
  * struct hl_userptr - memory mapping chunk information
  * @vm_type: type of the VM.
  * @job_node: linked-list node for hanging the object on the Job's list.
- * @vec: pointer to the frame vector.
+ * @pages: pointer to struct page array
+ * @npages: size of @pages array
  * @sgt: pointer to the scatter-gather table that holds the pages.
  * @dir: for DMA unmapping, the direction must be supplied, so save it.
  * @debugfs_list: node in debugfs list of command submissions.
@@ -1100,7 +1101,8 @@ struct hl_ctx_mgr {
 struct hl_userptr {
 	enum vm_type_t		vm_type; /* must be first */
 	struct list_head	job_node;
-	struct frame_vector	*vec;
+	struct page		**pages;
+	unsigned int		npages;
 	struct sg_table		*sgt;
 	enum dma_data_direction dir;
 	struct list_head	debugfs_list;
diff --git a/drivers/misc/habanalabs/common/memory.c b/drivers/misc/habanalabs/common/memory.c
index cbe9da4e0211..c4ddba7ef368 100644
--- a/drivers/misc/habanalabs/common/memory.c
+++ b/drivers/misc/habanalabs/common/memory.c
@@ -1430,45 +1430,39 @@ static int get_user_memory(struct hl_device *hdev, u64 addr, u64 size,
 		return -EFAULT;
 	}
 
-	userptr->vec = frame_vector_create(npages);
-	if (!userptr->vec) {
-		dev_err(hdev->dev, "Failed to create frame vector\n");
+	userptr->pages = kvmalloc_array(npages, sizeof(*userptr->pages),
+					GFP_KERNEL);
+	if (!userptr->pages)
 		return -ENOMEM;
-	}
 
-	rc = get_vaddr_frames(start, npages, FOLL_FORCE | FOLL_WRITE,
-				userptr->vec);
+	rc = pin_user_pages_fast(start, npages, FOLL_FORCE | FOLL_WRITE,
+				 userptr->pages);
 
 	if (rc != npages) {
 		dev_err(hdev->dev,
 			"Failed to map host memory, user ptr probably wrong\n");
 		if (rc < 0)
-			goto destroy_framevec;
+			goto destroy_pages;
+		npages = rc;
 		rc = -EFAULT;
-		goto put_framevec;
-	}
-
-	if (frame_vector_to_pages(userptr->vec) < 0) {
-		dev_err(hdev->dev,
-			"Failed to translate frame vector to pages\n");
-		rc = -EFAULT;
-		goto put_framevec;
+		goto put_pages;
 	}
+	userptr->npages = npages;
 
 	rc = sg_alloc_table_from_pages(userptr->sgt,
-					frame_vector_pages(userptr->vec),
-					npages, offset, size, GFP_ATOMIC);
+				       userptr->pages,
+				       npages, offset, size, GFP_ATOMIC);
 	if (rc < 0) {
 		dev_err(hdev->dev, "failed to create SG table from pages\n");
-		goto put_framevec;
+		goto put_pages;
 	}
 
 	return 0;
 
-put_framevec:
-	put_vaddr_frames(userptr->vec);
-destroy_framevec:
-	frame_vector_destroy(userptr->vec);
+put_pages:
+	unpin_user_pages(userptr->pages, npages);
+destroy_pages:
+	kvfree(userptr->pages);
 	return rc;
 }
 
@@ -1554,8 +1548,6 @@ free_sgt:
  */
 void hl_unpin_host_memory(struct hl_device *hdev, struct hl_userptr *userptr)
 {
-	struct page **pages;
-
 	hl_debugfs_remove_userptr(hdev, userptr);
 
 	if (userptr->dma_mapped)
@@ -1563,15 +1555,8 @@ void hl_unpin_host_memory(struct hl_device *hdev, struct hl_userptr *userptr)
 							userptr->sgt->nents,
 							userptr->dir);
 
-	pages = frame_vector_pages(userptr->vec);
-	if (!IS_ERR(pages)) {
-		int i;
-
-		for (i = 0; i < frame_vector_count(userptr->vec); i++)
-			set_page_dirty_lock(pages[i]);
-	}
-	put_vaddr_frames(userptr->vec);
-	frame_vector_destroy(userptr->vec);
+	unpin_user_pages_dirty_lock(userptr->pages, userptr->npages, true);
+	kvfree(userptr->pages);
 
 	list_del(&userptr->job_node);