diff --git a/block/ll_rw_blk.c b/block/ll_rw_blk.c
index 8b1ae69..65c4efc 100644
--- a/block/ll_rw_blk.c
+++ b/block/ll_rw_blk.c
@@ -36,6 +36,8 @@
 static void blk_unplug_work(void *data);
 static void blk_unplug_timeout(unsigned long data);
 static void drive_stat_acct(struct request *rq, int nr_sectors, int new_io);
+static void init_request_from_bio(struct request *req, struct bio *bio);
+static int __make_request(request_queue_t *q, struct bio *bio);
 
 /*
  * For the allocated request tables
@@ -1667,8 +1669,6 @@
 	return 0;
 }
 
-static int __make_request(request_queue_t *, struct bio *);
-
 request_queue_t *blk_alloc_queue(gfp_t gfp_mask)
 {
 	return blk_alloc_queue_node(gfp_mask, -1);
@@ -2659,6 +2659,36 @@
 
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(blk_attempt_remerge);
 
+static void init_request_from_bio(struct request *req, struct bio *bio)
+{
+	req->flags |= REQ_CMD;
+
+	/*
+	 * inherit FAILFAST from bio (for read-ahead, and explicit FAILFAST)
+	 */
+	if (bio_rw_ahead(bio) || bio_failfast(bio))
+		req->flags |= REQ_FAILFAST;
+
+	/*
+	 * REQ_BARRIER implies no merging, but lets make it explicit
+	 */
+	if (unlikely(bio_barrier(bio)))
+		req->flags |= (REQ_HARDBARRIER | REQ_NOMERGE);
+
+	req->errors = 0;
+	req->hard_sector = req->sector = bio->bi_sector;
+	req->hard_nr_sectors = req->nr_sectors = bio_sectors(bio);
+	req->current_nr_sectors = req->hard_cur_sectors = bio_cur_sectors(bio);
+	req->nr_phys_segments = bio_phys_segments(req->q, bio);
+	req->nr_hw_segments = bio_hw_segments(req->q, bio);
+	req->buffer = bio_data(bio);	/* see ->buffer comment above */
+	req->waiting = NULL;
+	req->bio = req->biotail = bio;
+	req->ioprio = bio_prio(bio);
+	req->rq_disk = bio->bi_bdev->bd_disk;
+	req->start_time = jiffies;
+}
+
 static int __make_request(request_queue_t *q, struct bio *bio)
 {
 	struct request *req;
@@ -2754,33 +2784,7 @@
 	 * We don't worry about that case for efficiency. It won't happen
 	 * often, and the elevators are able to handle it.
 	 */
-
-	req->flags |= REQ_CMD;
-
-	/*
-	 * inherit FAILFAST from bio (for read-ahead, and explicit FAILFAST)
-	 */
-	if (bio_rw_ahead(bio) || bio_failfast(bio))
-		req->flags |= REQ_FAILFAST;
-
-	/*
-	 * REQ_BARRIER implies no merging, but lets make it explicit
-	 */
-	if (unlikely(barrier))
-		req->flags |= (REQ_HARDBARRIER | REQ_NOMERGE);
-
-	req->errors = 0;
-	req->hard_sector = req->sector = sector;
-	req->hard_nr_sectors = req->nr_sectors = nr_sectors;
-	req->current_nr_sectors = req->hard_cur_sectors = cur_nr_sectors;
-	req->nr_phys_segments = bio_phys_segments(q, bio);
-	req->nr_hw_segments = bio_hw_segments(q, bio);
-	req->buffer = bio_data(bio);	/* see ->buffer comment above */
-	req->waiting = NULL;
-	req->bio = req->biotail = bio;
-	req->ioprio = prio;
-	req->rq_disk = bio->bi_bdev->bd_disk;
-	req->start_time = jiffies;
+	init_request_from_bio(req, bio);
 
 	spin_lock_irq(q->queue_lock);
 	if (elv_queue_empty(q))