diff --git a/fs/btrfs/disk-io.c b/fs/btrfs/disk-io.c
index 67d663a..60d4f1b 100644
--- a/fs/btrfs/disk-io.c
+++ b/fs/btrfs/disk-io.c
@@ -4653,9 +4653,12 @@ static int btrfs_cleanup_transaction(struct btrfs_fs_info *fs_info)
 }
 
 static const struct extent_io_ops btree_extent_io_ops = {
-	.readpage_end_io_hook = btree_readpage_end_io_hook,
-	.readpage_io_failed_hook = btree_io_failed_hook,
+	/* mandatory callbacks */
 	.submit_bio_hook = btree_submit_bio_hook,
+	.readpage_end_io_hook = btree_readpage_end_io_hook,
 	/* note we're sharing with inode.c for the merge bio hook */
 	.merge_bio_hook = btrfs_merge_bio_hook,
+
+	/* optional callbacks */
+	.readpage_io_failed_hook = btree_io_failed_hook,
 };
diff --git a/fs/btrfs/extent_io.h b/fs/btrfs/extent_io.h
index 78bb4d7..1f8478d 100644
--- a/fs/btrfs/extent_io.h
+++ b/fs/btrfs/extent_io.h
@@ -92,18 +92,27 @@ typedef	int (extent_submit_bio_hook_t)(struct inode *inode, struct bio *bio,
 				       int mirror_num, unsigned long bio_flags,
 				       u64 bio_offset);
 struct extent_io_ops {
-	int (*fill_delalloc)(struct inode *inode, struct page *locked_page,
-			     u64 start, u64 end, int *page_started,
-			     unsigned long *nr_written);
-	int (*writepage_start_hook)(struct page *page, u64 start, u64 end);
+	/*
+	 * The following callbacks must be allways defined, the function
+	 * pointer will be called unconditionally.
+	 */
 	extent_submit_bio_hook_t *submit_bio_hook;
-	int (*merge_bio_hook)(struct page *page, unsigned long offset,
-			      size_t size, struct bio *bio,
-			      unsigned long bio_flags);
-	int (*readpage_io_failed_hook)(struct page *page, int failed_mirror);
 	int (*readpage_end_io_hook)(struct btrfs_io_bio *io_bio, u64 phy_offset,
 				    struct page *page, u64 start, u64 end,
 				    int mirror);
+	int (*merge_bio_hook)(struct page *page, unsigned long offset,
+			      size_t size, struct bio *bio,
+			      unsigned long bio_flags);
+
+	/*
+	 * Optional hooks, called if the pointer is not NULL
+	 */
+	int (*fill_delalloc)(struct inode *inode, struct page *locked_page,
+			     u64 start, u64 end, int *page_started,
+			     unsigned long *nr_written);
+	int (*readpage_io_failed_hook)(struct page *page, int failed_mirror);
+
+	int (*writepage_start_hook)(struct page *page, u64 start, u64 end);
 	void (*writepage_end_io_hook)(struct page *page, u64 start, u64 end,
 				      struct extent_state *state, int uptodate);
 	void (*set_bit_hook)(struct inode *inode, struct extent_state *state,
diff --git a/fs/btrfs/inode.c b/fs/btrfs/inode.c
index b904c74..3b327c8 100644
--- a/fs/btrfs/inode.c
+++ b/fs/btrfs/inode.c
@@ -10547,10 +10547,13 @@ static const struct file_operations btrfs_dir_file_operations = {
 };
 
 static const struct extent_io_ops btrfs_extent_io_ops = {
-	.fill_delalloc = run_delalloc_range,
+	/* mandatory callbacks */
 	.submit_bio_hook = btrfs_submit_bio_hook,
-	.merge_bio_hook = btrfs_merge_bio_hook,
 	.readpage_end_io_hook = btrfs_readpage_end_io_hook,
+	.merge_bio_hook = btrfs_merge_bio_hook,
+
+	/* optional callbacks */
+	.fill_delalloc = run_delalloc_range,
 	.writepage_end_io_hook = btrfs_writepage_end_io_hook,
 	.writepage_start_hook = btrfs_writepage_start_hook,
 	.set_bit_hook = btrfs_set_bit_hook,