void *p;
        size_t msg_size = sizeof(*head) + num_op*sizeof(*op);
        int flags = req->r_flags;
-       u64 data_len = 0;
+       u64 data_len;
        int i;
 
        WARN_ON((flags & (CEPH_OSD_FLAG_READ|CEPH_OSD_FLAG_WRITE)) == 0);
        while (num_op--)
                osd_req_encode_op(req, op++, src_op++);
 
-       data_len += req->r_trail.length;
-
        if (snapc) {
                head->snap_seq = cpu_to_le64(snapc->seq);
                head->num_snaps = cpu_to_le32(snapc->num_snaps);
                }
        }
 
+       data_len = req->r_trail.length;
        if (flags & CEPH_OSD_FLAG_WRITE) {
                req->r_request->hdr.data_off = cpu_to_le16(off);
-               req->r_request->hdr.data_len = cpu_to_le32(len + data_len);
-       } else if (data_len) {
-               req->r_request->hdr.data_off = 0;
-               req->r_request->hdr.data_len = cpu_to_le32(data_len);
+               data_len += len;
        }
-
+       req->r_request->hdr.data_len = cpu_to_le32(data_len);
        req->r_request->page_alignment = req->r_page_alignment;
 
        BUG_ON(p > msg->front.iov_base + msg->front.iov_len);