diff --git a/net/ceph/messenger.c b/net/ceph/messenger.c
index 5e8dbc0d..b83c963 100644
--- a/net/ceph/messenger.c
+++ b/net/ceph/messenger.c
@@ -603,6 +603,10 @@ static void prepare_write_message_data(struct ceph_connection *con)
 		con->out_msg_pos.page_pos = msg->page_alignment;
 	else
 		con->out_msg_pos.page_pos = 0;
+#ifdef CONFIG_BLOCK
+	if (msg->bio && !msg->bio_iter)
+		init_bio_iter(msg->bio, &msg->bio_iter, &msg->bio_seg);
+#endif
 	con->out_msg_pos.data_pos = 0;
 	con->out_msg_pos.did_page_crc = false;
 	con->out_more = 1;  /* data + footer will follow */
@@ -942,11 +946,6 @@ static int write_partial_msg_pages(struct ceph_connection *con)
 	     con, msg, con->out_msg_pos.page, msg->nr_pages,
 	     con->out_msg_pos.page_pos);
 
-#ifdef CONFIG_BLOCK
-	if (msg->bio && !msg->bio_iter)
-		init_bio_iter(msg->bio, &msg->bio_iter, &msg->bio_seg);
-#endif
-
 	while (data_len > con->out_msg_pos.data_pos) {
 		struct page *page = NULL;
 		int max_write = PAGE_SIZE;