diff --git a/fs/splice.c b/fs/splice.c
index 7c7176f..7968da9 100644
--- a/fs/splice.c
+++ b/fs/splice.c
@@ -961,7 +961,6 @@
 	splice_from_pipe_begin(&sd);
 	while (sd.total_len) {
 		struct iov_iter from;
-		struct kiocb kiocb;
 		size_t left;
 		int n, idx;
 
@@ -1005,26 +1004,15 @@
 			left -= this_len;
 		}
 
-		/* ... iov_iter */
 		iov_iter_bvec(&from, ITER_BVEC | WRITE, array, n,
 			      sd.total_len - left);
-
-		/* ... and iocb */
-		init_sync_kiocb(&kiocb, out);
-		kiocb.ki_pos = sd.pos;
-		kiocb.ki_nbytes = sd.total_len - left;
-
-		/* now, send it */
-		ret = out->f_op->write_iter(&kiocb, &from);
-		if (-EIOCBQUEUED == ret)
-			ret = wait_on_sync_kiocb(&kiocb);
-
+		ret = vfs_iter_write(out, &from, &sd.pos);
 		if (ret <= 0)
 			break;
 
 		sd.num_spliced += ret;
 		sd.total_len -= ret;
-		*ppos = sd.pos = kiocb.ki_pos;
+		*ppos = sd.pos;
 
 		/* dismiss the fully eaten buffers, adjust the partial one */
 		while (ret) {