diff --git a/fs/ceph/file.c b/fs/ceph/file.c
index f85040d73e3dcaa0214196ca0c242eadd0db475d..8ce7849f3fbd0d1eee73c35b3fb382c97b7c1873 100644
--- a/fs/ceph/file.c
+++ b/fs/ceph/file.c
@@ -918,6 +918,11 @@ ceph_direct_read_write(struct kiocb *iocb, struct iov_iter *iter,
 		size_t start = 0;
 		ssize_t len;
 
+		if (write)
+			size = min_t(u64, size, fsc->mount_options->wsize);
+		else
+			size = min_t(u64, size, fsc->mount_options->rsize);
+
 		vino = ceph_vino(inode);
 		req = ceph_osdc_new_request(&fsc->client->osdc, &ci->i_layout,
 					    vino, pos, &size, 0,
@@ -933,11 +938,6 @@ ceph_direct_read_write(struct kiocb *iocb, struct iov_iter *iter,
 			break;
 		}
 
-		if (write)
-			size = min_t(u64, size, fsc->mount_options->wsize);
-		else
-			size = min_t(u64, size, fsc->mount_options->rsize);
-
 		len = size;
 		pages = dio_get_pages_alloc(iter, len, &start, &num_pages);
 		if (IS_ERR(pages)) {