diff --git a/fs/nfs/nfs4filelayout.c b/fs/nfs/nfs4filelayout.c
index 4269088..e9b9b82 100644
--- a/fs/nfs/nfs4filelayout.c
+++ b/fs/nfs/nfs4filelayout.c
@@ -654,7 +654,7 @@ filelayout_alloc_lseg(struct pnfs_layout_hdr *layoutid,
  * return true  : coalesce page
  * return false : don't coalesce page
  */
-bool
+static bool
 filelayout_pg_test(struct nfs_pageio_descriptor *pgio, struct nfs_page *prev,
 		   struct nfs_page *req)
 {
@@ -676,6 +676,16 @@ filelayout_pg_test(struct nfs_pageio_descriptor *pgio, struct nfs_page *prev,
 	return (p_stripe == r_stripe);
 }
 
+static const struct nfs_pageio_ops filelayout_pg_read_ops = {
+	.pg_test = filelayout_pg_test,
+	.pg_doio = nfs_generic_pg_readpages,
+};
+
+static const struct nfs_pageio_ops filelayout_pg_write_ops = {
+	.pg_test = filelayout_pg_test,
+	.pg_doio = nfs_generic_pg_writepages,
+};
+
 static bool filelayout_mark_pnfs_commit(struct pnfs_layout_segment *lseg)
 {
 	return !FILELAYOUT_LSEG(lseg)->commit_through_mds;
@@ -873,7 +883,8 @@ static struct pnfs_layoutdriver_type filelayout_type = {
 	.owner			= THIS_MODULE,
 	.alloc_lseg		= filelayout_alloc_lseg,
 	.free_lseg		= filelayout_free_lseg,
-	.pg_test		= filelayout_pg_test,
+	.pg_read_ops		= &filelayout_pg_read_ops,
+	.pg_write_ops		= &filelayout_pg_write_ops,
 	.mark_pnfs_commit	= filelayout_mark_pnfs_commit,
 	.choose_commit_list	= filelayout_choose_commit_list,
 	.commit_pagelist	= filelayout_commit_pagelist,
diff --git a/fs/nfs/objlayout/objio_osd.c b/fs/nfs/objlayout/objio_osd.c
index 4c41a60..31088f3 100644
--- a/fs/nfs/objlayout/objio_osd.c
+++ b/fs/nfs/objlayout/objio_osd.c
@@ -1008,6 +1008,16 @@ static bool objio_pg_test(struct nfs_pageio_descriptor *pgio,
 			OBJIO_LSEG(pgio->pg_lseg)->max_io_size;
 }
 
+static const struct nfs_pageio_ops objio_pg_read_ops = {
+	.pg_test = objio_pg_test,
+	.pg_doio = nfs_generic_pg_readpages,
+};
+
+static const struct nfs_pageio_ops objio_pg_write_ops = {
+	.pg_test = objio_pg_test,
+	.pg_doio = nfs_generic_pg_writepages,
+};
+
 static struct pnfs_layoutdriver_type objlayout_type = {
 	.id = LAYOUT_OSD2_OBJECTS,
 	.name = "LAYOUT_OSD2_OBJECTS",
@@ -1021,7 +1031,8 @@ static struct pnfs_layoutdriver_type objlayout_type = {
 
 	.read_pagelist           = objlayout_read_pagelist,
 	.write_pagelist          = objlayout_write_pagelist,
-	.pg_test                 = objio_pg_test,
+	.pg_read_ops             = &objio_pg_read_ops,
+	.pg_write_ops            = &objio_pg_write_ops,
 
 	.free_deviceid_node	 = objio_free_deviceid_node,
 
diff --git a/fs/nfs/pagelist.c b/fs/nfs/pagelist.c
index 7913961..2b71ad0 100644
--- a/fs/nfs/pagelist.c
+++ b/fs/nfs/pagelist.c
@@ -204,7 +204,7 @@ nfs_wait_on_request(struct nfs_page *req)
 			TASK_UNINTERRUPTIBLE);
 }
 
