diff --git a/fs/ceph/mds_client.c b/fs/ceph/mds_client.c
index 442880d099c939480583b3366eee9142e2d63d89..5c17705f88b1dfeb2999e7ce459e53371df8135d 100644
--- a/fs/ceph/mds_client.c
+++ b/fs/ceph/mds_client.c
@@ -1719,7 +1719,7 @@ static struct ceph_msg *create_request_message(struct ceph_mds_client *mdsc,
 	msg->hdr.front_len = cpu_to_le32(msg->front.iov_len);
 
 	msg->pages = req->r_pages;
-	msg->nr_pages = req->r_num_pages;
+	msg->page_count = req->r_num_pages;
 	msg->hdr.data_len = cpu_to_le32(req->r_data_len);
 	msg->hdr.data_off = cpu_to_le16(0);
 
@@ -2600,10 +2600,10 @@ static void send_mds_reconnect(struct ceph_mds_client *mdsc,
 	}
 
 	reply->pagelist = pagelist;
+	reply->pagelist_count = calc_pages_for(0, pagelist->length);
 	if (recon_state.flock)
 		reply->hdr.version = cpu_to_le16(2);
 	reply->hdr.data_len = cpu_to_le32(pagelist->length);
-	reply->nr_pages = calc_pages_for(0, pagelist->length);
 	ceph_con_send(&session->s_con, reply);
 
 	mutex_unlock(&session->s_mutex);
diff --git a/include/linux/ceph/messenger.h b/include/linux/ceph/messenger.h
index 8297288a66e0ab77ed715357ef1b98b390b5cc2c..1b08349a413c95b612411177fd45674194418bbc 100644
--- a/include/linux/ceph/messenger.h
+++ b/include/linux/ceph/messenger.h
@@ -75,9 +75,10 @@ struct ceph_msg {
 	struct kvec front;              /* unaligned blobs of message */
 	struct ceph_buffer *middle;
 	struct page **pages;            /* data payload.  NOT OWNER. */
-	unsigned nr_pages;              /* size of page array */
+	unsigned page_count;		/* size of page array */
 	unsigned page_alignment;        /* io offset in first page */
 	struct ceph_pagelist *pagelist; /* instead of pages */
+	unsigned int pagelist_count;	/* number of pages in pagelist */
 
 	struct ceph_connection *con;
 	struct list_head list_head;
diff --git a/net/ceph/messenger.c b/net/ceph/messenger.c
index c06f94009d73c13862dbd329152320d45c48cd63..9d8abb0a7cef19891200be35ce681b26fe4a9914 100644
--- a/net/ceph/messenger.c
+++ b/net/ceph/messenger.c
@@ -813,7 +813,7 @@ static void prepare_write_message(struct ceph_connection *con)
 	     m, con->out_seq, le16_to_cpu(m->hdr.type),
 	     le32_to_cpu(m->hdr.front_len), le32_to_cpu(m->hdr.middle_len),
 	     le32_to_cpu(m->hdr.data_len),
-	     m->nr_pages);
+	     m->page_count);
 	BUG_ON(le32_to_cpu(m->hdr.front_len) != m->front.iov_len);
 
 	/* tag + hdr + front + middle */
@@ -1072,7 +1072,7 @@ static int write_partial_msg_pages(struct ceph_connection *con)
 	const size_t trail_off = data_len - trail_len;
 
 	dout("write_partial_msg_pages %p msg %p page %d/%d offset %d\n",
-	     con, msg, con->out_msg_pos.page, msg->nr_pages,
+	     con, msg, con->out_msg_pos.page, msg->page_count,
 	     con->out_msg_pos.page_pos);
 
 	/*
@@ -2715,9 +2715,10 @@ struct ceph_msg *ceph_msg_new(int type, int front_len, gfp_t flags,
 	m->middle = NULL;
 
 	/* data */
-	m->nr_pages = 0;
+	m->page_count = 0;
 	m->page_alignment = 0;
 	m->pages = NULL;
+	m->pagelist_count = 0;
 	m->pagelist = NULL;
 #ifdef	CONFIG_BLOCK
 	m->bio = NULL;
@@ -2890,13 +2891,14 @@ void ceph_msg_last_put(struct kref *kref)
 		ceph_buffer_put(m->middle);
 		m->middle = NULL;
 	}
-	m->nr_pages = 0;
+	m->page_count = 0;
 	m->pages = NULL;
 
 	if (m->pagelist) {
 		ceph_pagelist_release(m->pagelist);
 		kfree(m->pagelist);
 		m->pagelist = NULL;
+		m->pagelist_count = 0;
 	}
 
 	m->trail = NULL;
@@ -2910,8 +2912,8 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL(ceph_msg_last_put);
 
 void ceph_msg_dump(struct ceph_msg *msg)
 {
-	pr_debug("msg_dump %p (front_max %d nr_pages %d)\n", msg,
-		 msg->front_max, msg->nr_pages);
+	pr_debug("msg_dump %p (front_max %d page_count %d)\n", msg,
+		 msg->front_max, msg->page_count);
 	print_hex_dump(KERN_DEBUG, "header: ",
 		       DUMP_PREFIX_OFFSET, 16, 1,
 		       &msg->hdr, sizeof(msg->hdr), true);
diff --git a/net/ceph/osd_client.c b/net/ceph/osd_client.c
index 29e4fe09e31a8d2c927279c40485f66fa48ba48b..c3d8c6904df37841c7757d93256ed4835b846fc4 100644
--- a/net/ceph/osd_client.c
+++ b/net/ceph/osd_client.c
@@ -1742,7 +1742,7 @@ int ceph_osdc_start_request(struct ceph_osd_client *osdc,
 	int rc = 0;
 
 	req->r_request->pages = req->r_pages;
-	req->r_request->nr_pages = req->r_num_pages;
+	req->r_request->page_count = req->r_num_pages;
 #ifdef CONFIG_BLOCK
 	req->r_request->bio = req->r_bio;
 #endif
@@ -2093,7 +2093,7 @@ static struct ceph_msg *get_reply(struct ceph_connection *con,
 			goto out;
 		}
 		m->pages = req->r_pages;
-		m->nr_pages = req->r_num_pages;
+		m->page_count = req->r_num_pages;
 		m->page_alignment = req->r_page_alignment;
 #ifdef CONFIG_BLOCK
 		m->bio = req->r_bio;