diff --git a/drivers/block/loop.c b/drivers/block/loop.c
index f11b7dc..44c9985 100644
--- a/drivers/block/loop.c
+++ b/drivers/block/loop.c
@@ -264,20 +264,12 @@ lo_do_transfer(struct loop_device *lo, int cmd,
 	return ret;
 }
 
-static inline void loop_iov_iter_bvec(struct iov_iter *i,
-		unsigned int direction, const struct bio_vec *bvec,
-		unsigned long nr_segs, size_t count)
-{
-	iov_iter_bvec(i, direction, bvec, nr_segs, count);
-	i->type |= ITER_BVEC_FLAG_NO_REF;
-}
-
 static int lo_write_bvec(struct file *file, struct bio_vec *bvec, loff_t *ppos)
 {
 	struct iov_iter i;
 	ssize_t bw;
 
-	loop_iov_iter_bvec(&i, WRITE, bvec, 1, bvec->bv_len);
+	iov_iter_bvec(&i, WRITE, bvec, 1, bvec->bv_len);
 
 	file_start_write(file);
 	bw = vfs_iter_write(file, &i, ppos, 0);
@@ -355,7 +347,7 @@ static int lo_read_simple(struct loop_device *lo, struct request *rq,
 	ssize_t len;
 
 	rq_for_each_segment(bvec, rq, iter) {
-		loop_iov_iter_bvec(&i, READ, &bvec, 1, bvec.bv_len);
+		iov_iter_bvec(&i, READ, &bvec, 1, bvec.bv_len);
 		len = vfs_iter_read(lo->lo_backing_file, &i, &pos, 0);
 		if (len < 0)
 			return len;
@@ -396,7 +388,7 @@ static int lo_read_transfer(struct loop_device *lo, struct request *rq,
 		b.bv_offset = 0;
 		b.bv_len = bvec.bv_len;
 
-		loop_iov_iter_bvec(&i, READ, &b, 1, b.bv_len);
+		iov_iter_bvec(&i, READ, &b, 1, b.bv_len);
 		len = vfs_iter_read(lo->lo_backing_file, &i, &pos, 0);
 		if (len < 0) {
 			ret = len;
@@ -563,7 +555,7 @@ static int lo_rw_aio(struct loop_device *lo, struct loop_cmd *cmd,
 	}
 	atomic_set(&cmd->ref, 2);
 
-	loop_iov_iter_bvec(&iter, rw, bvec, nr_bvec, blk_rq_bytes(rq));
+	iov_iter_bvec(&iter, rw, bvec, nr_bvec, blk_rq_bytes(rq));
 	iter.iov_offset = offset;
 
 	cmd->iocb.ki_pos = pos;