-static bool nfs_generic_pg_test(struct nfs_pageio_descriptor *desc, struct nfs_page *prev, struct nfs_page *req)
+bool nfs_generic_pg_test(struct nfs_pageio_descriptor *desc, struct nfs_page *prev, struct nfs_page *req)
 {
 	/*
 	 * FIXME: ideally we should be able to coalesce all requests
@@ -229,7 +229,7 @@ static bool nfs_generic_pg_test(struct nfs_pageio_descriptor *desc, struct nfs_p
  */
 void nfs_pageio_init(struct nfs_pageio_descriptor *desc,
 		     struct inode *inode,
-		     int (*doio)(struct nfs_pageio_descriptor *),
+		     const struct nfs_pageio_ops *pg_ops,
 		     size_t bsize,
 		     int io_flags)
 {
@@ -240,12 +240,10 @@ void nfs_pageio_init(struct nfs_pageio_descriptor *desc,
 	desc->pg_base = 0;
 	desc->pg_moreio = 0;
 	desc->pg_inode = inode;
-	desc->pg_doio = doio;
+	desc->pg_ops = pg_ops;
 	desc->pg_ioflags = io_flags;
 	desc->pg_error = 0;
 	desc->pg_lseg = NULL;
-	desc->pg_test = nfs_generic_pg_test;
-	pnfs_pageio_init(desc, inode);
 }
 
 /**
@@ -275,7 +273,7 @@ static bool nfs_can_coalesce_requests(struct nfs_page *prev,
 		return false;
 	if (prev->wb_pgbase + prev->wb_bytes != PAGE_CACHE_SIZE)
 		return false;
-	return pgio->pg_test(pgio, prev, req);
+	return pgio->pg_ops->pg_test(pgio, prev, req);
 }
 
 /**
@@ -310,7 +308,7 @@ static int nfs_pageio_do_add_request(struct nfs_pageio_descriptor *desc,
 static void nfs_pageio_doio(struct nfs_pageio_descriptor *desc)
 {
 	if (!list_empty(&desc->pg_list)) {
-		int error = desc->pg_doio(desc);
+		int error = desc->pg_ops->pg_doio(desc);
 		if (error < 0)
 			desc->pg_error = error;
 		else
diff --git a/fs/nfs/pnfs.c b/fs/nfs/pnfs.c
index 9a4ce7c..68349dc 100644
--- a/fs/nfs/pnfs.c
+++ b/fs/nfs/pnfs.c
@@ -1044,6 +1044,30 @@ out_forget_reply:
 }
 
 bool
+pnfs_pageio_init_read(struct nfs_pageio_descriptor *pgio, struct inode *inode)
+{
+	struct nfs_server *server = NFS_SERVER(inode);
+	struct pnfs_layoutdriver_type *ld = server->pnfs_curr_ld;
+
+	if (ld == NULL)
+		return false;
+	nfs_pageio_init(pgio, inode, ld->pg_read_ops, server->rsize, 0);
+	return true;
+}
+
+bool
+pnfs_pageio_init_write(struct nfs_pageio_descriptor *pgio, struct inode *inode, int ioflags)
+{
+	struct nfs_server *server = NFS_SERVER(inode);
+	struct pnfs_layoutdriver_type *ld = server->pnfs_curr_ld;
+
+	if (ld == NULL)
+		return false;
+	nfs_pageio_init(pgio, inode, ld->pg_write_ops, server->wsize, ioflags);
+	return true;
+}
+
+bool
 pnfs_generic_pg_test(struct nfs_pageio_descriptor *pgio, struct nfs_page *prev,
 		     struct nfs_page *req)
 {
diff --git a/fs/nfs/pnfs.h b/fs/nfs/pnfs.h
index 48d0a8e..c5f1d8c 100644
--- a/fs/nfs/pnfs.h
+++ b/fs/nfs/pnfs.h
@@ -87,7 +87,8 @@ struct pnfs_layoutdriver_type {
 	void (*free_lseg) (struct pnfs_layout_segment *lseg);
 
