diff --git a/fs/bio.c b/fs/bio.c
index b14f71a..919ee9a 100644
--- a/fs/bio.c
+++ b/fs/bio.c
@@ -263,6 +263,30 @@
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(bio_init);
 
 /**
+ * bio_reset - reinitialize a bio
+ * @bio:	bio to reset
+ *
+ * Description:
+ *   After calling bio_reset(), @bio will be in the same state as a freshly
+ *   allocated bio returned bio bio_alloc_bioset() - the only fields that are
+ *   preserved are the ones that are initialized by bio_alloc_bioset(). See
+ *   comment in struct bio.
+ */
+void bio_reset(struct bio *bio)
+{
+	unsigned long flags = bio->bi_flags & (~0UL << BIO_RESET_BITS);
+
+	if (bio_integrity(bio))
+		bio_integrity_free(bio);
+
+	bio_disassociate_task(bio);
+
+	memset(bio, 0, BIO_RESET_BYTES);
+	bio->bi_flags = flags|(1 << BIO_UPTODATE);
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL(bio_reset);
+
+/**
  * bio_alloc_bioset - allocate a bio for I/O
  * @gfp_mask:   the GFP_ mask given to the slab allocator
  * @nr_iovecs:	number of iovecs to pre-allocate
diff --git a/include/linux/bio.h b/include/linux/bio.h
index a11f74b..76f6c25 100644
--- a/include/linux/bio.h
+++ b/include/linux/bio.h
@@ -226,6 +226,7 @@
 extern struct bio *bio_clone(struct bio *, gfp_t);
 
 extern void bio_init(struct bio *);
+extern void bio_reset(struct bio *);
 
 extern int bio_add_page(struct bio *, struct page *, unsigned int,unsigned int);
 extern int bio_add_pc_page(struct request_queue *, struct bio *, struct page *,
diff --git a/include/linux/blk_types.h b/include/linux/blk_types.h
index af9dd9d..1b607c2 100644
--- a/include/linux/blk_types.h
+++ b/include/linux/blk_types.h
@@ -59,12 +59,6 @@
 	unsigned int		bi_seg_front_size;
 	unsigned int		bi_seg_back_size;
 
-	unsigned int		bi_max_vecs;	/* max bvl_vecs we can hold */
-
-	atomic_t		bi_cnt;		/* pin count */
-
-	struct bio_vec		*bi_io_vec;	/* the actual vec list */
-
 	bio_end_io_t		*bi_end_io;
 
 	void			*bi_private;
@@ -80,6 +74,16 @@
 	struct bio_integrity_payload *bi_integrity;  /* data integrity */
 #endif
 
+	/*
+	 * Everything starting with bi_max_vecs will be preserved by bio_reset()
+	 */
+
+	unsigned int		bi_max_vecs;	/* max bvl_vecs we can hold */
+
+	atomic_t		bi_cnt;		/* pin count */
+
+	struct bio_vec		*bi_io_vec;	/* the actual vec list */
+
 	/* If bi_pool is non NULL, bi_destructor is not called */
 	struct bio_set		*bi_pool;
 
@@ -93,6 +97,8 @@
 	struct bio_vec		bi_inline_vecs[0];
 };
 
+#define BIO_RESET_BYTES		offsetof(struct bio, bi_max_vecs)
+
 /*
  * bio flags
  */
@@ -108,6 +114,13 @@
 #define BIO_FS_INTEGRITY 9	/* fs owns integrity data, not block layer */
 #define BIO_QUIET	10	/* Make BIO Quiet */
 #define BIO_MAPPED_INTEGRITY 11/* integrity metadata has been remapped */
+
+/*
+ * Flags starting here get preserved by bio_reset() - this includes
+ * BIO_POOL_IDX()
+ */
+#define BIO_RESET_BITS	12
+
 #define bio_flagged(bio, flag)	((bio)->bi_flags & (1 << (flag)))
 
 /*