int rc = -ENOMEM;
 
        for (i = 1; i < num_rqst; i++) {
-               npages = old_rq[i - 1].rq_npages;
+               struct smb_rqst *old = &old_rq[i - 1];
+               struct smb_rqst *new = &new_rq[i];
+
+               orig_len += smb_rqst_len(server, old);
+               new->rq_iov = old->rq_iov;
+               new->rq_nvec = old->rq_nvec;
+
+               npages = old->rq_npages;
+               if (!npages)
+                       continue;
+
                pages = kmalloc_array(npages, sizeof(struct page *),
                                      GFP_KERNEL);
                if (!pages)
                        goto err_free;
 
-               new_rq[i].rq_pages = pages;
-               new_rq[i].rq_npages = npages;
-               new_rq[i].rq_offset = old_rq[i - 1].rq_offset;
-               new_rq[i].rq_pagesz = old_rq[i - 1].rq_pagesz;
-               new_rq[i].rq_tailsz = old_rq[i - 1].rq_tailsz;
-               new_rq[i].rq_iov = old_rq[i - 1].rq_iov;
-               new_rq[i].rq_nvec = old_rq[i - 1].rq_nvec;
-
-               orig_len += smb_rqst_len(server, &old_rq[i - 1]);
+               new->rq_pages = pages;
+               new->rq_npages = npages;
+               new->rq_offset = old->rq_offset;
+               new->rq_pagesz = old->rq_pagesz;
+               new->rq_tailsz = old->rq_tailsz;
 
                for (j = 0; j < npages; j++) {
                        pages[j] = alloc_page(GFP_KERNEL|__GFP_HIGHMEM);
                        char *dst, *src;
                        unsigned int offset, len;
 
-                       rqst_page_get_length(&new_rq[i], j, &len, &offset);
+                       rqst_page_get_length(new, j, &len, &offset);
 
-                       dst = (char *) kmap(new_rq[i].rq_pages[j]) + offset;
-                       src = (char *) kmap(old_rq[i - 1].rq_pages[j]) + offset;
+                       dst = kmap_local_page(new->rq_pages[j]) + offset;
+                       src = kmap_local_page(old->rq_pages[j]) + offset;
 
                        memcpy(dst, src, len);
-                       kunmap(new_rq[i].rq_pages[j]);
-                       kunmap(old_rq[i - 1].rq_pages[j]);
+                       kunmap(new->rq_pages[j]);
+                       kunmap(old->rq_pages[j]);
                }
        }