diff --git a/fs/nfs/blocklayout/blocklayout.c b/fs/nfs/blocklayout/blocklayout.c
index c83878441047ff6572d83d31a2a4674a2c1afea6..e7bc7a57b3bbf1e2b4a0a4ba47435accae0f7a05 100644
--- a/fs/nfs/blocklayout/blocklayout.c
+++ b/fs/nfs/blocklayout/blocklayout.c
@@ -115,16 +115,35 @@ static struct pnfs_layout_hdr *bl_alloc_layout_hdr(struct inode *inode,
 	return &bl->bl_layout;
 }
 
-static void
-bl_free_lseg(struct pnfs_layout_segment *lseg)
+static void bl_free_lseg(struct pnfs_layout_segment *lseg)
 {
+	dprintk("%s enter\n", __func__);
+	kfree(lseg);
 }
 
-static struct pnfs_layout_segment *
-bl_alloc_lseg(struct pnfs_layout_hdr *lo,
-	      struct nfs4_layoutget_res *lgr, gfp_t gfp_flags)
+/* We pretty much ignore lseg, and store all data layout wide, so we
+ * can correctly merge.
+ */
+static struct pnfs_layout_segment *bl_alloc_lseg(struct pnfs_layout_hdr *lo,
+						 struct nfs4_layoutget_res *lgr,
+						 gfp_t gfp_flags)
 {
-	return NULL;
+	struct pnfs_layout_segment *lseg;
+	int status;
+
+	dprintk("%s enter\n", __func__);
+	lseg = kzalloc(sizeof(*lseg), gfp_flags);
+	if (!lseg)
+		return ERR_PTR(-ENOMEM);
+	status = nfs4_blk_process_layoutget(lo, lgr, gfp_flags);
+	if (status) {
+		/* We don't want to call the full-blown bl_free_lseg,
+		 * since on error extents were not touched.
+		 */
+		kfree(lseg);
+		return ERR_PTR(status);
+	}
+	return lseg;
 }
 
 static void
diff --git a/fs/nfs/blocklayout/blocklayout.h b/fs/nfs/blocklayout/blocklayout.h
index 1527f88e00ddae02c2298a50346ddc026c5341d7..3e05b08d534766d038e830b6dc020345f33512e2 100644
--- a/fs/nfs/blocklayout/blocklayout.h
+++ b/fs/nfs/blocklayout/blocklayout.h
@@ -96,6 +96,12 @@ static inline struct pnfs_block_layout *BLK_LO2EXT(struct pnfs_layout_hdr *lo)
 	return container_of(lo, struct pnfs_block_layout, bl_layout);
 }
 
+static inline struct pnfs_block_layout *
+BLK_LSEG2EXT(struct pnfs_layout_segment *lseg)
+{
+	return BLK_LO2EXT(lseg->pls_layout);
+}
+
 struct bl_dev_msg {
 	int status;
 	uint32_t major, minor;
diff --git a/fs/nfs/blocklayout/blocklayoutdev.c b/fs/nfs/blocklayout/blocklayoutdev.c
index 7e1377fcfdcee6a96f7da0e5a41a4252a1ed0384..64da33a40eaf04a782c6ba6785c26ca40ae68481 100644
--- a/fs/nfs/blocklayout/blocklayoutdev.c
+++ b/fs/nfs/blocklayout/blocklayoutdev.c
@@ -189,3 +189,11 @@ nfs4_blk_decode_device(struct nfs_server *server,
 	kfree(msg.data);
 	return rv;
 }
+
+int
+nfs4_blk_process_layoutget(struct pnfs_layout_hdr *lo,
+			   struct nfs4_layoutget_res *lgr, gfp_t gfp_flags)
+{
+	/* STUB */
+	return -EIO;
+}