diff --git a/drivers/block/rbd.c b/drivers/block/rbd.c
index 1c0192c3cf47cd72f3cd4abc4c3bdbfc9d1fde61..d2a6e9589fabcc142e862f6fca6072fb891d9181 100644
--- a/drivers/block/rbd.c
+++ b/drivers/block/rbd.c
@@ -235,6 +235,8 @@ struct rbd_device {
 
 	char			*header_name;
 
+	struct ceph_file_layout	layout;
+
 	struct ceph_osd_event   *watch_event;
 	struct ceph_osd_request *watch_request;
 
@@ -1091,16 +1093,6 @@ static void rbd_coll_end_req(struct rbd_request *rbd_req,
 				ret, len);
 }
 
-static void rbd_layout_init(struct ceph_file_layout *layout, u64 pool_id)
-{
-	memset(layout, 0, sizeof (*layout));
-	layout->fl_stripe_unit = cpu_to_le32(1 << RBD_MAX_OBJ_ORDER);
-	layout->fl_stripe_count = cpu_to_le32(1);
-	layout->fl_object_size = cpu_to_le32(1 << RBD_MAX_OBJ_ORDER);
-	rbd_assert(pool_id <= (u64) U32_MAX);
-	layout->fl_pg_pool = cpu_to_le32((u32) pool_id);
-}
-
 /*
  * Send ceph osd request
  */
@@ -1165,7 +1157,7 @@ static int rbd_do_request(struct request *rq,
 	strncpy(osd_req->r_oid, object_name, sizeof(osd_req->r_oid));
 	osd_req->r_oid_len = strlen(osd_req->r_oid);
 
-	rbd_layout_init(&osd_req->r_file_layout, rbd_dev->spec->pool_id);
+	osd_req->r_file_layout = rbd_dev->layout;	/* struct */
 
 	if (op->op == CEPH_OSD_OP_READ || op->op == CEPH_OSD_OP_WRITE) {
 		op->extent.offset = ofs;
@@ -2297,6 +2289,13 @@ struct rbd_device *rbd_dev_create(struct rbd_client *rbdc,
 	rbd_dev->spec = spec;
 	rbd_dev->rbd_client = rbdc;
 
+	/* Initialize the layout used for all rbd requests */
+
+	rbd_dev->layout.fl_stripe_unit = cpu_to_le32(1 << RBD_MAX_OBJ_ORDER);
+	rbd_dev->layout.fl_stripe_count = cpu_to_le32(1);
+	rbd_dev->layout.fl_object_size = cpu_to_le32(1 << RBD_MAX_OBJ_ORDER);
+	rbd_dev->layout.fl_pg_pool = cpu_to_le32((u32) spec->pool_id);
+
 	return rbd_dev;
 }
 
@@ -2551,6 +2550,12 @@ static int rbd_dev_v2_parent_info(struct rbd_device *rbd_dev)
 	if (parent_spec->pool_id == CEPH_NOPOOL)
 		goto out;	/* No parent?  No problem. */
 
+	/* The ceph file layout needs to fit pool id in 32 bits */
+
+	ret = -EIO;
+	if (WARN_ON(parent_spec->pool_id > (u64) U32_MAX))
+		goto out;
+
 	image_id = ceph_extract_encoded_string(&p, end, NULL, GFP_KERNEL);
 	if (IS_ERR(image_id)) {
 		ret = PTR_ERR(image_id);
@@ -3680,6 +3685,13 @@ static ssize_t rbd_add(struct bus_type *bus,
 		goto err_out_client;
 	spec->pool_id = (u64) rc;
 
+	/* The ceph file layout needs to fit pool id in 32 bits */
+
+	if (WARN_ON(spec->pool_id > (u64) U32_MAX)) {
+		rc = -EIO;
+		goto err_out_client;
+	}
+
 	rbd_dev = rbd_dev_create(rbdc, spec);
 	if (!rbd_dev)
 		goto err_out_client;