diff --git a/net/ceph/messenger.c b/net/ceph/messenger.c
index 524f4e4f598b845a7242c0243efb1a4e6a843955..b332c3d76059ea5c1fe1de82d17fac4884b714a2 100644
--- a/net/ceph/messenger.c
+++ b/net/ceph/messenger.c
@@ -563,6 +563,10 @@ static void prepare_write_message(struct ceph_connection *con)
 		m->hdr.seq = cpu_to_le64(++con->out_seq);
 		m->needs_out_seq = false;
 	}
+#ifdef CONFIG_BLOCK
+	else
+		m->bio_iter = NULL;
+#endif
 
 	dout("prepare_write_message %p seq %lld type %d len %d+%d+%d %d pgs\n",
 	     m, con->out_seq, le16_to_cpu(m->hdr.type),