diff --git a/drivers/block/rbd.c b/drivers/block/rbd.c
index bdbaa4cfd9d3..d1445df6398a 100644
--- a/drivers/block/rbd.c
+++ b/drivers/block/rbd.c
@@ -1148,14 +1148,18 @@ static int rbd_do_request(struct request *rq,
 		(unsigned long long) len, coll, coll_index);
 
 	osdc = &rbd_dev->rbd_client->client->osdc;
-	osd_req = ceph_osdc_alloc_request(osdc, snapc, ops,
-					false, GFP_NOIO, pages, bio);
+	osd_req = ceph_osdc_alloc_request(osdc, snapc, ops, false, GFP_NOIO);
 	if (!osd_req) {
 		ret = -ENOMEM;
 		goto done_pages;
 	}
 
 	osd_req->r_flags = flags;
+	osd_req->r_pages = pages;
+	if (bio) {
+		osd_req->r_bio = bio;
+		bio_get(osd_req->r_bio);
+	}
 	osd_req->r_callback = rbd_cb;
 
 	rbd_req->rq = rq;
diff --git a/include/linux/ceph/osd_client.h b/include/linux/ceph/osd_client.h
index 6ddda5bbd1a6..75f56d372d44 100644
--- a/include/linux/ceph/osd_client.h
+++ b/include/linux/ceph/osd_client.h
@@ -216,9 +216,7 @@ extern struct ceph_osd_request *ceph_osdc_alloc_request(struct ceph_osd_client *
 					       struct ceph_snap_context *snapc,
 					       struct ceph_osd_req_op *ops,
 					       bool use_mempool,
-					       gfp_t gfp_flags,
-					       struct page **pages,
-					       struct bio *bio);
+					       gfp_t gfp_flags);
 
 extern void ceph_osdc_build_request(struct ceph_osd_request *req,
 				    u64 off, u64 len,
diff --git a/net/ceph/osd_client.c b/net/ceph/osd_client.c
index 77ce1edaa07d..bdc3bb12bfd5 100644
--- a/net/ceph/osd_client.c
+++ b/net/ceph/osd_client.c
@@ -174,9 +174,7 @@ struct ceph_osd_request *ceph_osdc_alloc_request(struct ceph_osd_client *osdc,
 					       struct ceph_snap_context *snapc,
 					       struct ceph_osd_req_op *ops,
 					       bool use_mempool,
-					       gfp_t gfp_flags,
-					       struct page **pages,
-					       struct bio *bio)
+					       gfp_t gfp_flags)
 {
 	struct ceph_osd_request *req;
 	struct ceph_msg *msg;
@@ -237,13 +235,6 @@ struct ceph_osd_request *ceph_osdc_alloc_request(struct ceph_osd_client *osdc,
 	memset(msg->front.iov_base, 0, msg->front.iov_len);
 
 	req->r_request = msg;
-	req->r_pages = pages;
-#ifdef CONFIG_BLOCK
-	if (bio) {
-		req->r_bio = bio;
-		bio_get(req->r_bio);
-	}
-#endif
 
 	return req;
 }
@@ -439,9 +430,7 @@ struct ceph_osd_request *ceph_osdc_new_request(struct ceph_osd_client *osdc,
 	} else
 		ops[1].op = 0;
 
-	req = ceph_osdc_alloc_request(osdc, snapc, ops,
-					 use_mempool,
-					 GFP_NOFS, NULL, NULL);
+	req = ceph_osdc_alloc_request(osdc, snapc, ops, use_mempool, GFP_NOFS);
 	if (!req)
 		return ERR_PTR(-ENOMEM);
 	req->r_flags = flags;