diff --git a/block/blk-lib.c b/block/blk-lib.c
index 6e54ef140bab..442da9dad042 100644
--- a/block/blk-lib.c
+++ b/block/blk-lib.c
@@ -35,31 +35,39 @@ static sector_t bio_discard_limit(struct block_device *bdev, sector_t sector)
 	return round_down(UINT_MAX, discard_granularity) >> SECTOR_SHIFT;
 }
 
+struct bio *blk_alloc_discard_bio(struct block_device *bdev,
+		sector_t *sector, sector_t *nr_sects, gfp_t gfp_mask)
+{
+	sector_t bio_sects = min(*nr_sects, bio_discard_limit(bdev, *sector));
+	struct bio *bio;
+
+	if (!bio_sects)
+		return NULL;
+
+	bio = bio_alloc(bdev, 0, REQ_OP_DISCARD, gfp_mask);
+	if (!bio)
+		return NULL;
+	bio->bi_iter.bi_sector = *sector;
+	bio->bi_iter.bi_size = bio_sects << SECTOR_SHIFT;
+	*sector += bio_sects;
+	*nr_sects -= bio_sects;
+	/*
+	 * We can loop for a long time in here if someone does full device
+	 * discards (like mkfs).  Be nice and allow us to schedule out to avoid
+	 * softlocking if preempt is disabled.
+	 */
+	cond_resched();
+	return bio;
+}
+
 int __blkdev_issue_discard(struct block_device *bdev, sector_t sector,
 		sector_t nr_sects, gfp_t gfp_mask, struct bio **biop)
 {
-	struct bio *bio = *biop;
+	struct bio *bio;
 
-	while (nr_sects) {
-		sector_t req_sects =
-			min(nr_sects, bio_discard_limit(bdev, sector));
-
-		bio = blk_next_bio(bio, bdev, 0, REQ_OP_DISCARD, gfp_mask);
-		bio->bi_iter.bi_sector = sector;
-		bio->bi_iter.bi_size = req_sects << 9;
-		sector += req_sects;
-		nr_sects -= req_sects;
-
-		/*
-		 * We can loop for a long time in here, if someone does
-		 * full device discards (like mkfs). Be nice and allow
-		 * us to schedule out to avoid softlocking if preempt
-		 * is disabled.
-		 */
-		cond_resched();
-	}
-
-	*biop = bio;
+	while ((bio = blk_alloc_discard_bio(bdev, &sector, &nr_sects,
+			gfp_mask)))
+		*biop = bio_chain_and_submit(*biop, bio);
 	return 0;
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(__blkdev_issue_discard);
diff --git a/include/linux/bio.h b/include/linux/bio.h
index 283a0dcbd1de..d5379548d684 100644
--- a/include/linux/bio.h
+++ b/include/linux/bio.h
@@ -833,4 +833,7 @@ struct bio *blk_next_bio(struct bio *bio, struct block_device *bdev,
 		unsigned int nr_pages, blk_opf_t opf, gfp_t gfp);
 struct bio *bio_chain_and_submit(struct bio *prev, struct bio *new);
 
+struct bio *blk_alloc_discard_bio(struct block_device *bdev,
+		sector_t *sector, sector_t *nr_sects, gfp_t gfp_mask);
+
 #endif /* __LINUX_BIO_H */