 	/* test for nfs page cache coalescing */
-	bool (*pg_test)(struct nfs_pageio_descriptor *, struct nfs_page *, struct nfs_page *);
+	const struct nfs_pageio_ops *pg_read_ops;
+	const struct nfs_pageio_ops *pg_write_ops;
 
 	/* Returns true if layoutdriver wants to divert this request to
 	 * driver's commit routine.
@@ -152,6 +153,10 @@ struct pnfs_layout_segment *
 pnfs_update_layout(struct inode *ino, struct nfs_open_context *ctx,
 		   loff_t pos, u64 count, enum pnfs_iomode access_type,
 		   gfp_t gfp_flags);
+
+bool pnfs_pageio_init_read(struct nfs_pageio_descriptor *, struct inode *);
+bool pnfs_pageio_init_write(struct nfs_pageio_descriptor *, struct inode *, int);
+
 void set_pnfs_layoutdriver(struct nfs_server *, u32 id);
 void unset_pnfs_layoutdriver(struct nfs_server *);
 enum pnfs_try_status pnfs_try_to_write_data(struct nfs_write_data *,
@@ -292,15 +297,6 @@ static inline int pnfs_return_layout(struct inode *ino)
 	return 0;
 }
 
-static inline void pnfs_pageio_init(struct nfs_pageio_descriptor *pgio,
-				    struct inode *inode)
-{
-	struct pnfs_layoutdriver_type *ld = NFS_SERVER(inode)->pnfs_curr_ld;
-
-	if (ld)
-		pgio->pg_test = ld->pg_test;
-}
-
 #else  /* CONFIG_NFS_V4_1 */
 
 static inline void pnfs_destroy_all_layouts(struct nfs_client *clp)
@@ -384,9 +380,14 @@ static inline void unset_pnfs_layoutdriver(struct nfs_server *s)
 {
 }
 
-static inline void pnfs_pageio_init(struct nfs_pageio_descriptor *pgio,
-				    struct inode *inode)
+static bool pnfs_pageio_init_read(struct nfs_pageio_descriptor *pgio, struct inode *inode)
 {
+	return false;
+}
+
+static bool pnfs_pageio_init_write(struct nfs_pageio_descriptor *pgio, struct inode *inode, int ioflags)
+{
+	return false;
 }
 
 static inline void
diff --git a/fs/nfs/read.c b/fs/nfs/read.c
index 20a7f95..b46157d 100644
--- a/fs/nfs/read.c
+++ b/fs/nfs/read.c
@@ -32,6 +32,7 @@
 
 static int nfs_pagein_multi(struct nfs_pageio_descriptor *desc);
 static int nfs_pagein_one(struct nfs_pageio_descriptor *desc);
+static const struct nfs_pageio_ops nfs_pageio_read_ops;
 static const struct rpc_call_ops nfs_read_partial_ops;
 static const struct rpc_call_ops nfs_read_full_ops;
 
@@ -113,6 +114,21 @@ static void nfs_readpage_truncate_uninitialised_page(struct nfs_read_data *data)
 	}
 }
 
+static void nfs_pageio_init_read_mds(struct nfs_pageio_descriptor *pgio,
+		struct inode *inode)
+{
+	nfs_pageio_init(pgio, inode, &nfs_pageio_read_ops,
+			NFS_SERVER(inode)->rsize, 0);
+}
+
+static void nfs_pageio_init_read(struct nfs_pageio_descriptor *pgio,
+		struct inode *inode)
+{
+
+	if (!pnfs_pageio_init_read(pgio, inode))
+		nfs_pageio_init_read_mds(pgio, inode);
+}
+
 int nfs_readpage_async(struct nfs_open_context *ctx, struct inode *inode,
 		       struct page *page)
 {
@@ -131,14 +147,11 @@ int nfs_readpage_async(struct nfs_open_context *ctx, struct inode *inode,
 	if (len < PAGE_CACHE_SIZE)
 		zero_user_segment(page, len, PAGE_CACHE_SIZE);
 
