diff --git a/fs/bio.c b/fs/bio.c
index e545a440d376425e14974f233c564ccd4c77cd08..9238a54b562c9bb0b672f4bd6359871e192c21d8 100644
--- a/fs/bio.c
+++ b/fs/bio.c
@@ -252,7 +252,7 @@ static void bio_free(struct bio *bio)
 	__bio_free(bio);
 
 	if (bs) {
-		if (bio_has_allocated_vec(bio))
+		if (bio_flagged(bio, BIO_OWNS_VEC))
 			bvec_free(bs->bvec_pool, bio->bi_io_vec, BIO_POOL_IDX(bio));
 
 		/*
@@ -451,6 +451,8 @@ struct bio *bio_alloc_bioset(gfp_t gfp_mask, int nr_iovecs, struct bio_set *bs)
 
 		if (unlikely(!bvl))
 			goto err_free;
+
+		bio->bi_flags |= 1 << BIO_OWNS_VEC;
 	} else if (nr_iovecs) {
 		bvl = bio->bi_inline_vecs;
 	}
diff --git a/include/linux/bio.h b/include/linux/bio.h
index e25378f2f4086548ff384806685168cfe3b526f3..794bcd0c5039e57ac0959aa3dffc67270dec7453 100644
--- a/include/linux/bio.h
+++ b/include/linux/bio.h
@@ -85,11 +85,6 @@ static inline void *bio_data(struct bio *bio)
 	return NULL;
 }
 
-static inline int bio_has_allocated_vec(struct bio *bio)
-{
-	return bio->bi_io_vec && bio->bi_io_vec != bio->bi_inline_vecs;
-}
-
 /*
  * will die
  */
diff --git a/include/linux/blk_types.h b/include/linux/blk_types.h
index c178d25e588b85df5881a16fd4c5731cffa29391..538289ffc70449a1e8398b4f99d2efeb1b191eed 100644
--- a/include/linux/blk_types.h
+++ b/include/linux/blk_types.h
@@ -117,6 +117,7 @@ struct bio {
  * BIO_POOL_IDX()
  */
 #define BIO_RESET_BITS	12
+#define BIO_OWNS_VEC	12	/* bio_free() should free bvec */
 
 #define bio_flagged(bio, flag)	((bio)->bi_flags & (1 << (flag)))