kfree(pages);
 }
 
+static inline struct nfs_direct_req *nfs_direct_req_alloc(void)
+{
+       struct nfs_direct_req *dreq;
+
+       dreq = kmem_cache_alloc(nfs_direct_cachep, SLAB_KERNEL);
+       if (!dreq)
+               return NULL;
+
+       kref_init(&dreq->kref);
+       init_waitqueue_head(&dreq->wait);
+       INIT_LIST_HEAD(&dreq->list);
+       dreq->iocb = NULL;
+       atomic_set(&dreq->count, 0);
+       atomic_set(&dreq->error, 0);
+
+       return dreq;
+}
+
 static void nfs_direct_req_release(struct kref *kref)
 {
        struct nfs_direct_req *dreq = container_of(kref, struct nfs_direct_req, kref);
        unsigned int reads = 0;
        unsigned int rpages = (rsize + PAGE_CACHE_SIZE - 1) >> PAGE_CACHE_SHIFT;
 
-       dreq = kmem_cache_alloc(nfs_direct_cachep, SLAB_KERNEL);
+       dreq = nfs_direct_req_alloc();
        if (!dreq)
                return NULL;
 
-       kref_init(&dreq->kref);
-       init_waitqueue_head(&dreq->wait);
-       INIT_LIST_HEAD(&dreq->list);
-       dreq->iocb = NULL;
-       atomic_set(&dreq->count, 0);
-       atomic_set(&dreq->error, 0);
-
        list = &dreq->list;
        for(;;) {
                struct nfs_read_data *data = nfs_readdata_alloc(rpages);