-	nfs_pageio_init(&pgio, inode, NULL, 0, 0);
+	nfs_pageio_init_read(&pgio, inode);
 	nfs_list_add_request(new, &pgio.pg_list);
 	pgio.pg_count = len;
 
-	if (NFS_SERVER(inode)->rsize < PAGE_CACHE_SIZE)
-		nfs_pagein_multi(&pgio);
-	else
-		nfs_pagein_one(&pgio);
+	nfs_pageio_complete(&pgio);
 	return 0;
 }
 
@@ -365,6 +378,20 @@ out:
 	return ret;
 }
 
+int nfs_generic_pg_readpages(struct nfs_pageio_descriptor *desc)
+{
+	if (desc->pg_bsize < PAGE_CACHE_SIZE)
+		return nfs_pagein_multi(desc);
+	return nfs_pagein_one(desc);
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(nfs_generic_pg_readpages);
+
+
+static const struct nfs_pageio_ops nfs_pageio_read_ops = {
+	.pg_test = nfs_generic_pg_test,
+	.pg_doio = nfs_generic_pg_readpages,
+};
+
 /*
  * This is the callback from RPC telling us whether a reply was
  * received or some error occurred (timeout or socket shutdown).
@@ -635,8 +662,6 @@ int nfs_readpages(struct file *filp, struct address_space *mapping,
 		.pgio = &pgio,
 	};
 	struct inode *inode = mapping->host;
-	struct nfs_server *server = NFS_SERVER(inode);
-	size_t rsize = server->rsize;
 	unsigned long npages;
 	int ret = -ESTALE;
 
@@ -664,10 +689,7 @@ int nfs_readpages(struct file *filp, struct address_space *mapping,
 	if (ret == 0)
 		goto read_complete; /* all pages were read */
 
-	if (rsize < PAGE_CACHE_SIZE)
-		nfs_pageio_init(&pgio, inode, nfs_pagein_multi, rsize, 0);
-	else
-		nfs_pageio_init(&pgio, inode, nfs_pagein_one, rsize, 0);
+	nfs_pageio_init_read(&pgio, inode);
 
 	ret = read_cache_pages(mapping, pages, readpage_async_filler, &desc);
 
diff --git a/fs/nfs/write.c b/fs/nfs/write.c
index e268e3b..828fba7 100644
--- a/fs/nfs/write.c
+++ b/fs/nfs/write.c
@@ -977,6 +977,11 @@ out_bad:
 	return -ENOMEM;
 }
 
+static const struct nfs_pageio_ops nfs_flush_multi_ops = {
+	.pg_test = nfs_generic_pg_test,
+	.pg_doio = nfs_flush_multi,
+};
+
 /*
  * Create an RPC task for the given write request and kick it.
  * The page must have been locked by the caller.
@@ -1031,15 +1036,31 @@ out:
 	return ret;
 }
 
-static void nfs_pageio_init_write(struct nfs_pageio_descriptor *pgio,
+int nfs_generic_pg_writepages(struct nfs_pageio_descriptor *desc)
+{
+	if (desc->pg_bsize < PAGE_CACHE_SIZE)
+		return nfs_flush_multi(desc);
+	return nfs_flush_one(desc);
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(nfs_generic_pg_writepages);
+
+static const struct nfs_pageio_ops nfs_pageio_write_ops = {
+	.pg_test = nfs_generic_pg_test,
+	.pg_doio = nfs_generic_pg_writepages,
+};
+
+static void nfs_pageio_init_write_mds(struct nfs_pageio_descriptor *pgio,
 				  struct inode *inode, int ioflags)
 {
-	size_t wsize = NFS_SERVER(inode)->wsize;
+	nfs_pageio_init(pgio, inode, &nfs_pageio_write_ops,
+				NFS_SERVER(inode)->wsize, ioflags);
+}
 
