diff --git a/drivers/block/aoe/aoecmd.c b/drivers/block/aoe/aoecmd.c
index 8188ad131b97..af96ca171238 100644
--- a/drivers/block/aoe/aoecmd.c
+++ b/drivers/block/aoe/aoecmd.c
@@ -927,7 +927,7 @@ bufinit(struct buf *buf, struct request *rq, struct bio *bio)
 	buf->resid = bio->bi_size;
 	buf->sector = bio->bi_sector;
 	bio_pageinc(bio);
-	buf->bv = bio_iovec(bio);
+	buf->bv = bv = bio_iovec(bio);
 	buf->bv_resid = bv->bv_len;
 	WARN_ON(buf->bv_resid == 0);
 }