1 files changed, 1 insertions, 5 deletions

diff --git a/fs/ext4/page-io.c b/fs/ext4/page-io.c
index 7bb8f76d470a..430c401d0895 100644
--- a/fs/ext4/page-io.c
+++ b/fs/ext4/page-io.c
@@ -285,11 +285,7 @@ static int io_submit_init(struct ext4_io_submit *io,
         io_end = ext4_init_io_end(inode, GFP_NOFS);
         if (!io_end)
                 return -ENOMEM;
-        do {
-                bio = bio_alloc(GFP_NOIO, nvecs);
-                nvecs >>= 1;
-        } while (bio == NULL);
-
+        bio = bio_alloc(GFP_NOIO, min(nvecs, BIO_MAX_PAGES));
         bio->bi_sector = bh->b_blocknr * (bh->b_size >> 9);
         bio->bi_bdev = bh->b_bdev;
         bio->bi_private = io->io_end = io_end;