-	if (wsize < PAGE_CACHE_SIZE)
-		nfs_pageio_init(pgio, inode, nfs_flush_multi, wsize, ioflags);
-	else
-		nfs_pageio_init(pgio, inode, nfs_flush_one, wsize, ioflags);
+static void nfs_pageio_init_write(struct nfs_pageio_descriptor *pgio,
+				  struct inode *inode, int ioflags)
+{
+	if (!pnfs_pageio_init_write(pgio, inode, ioflags))
+		nfs_pageio_init_write_mds(pgio, inode, ioflags);
 }
 
 /*
diff --git a/include/linux/nfs_page.h b/include/linux/nfs_page.h
index 3a34e80..b0e26c0 100644
--- a/include/linux/nfs_page.h
+++ b/include/linux/nfs_page.h
@@ -55,6 +55,12 @@ struct nfs_page {
 	struct nfs_writeverf	wb_verf;	/* Commit cookie */
 };
 
+struct nfs_pageio_descriptor;
+struct nfs_pageio_ops {
+	bool	(*pg_test)(struct nfs_pageio_descriptor *, struct nfs_page *, struct nfs_page *);
+	int	(*pg_doio)(struct nfs_pageio_descriptor *);
+};
+
 struct nfs_pageio_descriptor {
 	struct list_head	pg_list;
 	unsigned long		pg_bytes_written;
@@ -64,11 +70,10 @@ struct nfs_pageio_descriptor {
 	char			pg_moreio;
 
 	struct inode		*pg_inode;
-	int			(*pg_doio)(struct nfs_pageio_descriptor *);
+	const struct nfs_pageio_ops *pg_ops;
 	int 			pg_ioflags;
 	int			pg_error;
 	struct pnfs_layout_segment *pg_lseg;
-	bool			(*pg_test)(struct nfs_pageio_descriptor *, struct nfs_page *, struct nfs_page *);
 };
 
 #define NFS_WBACK_BUSY(req)	(test_bit(PG_BUSY,&(req)->wb_flags))
@@ -85,18 +90,24 @@ extern	int nfs_scan_list(struct nfs_inode *nfsi, struct list_head *dst,
 			  pgoff_t idx_start, unsigned int npages, int tag);
 extern	void nfs_pageio_init(struct nfs_pageio_descriptor *desc,
 			     struct inode *inode,
-			     int (*doio)(struct nfs_pageio_descriptor *desc),
+			     const struct nfs_pageio_ops *pg_ops,
 			     size_t bsize,
 			     int how);
 extern	int nfs_pageio_add_request(struct nfs_pageio_descriptor *,
 				   struct nfs_page *);
 extern	void nfs_pageio_complete(struct nfs_pageio_descriptor *desc);
 extern	void nfs_pageio_cond_complete(struct nfs_pageio_descriptor *, pgoff_t);
+extern	bool nfs_generic_pg_test(struct nfs_pageio_descriptor *desc,
+				 struct nfs_page *prev,
+				 struct nfs_page *req);
 extern  int nfs_wait_on_request(struct nfs_page *);
 extern	void nfs_unlock_request(struct nfs_page *req);
 extern	int nfs_set_page_tag_locked(struct nfs_page *req);
 extern  void nfs_clear_page_tag_locked(struct nfs_page *req);
 
+extern	int nfs_generic_pg_readpages(struct nfs_pageio_descriptor *desc);
+extern	int nfs_generic_pg_writepages(struct nfs_pageio_descriptor *desc);
+
 
 /*
  * Lock the page of an asynchronous request without getting a new reference
