diff --git a/fs/nfs/pagelist.c b/fs/nfs/pagelist.c
index 1a6732ed04a447aa14147468e15f4b7956557376..311a79681e2b16311724e25921d922768c999026 100644
--- a/fs/nfs/pagelist.c
+++ b/fs/nfs/pagelist.c
@@ -49,6 +49,7 @@ void nfs_pgheader_init(struct nfs_pageio_descriptor *desc,
 	hdr->io_start = req_offset(hdr->req);
 	hdr->good_bytes = desc->pg_count;
 	hdr->dreq = desc->pg_dreq;
+	hdr->layout_private = desc->pg_layout_private;
 	hdr->release = release;
 	hdr->completion_ops = desc->pg_completion_ops;
 	if (hdr->completion_ops->init_hdr)
@@ -268,6 +269,7 @@ void nfs_pageio_init(struct nfs_pageio_descriptor *desc,
 	desc->pg_error = 0;
 	desc->pg_lseg = NULL;
 	desc->pg_dreq = NULL;
+	desc->pg_layout_private = NULL;
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(nfs_pageio_init);
 
diff --git a/include/linux/nfs_page.h b/include/linux/nfs_page.h
index 880805774f9f105425a7eade9721b9965f7d43c9..92ce5783b707df8ea90306aaf145f1fbba3d02a2 100644
--- a/include/linux/nfs_page.h
+++ b/include/linux/nfs_page.h
@@ -69,6 +69,7 @@ struct nfs_pageio_descriptor {
 	const struct nfs_pgio_completion_ops *pg_completion_ops;
 	struct pnfs_layout_segment *pg_lseg;
 	struct nfs_direct_req	*pg_dreq;
+	void			*pg_layout_private;
 };
 
 #define NFS_WBACK_BUSY(req)	(test_bit(PG_BUSY,&(req)->wb_flags))
diff --git a/include/linux/nfs_xdr.h b/include/linux/nfs_xdr.h
index 00485e084394d4ca1a5782b3cd54fc63e9b06acd..ac7c8ae254f251933e48f04d5c877eaaa3ec6e09 100644
--- a/include/linux/nfs_xdr.h
+++ b/include/linux/nfs_xdr.h
@@ -1248,6 +1248,7 @@ struct nfs_pgio_header {
 	void (*release) (struct nfs_pgio_header *hdr);
 	const struct nfs_pgio_completion_ops *completion_ops;
 	struct nfs_direct_req	*dreq;
+	void			*layout_private;
 	spinlock_t		lock;
 	/* fields protected by lock */
 	int			pnfs_error;