diff --git a/fs/ceph/addr.c b/fs/ceph/addr.c
index e53f24b..e324222 100644
--- a/fs/ceph/addr.c
+++ b/fs/ceph/addr.c
@@ -309,7 +309,7 @@
 				    CEPH_OSD_OP_READ, CEPH_OSD_FLAG_READ,
 				    NULL, 0,
 				    ci->i_truncate_seq, ci->i_truncate_size,
-				    NULL, false, 0);
+				    NULL, false);
 	if (IS_ERR(req))
 		return PTR_ERR(req);
 
@@ -338,6 +338,7 @@
 	}
 	req->r_pages = pages;
 	req->r_num_pages = nr_pages;
+	req->r_page_alignment = 0;
 	req->r_callback = finish_read;
 	req->r_inode = inode;
 
@@ -820,7 +821,7 @@
 					    snapc, do_sync,
 					    ci->i_truncate_seq,
 					    ci->i_truncate_size,
-					    &inode->i_mtime, true, 0);
+					    &inode->i_mtime, true);
 
 				if (IS_ERR(req)) {
 					rc = PTR_ERR(req);
@@ -828,6 +829,8 @@
 					break;
 				}
 
+				req->r_num_pages = calc_pages_for(0, len);
+				req->r_page_alignment = 0;
 				max_pages = req->r_num_pages;
 
 				alloc_page_vec(fsc, req);
diff --git a/fs/ceph/file.c b/fs/ceph/file.c
index 146ac90..f2754cd 100644
--- a/fs/ceph/file.c
+++ b/fs/ceph/file.c
@@ -527,19 +527,19 @@
 	buf_align = (unsigned long)data & ~PAGE_MASK;
 	len = left;
 
-	/* write from beginning of first page, regardless of io alignment */
-	page_align = file->f_flags & O_DIRECT ? buf_align : io_align;
-	num_pages = calc_pages_for(page_align, len);
 	req = ceph_osdc_new_request(&fsc->client->osdc, &ci->i_layout,
 				    ceph_vino(inode), pos, &len,
 				    CEPH_OSD_OP_WRITE, flags,
 				    ci->i_snap_realm->cached_context,
 				    do_sync,
 				    ci->i_truncate_seq, ci->i_truncate_size,
-				    &mtime, false, page_align);
+				    &mtime, false);
 	if (IS_ERR(req))
 		return PTR_ERR(req);
 
+	/* write from beginning of first page, regardless of io alignment */
+	page_align = file->f_flags & O_DIRECT ? buf_align : io_align;
+	num_pages = calc_pages_for(page_align, len);
 	if (file->f_flags & O_DIRECT) {
 		pages = ceph_get_direct_page_vector(data, num_pages, false);
 		if (IS_ERR(pages)) {
@@ -573,6 +573,7 @@
 	}
 	req->r_pages = pages;
 	req->r_num_pages = num_pages;
+	req->r_page_alignment = page_align;
 	req->r_inode = inode;
 
 	ret = ceph_osdc_start_request(&fsc->client->osdc, req, false);
diff --git a/include/linux/ceph/osd_client.h b/include/linux/ceph/osd_client.h
index ec33588..803a9db 100644
--- a/include/linux/ceph/osd_client.h
+++ b/include/linux/ceph/osd_client.h
@@ -247,7 +247,7 @@
 				      int do_sync, u32 truncate_seq,
 				      u64 truncate_size,
 				      struct timespec *mtime,
-				      bool use_mempool, int page_align);
+				      bool use_mempool);
 
 extern void ceph_osdc_set_request_linger(struct ceph_osd_client *osdc,
 					 struct ceph_osd_request *req);
diff --git a/net/ceph/osd_client.c b/net/ceph/osd_client.c
index 38d09d1..de427cc 100644
--- a/net/ceph/osd_client.c
+++ b/net/ceph/osd_client.c
@@ -432,8 +432,7 @@
 					       u32 truncate_seq,
 					       u64 truncate_size,
 					       struct timespec *mtime,
-					       bool use_mempool,
-					       int page_align)
+					       bool use_mempool)
 {
 	struct ceph_osd_req_op ops[2];
 	struct ceph_osd_request *req;
@@ -470,11 +469,6 @@
 	snprintf(req->r_oid, sizeof(req->r_oid), "%llx.%08llx", vino.ino, bno);
 	req->r_oid_len = strlen(req->r_oid);
 
-	/* The alignment may differ from the natural (file) alignment */
-
-	req->r_num_pages = calc_pages_for(page_align, *plen);
-	req->r_page_alignment = page_align;
-
 	ceph_osdc_build_request(req, off, *plen, num_op, ops,
 				snapc, vino.snap, mtime);
 
@@ -1945,12 +1939,14 @@
 	req = ceph_osdc_new_request(osdc, layout, vino, off, plen,
 				    CEPH_OSD_OP_READ, CEPH_OSD_FLAG_READ,
 				    NULL, 0, truncate_seq, truncate_size, NULL,
-				    false, page_align);
+				    false);
 	if (IS_ERR(req))
 		return PTR_ERR(req);
 
 	/* it may be a short read due to an object boundary */
 	req->r_pages = pages;
+	req->r_num_pages = calc_pages_for(page_align, *plen);
+	req->r_page_alignment = page_align;
 
 	dout("readpages  final extent is %llu~%llu (%d pages align %d)\n",
 	     off, *plen, req->r_num_pages, page_align);
@@ -1986,14 +1982,15 @@
 				    CEPH_OSD_FLAG_ONDISK | CEPH_OSD_FLAG_WRITE,
 				    snapc, 0,
 				    truncate_seq, truncate_size, mtime,
-				    true, page_align);
+				    true);
 	if (IS_ERR(req))
 		return PTR_ERR(req);
 
 	/* it may be a short write due to an object boundary */
 	req->r_pages = pages;
-	dout("writepages %llu~%llu (%d pages)\n", off, len,
-	     req->r_num_pages);
+	req->r_num_pages = calc_pages_for(page_align, len);
+	req->r_page_alignment = page_align;
+	dout("writepages %llu~%llu (%d pages)\n", off, len, req->r_num_pages);
 
 	rc = ceph_osdc_start_request(osdc, req, true);
 	if (!rc)