diff --git a/block/blk-core.c b/block/blk-core.c
index 2cba5ef97b2b3a6d49559c8923a87e1ec128c2fa..54e442ba44aa14ef6c1c72234586c1e3db28e282 100644
--- a/block/blk-core.c
+++ b/block/blk-core.c
@@ -1490,10 +1490,7 @@ void submit_bio(int rw, struct bio *bio)
 	 * If it's a regular read/write or a barrier with data attached,
 	 * go through the normal accounting stuff before submission.
 	 */
-	if (!bio_empty_barrier(bio)) {
-
-		BIO_BUG_ON(!bio->bi_size);
-		BIO_BUG_ON(!bio->bi_io_vec);
+	if (bio_has_data(bio)) {
 
 		if (rw & WRITE) {
 			count_vm_events(PGPGOUT, count);
diff --git a/include/linux/bio.h b/include/linux/bio.h
index 9e93c9299479054aa0273ff65b144c6f161b4719..dbeb66f813abc01f3fe89b12697d7927ae304649 100644
--- a/include/linux/bio.h
+++ b/include/linux/bio.h
@@ -185,7 +185,7 @@ struct bio {
 #define bio_failfast(bio)	((bio)->bi_rw & (1 << BIO_RW_FAILFAST))
 #define bio_rw_ahead(bio)	((bio)->bi_rw & (1 << BIO_RW_AHEAD))
 #define bio_rw_meta(bio)	((bio)->bi_rw & (1 << BIO_RW_META))
-#define bio_empty_barrier(bio)	(bio_barrier(bio) && !(bio)->bi_size)
+#define bio_empty_barrier(bio)	(bio_barrier(bio) && !bio_has_data(bio))
 
 static inline unsigned int bio_cur_sectors(struct bio *bio)
 {