diff --git a/fs/direct-io.c b/fs/direct-io.c
index edf3174afd6a..6d425821be66 100644
--- a/fs/direct-io.c
+++ b/fs/direct-io.c
@@ -199,7 +199,7 @@ static inline unsigned dio_pages_present(struct dio_submit *sdio)
 /*
  * Go grab and pin some userspace pages.   Typically we'll get 64 at a time.
  */
-static int dio_refill_pages(struct dio *dio, struct dio_submit *sdio)
+static inline int dio_refill_pages(struct dio *dio, struct dio_submit *sdio)
 {
 	int ret;
 	int nr_pages;
@@ -245,7 +245,8 @@ out:
  * decent number of pages, less frequently.  To provide nicer use of the
  * L1 cache.
  */
-static struct page *dio_get_page(struct dio *dio, struct dio_submit *sdio)
+static inline struct page *dio_get_page(struct dio *dio,
+		struct dio_submit *sdio)
 {
 	if (dio_pages_present(sdio) == 0) {
 		int ret;
@@ -376,7 +377,7 @@ void dio_end_io(struct bio *bio, int error)
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(dio_end_io);
 
-static void
+static inline void
 dio_bio_alloc(struct dio *dio, struct dio_submit *sdio,
 	      struct block_device *bdev,
 	      sector_t first_sector, int nr_vecs)
@@ -407,7 +408,7 @@ dio_bio_alloc(struct dio *dio, struct dio_submit *sdio,
  *
  * bios hold a dio reference between submit_bio and ->end_io.
  */
-static void dio_bio_submit(struct dio *dio, struct dio_submit *sdio)
+static inline void dio_bio_submit(struct dio *dio, struct dio_submit *sdio)
 {
 	struct bio *bio = sdio->bio;
 	unsigned long flags;
@@ -435,7 +436,7 @@ static void dio_bio_submit(struct dio *dio, struct dio_submit *sdio)
 /*
  * Release any resources in case of a failure
  */
-static void dio_cleanup(struct dio *dio, struct dio_submit *sdio)
+static inline void dio_cleanup(struct dio *dio, struct dio_submit *sdio)
 {
 	while (dio_pages_present(sdio))
 		page_cache_release(dio_get_page(dio, sdio));
@@ -528,7 +529,7 @@ static void dio_await_completion(struct dio *dio)
  *
  * This also helps to limit the peak amount of pinned userspace memory.
  */
-static int dio_bio_reap(struct dio *dio, struct dio_submit *sdio)
+static inline int dio_bio_reap(struct dio *dio, struct dio_submit *sdio)
 {
 	int ret = 0;
 
@@ -631,8 +632,8 @@ static int get_more_blocks(struct dio *dio, struct dio_submit *sdio,
 /*
  * There is no bio.  Make one now.
  */
-static int dio_new_bio(struct dio *dio, struct dio_submit *sdio,
-		       sector_t start_sector, struct buffer_head *map_bh)
+static inline int dio_new_bio(struct dio *dio, struct dio_submit *sdio,
+		sector_t start_sector, struct buffer_head *map_bh)
 {
 	sector_t sector;
 	int ret, nr_pages;
@@ -657,7 +658,7 @@ out:
  *
  * Return zero on success.  Non-zero means the caller needs to start a new BIO.
  */
-static int dio_bio_add_page(struct dio_submit *sdio)
+static inline int dio_bio_add_page(struct dio_submit *sdio)
 {
 	int ret;
 
@@ -689,8 +690,8 @@ static int dio_bio_add_page(struct dio_submit *sdio)
  * The caller of this function is responsible for removing cur_page from the
  * dio, and for dropping the refcount which came from that presence.
  */
-static int dio_send_cur_page(struct dio *dio, struct dio_submit *sdio,
-			     struct buffer_head *map_bh)
+static inline int dio_send_cur_page(struct dio *dio, struct dio_submit *sdio,
+		struct buffer_head *map_bh)
 {
 	int ret = 0;
 
@@ -759,7 +760,7 @@ out:
  * If that doesn't work out then we put the old page into the bio and add this
  * page to the dio instead.
  */
-static int
+static inline int
 submit_page_section(struct dio *dio, struct dio_submit *sdio, struct page *page,
 		    unsigned offset, unsigned len, sector_t blocknr,
 		    struct buffer_head *map_bh)
@@ -842,8 +843,8 @@ static void clean_blockdev_aliases(struct dio *dio, struct buffer_head *map_bh)
  * `end' is zero if we're doing the start of the IO, 1 at the end of the
  * IO.
  */
-static void dio_zero_block(struct dio *dio, struct dio_submit *sdio, int end,
-			   struct buffer_head *map_bh)
+static inline void dio_zero_block(struct dio *dio, struct dio_submit *sdio,
+		int end, struct buffer_head *map_bh)
 {
 	unsigned dio_blocks_per_fs_block;
 	unsigned this_chunk_blocks;	/* In dio_blocks */
@@ -1042,7 +1043,7 @@ out:
 	return ret;
 }
 
-static ssize_t
+static inline ssize_t
 direct_io_worker(int rw, struct kiocb *iocb, struct inode *inode, 
 	const struct iovec *iov, loff_t offset, unsigned long nr_segs, 
 	unsigned blkbits, get_block_t get_block, dio_iodone_t end_io,
@@ -1216,6 +1217,11 @@ direct_io_worker(int rw, struct kiocb *iocb, struct inode *inode,
  * expected that filesystem provide exclusion between new direct I/O
  * and truncates.  For DIO_LOCKING filesystems this is done by i_mutex,
  * but other filesystems need to take care of this on their own.
+ *
+ * NOTE: if you pass "sdio" to anything by pointer make sure that function
+ * is always inlined. Otherwise gcc is unable to split the structure into
+ * individual fields and will generate much worse code. This is important
+ * for the whole file.
  */
 ssize_t
 __blockdev_direct_IO(int rw, struct kiocb *iocb, struct inode *inode,