diff --git a/fs/block_dev.c b/fs/block_dev.c
index d8664f5c1ff6..4fd9bb4306db 100644
--- a/fs/block_dev.c
+++ b/fs/block_dev.c
@@ -218,7 +218,7 @@ static void blkdev_bio_end_io_simple(struct bio *bio)
 
 static ssize_t
 __blkdev_direct_IO_simple(struct kiocb *iocb, struct iov_iter *iter,
-		int nr_pages)
+		int nr_vecs)
 {
 	struct file *file = iocb->ki_filp;
 	struct block_device *bdev = I_BDEV(bdev_file_inode(file));
@@ -233,16 +233,16 @@ __blkdev_direct_IO_simple(struct kiocb *iocb, struct iov_iter *iter,
 	    (bdev_logical_block_size(bdev) - 1))
 		return -EINVAL;
 
-	if (nr_pages <= DIO_INLINE_BIO_VECS)
+	if (nr_vecs <= DIO_INLINE_BIO_VECS)
 		vecs = inline_vecs;
 	else {
-		vecs = kmalloc_array(nr_pages, sizeof(struct bio_vec),
+		vecs = kmalloc_array(nr_vecs, sizeof(struct bio_vec),
 				     GFP_KERNEL);
 		if (!vecs)
 			return -ENOMEM;
 	}
 
-	bio_init(&bio, vecs, nr_pages);
+	bio_init(&bio, vecs, nr_vecs);
 	bio_set_dev(&bio, bdev);
 	bio.bi_iter.bi_sector = pos >> 9;
 	bio.bi_write_hint = iocb->ki_hint;
@@ -353,7 +353,7 @@ static void blkdev_bio_end_io(struct bio *bio)
 }
 
 static ssize_t
-__blkdev_direct_IO(struct kiocb *iocb, struct iov_iter *iter, int nr_pages)
+__blkdev_direct_IO(struct kiocb *iocb, struct iov_iter *iter, int nr_vecs)
 {
 	struct file *file = iocb->ki_filp;
 	struct inode *inode = bdev_file_inode(file);
@@ -371,7 +371,7 @@ __blkdev_direct_IO(struct kiocb *iocb, struct iov_iter *iter, int nr_pages)
 	    (bdev_logical_block_size(bdev) - 1))
 		return -EINVAL;
 
-	bio = bio_alloc_bioset(GFP_KERNEL, nr_pages, &blkdev_dio_pool);
+	bio = bio_alloc_bioset(GFP_KERNEL, nr_vecs, &blkdev_dio_pool);
 
 	dio = container_of(bio, struct blkdev_dio, bio);
 	dio->is_sync = is_sync = is_sync_kiocb(iocb);
@@ -420,8 +420,8 @@ __blkdev_direct_IO(struct kiocb *iocb, struct iov_iter *iter, int nr_pages)
 		dio->size += bio->bi_iter.bi_size;
 		pos += bio->bi_iter.bi_size;
 
-		nr_pages = iov_iter_npages(iter, BIO_MAX_PAGES);
-		if (!nr_pages) {
+		nr_vecs = bio_iov_iter_nvecs(iter, BIO_MAX_PAGES);
+		if (!nr_vecs) {
 			bool polled = false;
 
 			if (iocb->ki_flags & IOCB_HIPRI) {
@@ -451,7 +451,7 @@ __blkdev_direct_IO(struct kiocb *iocb, struct iov_iter *iter, int nr_pages)
 		}
 
 		submit_bio(bio);
-		bio = bio_alloc(GFP_KERNEL, nr_pages);
+		bio = bio_alloc(GFP_KERNEL, nr_vecs);
 	}
 
 	if (!is_poll)
@@ -483,15 +483,15 @@ __blkdev_direct_IO(struct kiocb *iocb, struct iov_iter *iter, int nr_pages)
 static ssize_t
 blkdev_direct_IO(struct kiocb *iocb, struct iov_iter *iter)
 {
-	int nr_pages;
+	int nr_vecs;
 
