diff --git a/block/blk-core.c b/block/blk-core.c
index 718897e6..44b6d69 100644
--- a/block/blk-core.c
+++ b/block/blk-core.c
@@ -1490,9 +1490,9 @@
 /*
  * We only want one ->make_request_fn to be active at a time,
  * else stack usage with stacked devices could be a problem.
- * So use current->bio_{list,tail} to keep a list of requests
+ * So use current->bio_list to keep a list of requests
  * submited by a make_request_fn function.
- * current->bio_tail is also used as a flag to say if
+ * current->bio_list is also used as a flag to say if
  * generic_make_request is currently active in this task or not.
  * If it is NULL, then no make_request is active.  If it is non-NULL,
  * then a make_request is active, and new requests should be added
@@ -1500,11 +1500,11 @@
  */
 void generic_make_request(struct bio *bio)
 {
-	if (current->bio_tail) {
+	struct bio_list bio_list_on_stack;
+
+	if (current->bio_list) {
 		/* make_request is active */
-		*(current->bio_tail) = bio;
-		bio->bi_next = NULL;
-		current->bio_tail = &bio->bi_next;
+		bio_list_add(current->bio_list, bio);
 		return;
 	}
 	/* following loop may be a bit non-obvious, and so deserves some
@@ -1512,30 +1512,27 @@
 	 * Before entering the loop, bio->bi_next is NULL (as all callers
 	 * ensure that) so we have a list with a single bio.
 	 * We pretend that we have just taken it off a longer list, so
-	 * we assign bio_list to the next (which is NULL) and bio_tail
-	 * to &bio_list, thus initialising the bio_list of new bios to be
+	 * we assign bio_list to a pointer to the bio_list_on_stack,
+	 * thus initialising the bio_list of new bios to be
 	 * added.  __generic_make_request may indeed add some more bios
 	 * through a recursive call to generic_make_request.  If it
 	 * did, we find a non-NULL value in bio_list and re-enter the loop
 	 * from the top.  In this case we really did just take the bio
-	 * of the top of the list (no pretending) and so fixup bio_list and
-	 * bio_tail or bi_next, and call into __generic_make_request again.
+	 * of the top of the list (no pretending) and so remove it from
+	 * bio_list, and call into __generic_make_request again.
 	 *
 	 * The loop was structured like this to make only one call to
 	 * __generic_make_request (which is important as it is large and
 	 * inlined) and to keep the structure simple.
 	 */
 	BUG_ON(bio->bi_next);
+	bio_list_init(&bio_list_on_stack);
+	current->bio_list = &bio_list_on_stack;
 	do {
-		current->bio_list = bio->bi_next;
-		if (bio->bi_next == NULL)
-			current->bio_tail = &current->bio_list;
-		else
-			bio->bi_next = NULL;
 		__generic_make_request(bio);
-		bio = current->bio_list;
+		bio = bio_list_pop(current->bio_list);
 	} while (bio);
-	current->bio_tail = NULL; /* deactivate */
+	current->bio_list = NULL; /* deactivate */
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(generic_make_request);