diff --git a/drivers/block/null_blk.c b/drivers/block/null_blk.c
index e666095278ab0cd72cff4b366d85ed119e160b2d..a67b7ea1e3bfb06fff6f79a67320fe360ad0d936 100644
--- a/drivers/block/null_blk.c
+++ b/drivers/block/null_blk.c
@@ -420,7 +420,8 @@ static void null_lnvm_end_io(struct request *rq, int error)
 {
 	struct nvm_rq *rqd = rq->end_io_data;
 
-	nvm_end_io(rqd, error);
+	rqd->error = error;
+	nvm_end_io(rqd);
 
 	blk_put_request(rq);
 }
diff --git a/drivers/lightnvm/core.c b/drivers/lightnvm/core.c
index 80cd7677762d9d245cbced8d04810293a332ab11..4f4db991c4a6dd3443284628d01f880150b1aed5 100644
--- a/drivers/lightnvm/core.c
+++ b/drivers/lightnvm/core.c
@@ -773,17 +773,16 @@ void nvm_free_rqd_ppalist(struct nvm_dev *dev, struct nvm_rq *rqd)
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(nvm_free_rqd_ppalist);
 
-void nvm_end_io(struct nvm_rq *rqd, int error)
+void nvm_end_io(struct nvm_rq *rqd)
 {
 	struct nvm_tgt_dev *tgt_dev = rqd->dev;
-	struct nvm_tgt_instance *ins = rqd->ins;
 
 	/* Convert address space */
 	if (tgt_dev)
 		nvm_rq_dev_to_tgt(tgt_dev, rqd);
 
-	rqd->error = error;
-	ins->tt->end_io(rqd);
+	if (rqd->end_io)
+		rqd->end_io(rqd);
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(nvm_end_io);
 
diff --git a/drivers/lightnvm/rrpc.c b/drivers/lightnvm/rrpc.c
index 9fb7de395915ca8e3893f16273a5e6c20d4a763d..e00b1d7b976f0e892c7ff27ce697e3eaeadd6481 100644
--- a/drivers/lightnvm/rrpc.c
+++ b/drivers/lightnvm/rrpc.c
@@ -779,7 +779,7 @@ static void rrpc_end_io_write(struct rrpc *rrpc, struct rrpc_rq *rrqd,
 
 static void rrpc_end_io(struct nvm_rq *rqd)
 {
-	struct rrpc *rrpc = container_of(rqd->ins, struct rrpc, instance);
+	struct rrpc *rrpc = rqd->private;
 	struct nvm_tgt_dev *dev = rrpc->dev;
 	struct rrpc_rq *rrqd = nvm_rq_to_pdu(rqd);
 	uint8_t npages = rqd->nr_ppas;
@@ -972,8 +972,9 @@ static int rrpc_submit_io(struct rrpc *rrpc, struct bio *bio,
 
 	bio_get(bio);
 	rqd->bio = bio;
-	rqd->ins = &rrpc->instance;
+	rqd->private = rrpc;
 	rqd->nr_ppas = nr_pages;
+	rqd->end_io = rrpc_end_io;
 	rrq->flags = flags;
 
 	err = nvm_submit_io(dev, rqd);
@@ -1532,7 +1533,6 @@ static void *rrpc_init(struct nvm_tgt_dev *dev, struct gendisk *tdisk)
 	if (!rrpc)
 		return ERR_PTR(-ENOMEM);
 
-	rrpc->instance.tt = &tt_rrpc;
 	rrpc->dev = dev;
 	rrpc->disk = tdisk;
 
@@ -1611,7 +1611,6 @@ static struct nvm_tgt_type tt_rrpc = {
 
 	.make_rq	= rrpc_make_rq,
 	.capacity	= rrpc_capacity,
-	.end_io		= rrpc_end_io,
 
 	.init		= rrpc_init,
 	.exit		= rrpc_exit,
diff --git a/drivers/lightnvm/rrpc.h b/drivers/lightnvm/rrpc.h
index 94e4d73116b2948888a7539cded74e198b412634..fdb6ff902903e3f640543d79004517d6111c5a3c 100644
--- a/drivers/lightnvm/rrpc.h
+++ b/drivers/lightnvm/rrpc.h
@@ -102,9 +102,6 @@ struct rrpc_lun {
 };
 
 struct rrpc {
-	/* instance must be kept in top to resolve rrpc in unprep */
-	struct nvm_tgt_instance instance;
-
 	struct nvm_tgt_dev *dev;
 	struct gendisk *disk;
 
diff --git a/drivers/nvme/host/lightnvm.c b/drivers/nvme/host/lightnvm.c
index 3b6cd9bdba7eb4420dbf1bf39ff326d57b85bb24..21cac8523bd8e335434ba4bdf73c61e8cdb34f9d 100644
--- a/drivers/nvme/host/lightnvm.c
+++ b/drivers/nvme/host/lightnvm.c
@@ -484,7 +484,8 @@ static void nvme_nvm_end_io(struct request *rq, int error)
 	struct nvm_rq *rqd = rq->end_io_data;
 
 	rqd->ppa_status = nvme_req(rq)->result.u64;
-	nvm_end_io(rqd, error);
+	rqd->error = error;
+	nvm_end_io(rqd);
 
 	kfree(nvme_req(rq)->cmd);
 	blk_mq_free_request(rq);
diff --git a/include/linux/lightnvm.h b/include/linux/lightnvm.h
index ce0b2dac84ac6029481c19b821bec381b4947d13..17cd454f0d87e6f0164de89411d1a5440cefa0c2 100644
--- a/include/linux/lightnvm.h
+++ b/include/linux/lightnvm.h
@@ -213,10 +213,6 @@ struct nvm_target {
 	struct gendisk *disk;
 };
 
-struct nvm_tgt_instance {
-	struct nvm_tgt_type *tt;
-};
-
 #define ADDR_EMPTY (~0ULL)
 
 #define NVM_VERSION_MAJOR 1
@@ -227,7 +223,6 @@ struct nvm_rq;
 typedef void (nvm_end_io_fn)(struct nvm_rq *);
 
 struct nvm_rq {
-	struct nvm_tgt_instance *ins;
 	struct nvm_tgt_dev *dev;
 
 	struct bio *bio;
@@ -251,6 +246,8 @@ struct nvm_rq {
 
 	u64 ppa_status; /* ppa media status */
 	int error;
+
+	void *private;
 };
 
 static inline struct nvm_rq *nvm_rq_from_pdu(void *pdu)
@@ -450,7 +447,6 @@ struct nvm_tgt_type {
 	/* target entry points */
 	nvm_tgt_make_rq_fn *make_rq;
 	nvm_tgt_capacity_fn *capacity;
-	nvm_end_io_fn *end_io;
 
 	/* module-specific init/teardown */
 	nvm_tgt_init_fn *init;
@@ -484,7 +480,7 @@ extern int nvm_get_l2p_tbl(struct nvm_tgt_dev *, u64, u32, nvm_l2p_update_fn *,
 			   void *);
 extern int nvm_get_area(struct nvm_tgt_dev *, sector_t *, sector_t);
 extern void nvm_put_area(struct nvm_tgt_dev *, sector_t);
-extern void nvm_end_io(struct nvm_rq *, int);
+extern void nvm_end_io(struct nvm_rq *);
 extern int nvm_bb_tbl_fold(struct nvm_dev *, u8 *, int);
 extern int nvm_get_tgt_bb_tbl(struct nvm_tgt_dev *, struct ppa_addr, u8 *);