-	nr_pages = iov_iter_npages(iter, BIO_MAX_PAGES + 1);
-	if (!nr_pages)
+	nr_vecs = bio_iov_iter_nvecs(iter, BIO_MAX_PAGES + 1);
+	if (!nr_vecs)
 		return 0;
-	if (is_sync_kiocb(iocb) && nr_pages <= BIO_MAX_PAGES)
-		return __blkdev_direct_IO_simple(iocb, iter, nr_pages);
+	if (is_sync_kiocb(iocb) && nr_vecs <= BIO_MAX_PAGES)
+		return __blkdev_direct_IO_simple(iocb, iter, nr_vecs);
 
-	return __blkdev_direct_IO(iocb, iter, min(nr_pages, BIO_MAX_PAGES));
+	return __blkdev_direct_IO(iocb, iter, min(nr_vecs, BIO_MAX_PAGES));
 }
 
 static __init int blkdev_init(void)
diff --git a/fs/iomap/direct-io.c b/fs/iomap/direct-io.c
index 933f234d5bec..cc779ecc8144 100644
--- a/fs/iomap/direct-io.c
+++ b/fs/iomap/direct-io.c
@@ -211,7 +211,7 @@ iomap_dio_bio_actor(struct inode *inode, loff_t pos, loff_t length,
 	struct bio *bio;
 	bool need_zeroout = false;
 	bool use_fua = false;
-	int nr_pages, ret = 0;
+	int nr_vecs, ret = 0;
 	size_t copied = 0;
 	size_t orig_count;
 
@@ -250,9 +250,9 @@ iomap_dio_bio_actor(struct inode *inode, loff_t pos, loff_t length,
 	orig_count = iov_iter_count(dio->submit.iter);
 	iov_iter_truncate(dio->submit.iter, length);
 
-	nr_pages = iov_iter_npages(dio->submit.iter, BIO_MAX_PAGES);
-	if (nr_pages <= 0) {
-		ret = nr_pages;
+	nr_vecs = bio_iov_iter_nvecs(dio->submit.iter, BIO_MAX_PAGES);
+	if (nr_vecs <= 0) {
+		ret = nr_vecs;
 		goto out;
 	}
 
@@ -271,7 +271,7 @@ iomap_dio_bio_actor(struct inode *inode, loff_t pos, loff_t length,
 			goto out;
 		}
 
-		bio = bio_alloc(GFP_KERNEL, nr_pages);
+		bio = bio_alloc(GFP_KERNEL, nr_vecs);
 		bio_set_dev(bio, iomap->bdev);
 		bio->bi_iter.bi_sector = iomap_sector(iomap, pos);
 		bio->bi_write_hint = dio->iocb->ki_hint;
@@ -308,10 +308,10 @@ iomap_dio_bio_actor(struct inode *inode, loff_t pos, loff_t length,
 		dio->size += n;
 		copied += n;
 
-		nr_pages = iov_iter_npages(dio->submit.iter, BIO_MAX_PAGES);
+		nr_vecs = bio_iov_iter_nvecs(dio->submit.iter, BIO_MAX_PAGES);
 		iomap_dio_submit_bio(dio, iomap, bio, pos);
 		pos += n;
-	} while (nr_pages);
+	} while (nr_vecs);
 
 	/*
 	 * We need to zeroout the tail of a sub-block write if the extent type
diff --git a/include/linux/bio.h b/include/linux/bio.h
index ecf67108f091..b985857ce9d1 100644
--- a/include/linux/bio.h
+++ b/include/linux/bio.h
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@
 #include <linux/ioprio.h>
 /* struct bio, bio_vec and BIO_* flags are defined in blk_types.h */
 #include <linux/blk_types.h>
+#include <linux/uio.h>
 
 #define BIO_DEBUG
 
@@ -807,4 +808,13 @@ static inline void bio_set_polled(struct bio *bio, struct kiocb *kiocb)
 		bio->bi_opf |= REQ_NOWAIT;
 }
 
+static inline int bio_iov_iter_nvecs(const struct iov_iter *i, int maxvecs)
+{
+	if (!iov_iter_count(i))
+		return 0;
+	if (iov_iter_is_bvec(i))
+               return min_t(int, maxvecs, i->nr_segs);
+	return iov_iter_npages(i, maxvecs);
+}
+
 #endif /* __LINUX_BIO_H */
