1 files changed, 19 insertions, 8 deletions

diff --git a/fs/nfs/direct.c b/fs/nfs/direct.c
index 2593f47eaff0..489f736d0f5d 100644
--- a/fs/nfs/direct.c
+++ b/fs/nfs/direct.c
@@ -152,6 +152,24 @@ static void nfs_free_user_pages(struct page **pages, int npages, int do_dirty)
         kfree(pages);
 }
 
+static inline struct nfs_direct_req *nfs_direct_req_alloc(void)
+{
+        struct nfs_direct_req *dreq;
+
+        dreq = kmem_cache_alloc(nfs_direct_cachep, SLAB_KERNEL);
+        if (!dreq)
+                return NULL;
+
+        kref_init(&dreq->kref);
+        init_waitqueue_head(&dreq->wait);
+        INIT_LIST_HEAD(&dreq->list);
+        dreq->iocb = NULL;
+        atomic_set(&dreq->count, 0);
+        atomic_set(&dreq->error, 0);
+
+        return dreq;
+}
+
 static void nfs_direct_req_release(struct kref *kref)
 {
         struct nfs_direct_req *dreq = container_of(kref, struct nfs_direct_req, kref);
@@ -194,17 +212,10 @@ static struct nfs_direct_req *nfs_direct_read_alloc(size_t nbytes, size_t rsize)
         unsigned int reads = 0;
         unsigned int rpages = (rsize + PAGE_CACHE_SIZE - 1) >> PAGE_CACHE_SHIFT;
 
-        dreq = kmem_cache_alloc(nfs_direct_cachep, SLAB_KERNEL);
+        dreq = nfs_direct_req_alloc();
         if (!dreq)
                 return NULL;
 
-        kref_init(&dreq->kref);
-        init_waitqueue_head(&dreq->wait);
-        INIT_LIST_HEAD(&dreq->list);
-        dreq->iocb = NULL;
-        atomic_set(&dreq->count, 0);
-        atomic_set(&dreq->error, 0);
-
         list = &dreq->list;
         for(;;) {
                 struct nfs_read_data *data = nfs_readdata_alloc(rpages);