diff --git a/fs/nfs/pnfs.h b/fs/nfs/pnfs.h
index acbb7780..1d4e631 100644
--- a/fs/nfs/pnfs.h
+++ b/fs/nfs/pnfs.h
@@ -123,6 +123,7 @@
 enum pnfs_try_status pnfs_try_to_read_data(struct nfs_read_data *,
 					    const struct rpc_call_ops *);
 void pnfs_pageio_init_read(struct nfs_pageio_descriptor *, struct inode *);
+void pnfs_pageio_init_write(struct nfs_pageio_descriptor *, struct inode *);
 int pnfs_layout_process(struct nfs4_layoutget *lgp);
 void pnfs_free_lseg_list(struct list_head *tmp_list);
 void pnfs_destroy_layout(struct nfs_inode *);
@@ -235,6 +236,12 @@
 	pgio->pg_test = NULL;
 }
 
+static inline void
+pnfs_pageio_init_write(struct nfs_pageio_descriptor *pgio, struct inode *ino)
+{
+	pgio->pg_test = NULL;
+}
+
 #endif /* CONFIG_NFS_V4_1 */
 
 #endif /* FS_NFS_PNFS_H */