diff --git a/fs/nfs/write.c b/fs/nfs/write.c
index 0e34c70..e46a1fc 100644
--- a/fs/nfs/write.c
+++ b/fs/nfs/write.c
@@ -932,60 +932,18 @@
 	return RPC_PRIORITY_NORMAL;
 }
 
-int nfs_initiate_write(struct rpc_clnt *clnt,
-		       struct nfs_pgio_data *data,
-		       const struct rpc_call_ops *call_ops,
-		       int how, int flags)
+static void nfs_initiate_write(struct nfs_pgio_data *data, struct rpc_message *msg,
+			       struct rpc_task_setup *task_setup_data, int how)
 {
 	struct inode *inode = data->header->inode;
 	int priority = flush_task_priority(how);
-	struct rpc_task *task;
-	struct rpc_message msg = {
-		.rpc_argp = &data->args,
-		.rpc_resp = &data->res,
-		.rpc_cred = data->header->cred,
-	};
-	struct rpc_task_setup task_setup_data = {
-		.rpc_client = clnt,
-		.task = &data->task,
-		.rpc_message = &msg,
-		.callback_ops = call_ops,
-		.callback_data = data,
-		.workqueue = nfsiod_workqueue,
-		.flags = RPC_TASK_ASYNC | flags,
-		.priority = priority,
-	};
-	int ret = 0;
 
-	/* Set up the initial task struct.  */
-	NFS_PROTO(inode)->write_setup(data, &msg);
-
-	dprintk("NFS: %5u initiated write call "
-		"(req %s/%llu, %u bytes @ offset %llu)\n",
-		data->task.tk_pid,
-		inode->i_sb->s_id,
-		(unsigned long long)NFS_FILEID(inode),
-		data->args.count,
-		(unsigned long long)data->args.offset);
+	task_setup_data->priority = priority;
+	NFS_PROTO(inode)->write_setup(data, msg);
 
 	nfs4_state_protect_write(NFS_SERVER(inode)->nfs_client,
-				 &task_setup_data.rpc_client, &msg, data);
-
-	task = rpc_run_task(&task_setup_data);
-	if (IS_ERR(task)) {
-		ret = PTR_ERR(task);
-		goto out;
-	}
-	if (how & FLUSH_SYNC) {
-		ret = rpc_wait_for_completion_task(task);
-		if (ret == 0)
-			ret = task->tk_status;
-	}
-	rpc_put_task(task);
-out:
-	return ret;
+				 &task_setup_data->rpc_client, msg, data);
 }
-EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(nfs_initiate_write);
 
 static int nfs_do_write(struct nfs_pgio_data *data,
 		const struct rpc_call_ops *call_ops,
@@ -993,7 +951,7 @@
 {
 	struct inode *inode = data->header->inode;
 
-	return nfs_initiate_write(NFS_CLIENT(inode), data, call_ops, how, 0);
+	return nfs_initiate_pgio(NFS_CLIENT(inode), data, call_ops, how, 0);
 }
 
 static int nfs_do_multiple_writes(struct list_head *head,
@@ -1743,4 +1701,5 @@
 	.rw_release		= nfs_writeback_release_common,
 	.rw_done		= nfs_writeback_done,
 	.rw_result		= nfs_writeback_result,
+	.rw_initiate		= nfs_initiate_write,
 };