size_t nfs_generic_pg_test(struct nfs_pageio_descriptor *desc,
                           struct nfs_page *prev, struct nfs_page *req)
 {
+       if (!prev)
+               return req->wb_bytes;
        /*
         * FIXME: ideally we should be able to coalesce all requests
         * that are not block boundary aligned, but currently this
 {
        size_t size;
 
-       if (!nfs_match_open_context(req->wb_context, prev->wb_context))
-               return false;
-       if (req->wb_context->dentry->d_inode->i_flock != NULL &&
-           !nfs_match_lock_context(req->wb_lock_context, prev->wb_lock_context))
-               return false;
-       if (req->wb_pgbase != 0)
-               return false;
-       if (prev->wb_pgbase + prev->wb_bytes != PAGE_CACHE_SIZE)
-               return false;
-       if (req_offset(req) != req_offset(prev) + prev->wb_bytes)
-               return false;
+       if (prev) {
+               if (!nfs_match_open_context(req->wb_context, prev->wb_context))
+                       return false;
+               if (req->wb_context->dentry->d_inode->i_flock != NULL &&
+                   !nfs_match_lock_context(req->wb_lock_context,
+                                           prev->wb_lock_context))
+                       return false;
+               if (req->wb_pgbase != 0)
+                       return false;
+               if (prev->wb_pgbase + prev->wb_bytes != PAGE_CACHE_SIZE)
+                       return false;
+               if (req_offset(req) != req_offset(prev) + prev->wb_bytes)
+                       return false;
+       }
        size = pgio->pg_ops->pg_test(pgio, prev, req);
        WARN_ON_ONCE(size && size != req->wb_bytes);
        return size > 0;
 static int nfs_pageio_do_add_request(struct nfs_pageio_descriptor *desc,
                                     struct nfs_page *req)
 {
+       struct nfs_page *prev = NULL;
        if (desc->pg_count != 0) {
-               struct nfs_page *prev;
-
                prev = nfs_list_entry(desc->pg_list.prev);
-               if (!nfs_can_coalesce_requests(prev, req, desc))
-                       return 0;
        } else {
                if (desc->pg_ops->pg_init)
                        desc->pg_ops->pg_init(desc, req);
                desc->pg_base = req->wb_pgbase;
        }
+       if (!nfs_can_coalesce_requests(prev, req, desc))
+               return 0;
        nfs_list_remove_request(req);
        nfs_list_add_request(req, &desc->pg_list);
        desc->pg_count += req->wb_bytes;