diff --git a/include/linux/ceph/messenger.h b/include/linux/ceph/messenger.h
index c4458dc6a757..76371aaae2d1 100644
--- a/include/linux/ceph/messenger.h
+++ b/include/linux/ceph/messenger.h
@@ -175,9 +175,10 @@ struct ceph_msg_data {
 #endif /* CONFIG_BLOCK */
 		struct ceph_bvec_iter	bvec_pos;
 		struct {
-			struct page	**pages;	/* NOT OWNER. */
+			struct page	**pages;
 			size_t		length;		/* total # bytes */
 			unsigned int	alignment;	/* first page */
+			bool		own_pages;
 		};
 		struct ceph_pagelist	*pagelist;
 	};
@@ -356,8 +357,8 @@ extern void ceph_con_keepalive(struct ceph_connection *con);
 extern bool ceph_con_keepalive_expired(struct ceph_connection *con,
 				       unsigned long interval);
 
-extern void ceph_msg_data_add_pages(struct ceph_msg *msg, struct page **pages,
-				size_t length, size_t alignment);
+void ceph_msg_data_add_pages(struct ceph_msg *msg, struct page **pages,
+			     size_t length, size_t alignment, bool own_pages);
 extern void ceph_msg_data_add_pagelist(struct ceph_msg *msg,
 				struct ceph_pagelist *pagelist);
 #ifdef CONFIG_BLOCK
diff --git a/net/ceph/messenger.c b/net/ceph/messenger.c
index e4cb3db2ee77..3d2e9f944e0f 100644
--- a/net/ceph/messenger.c
+++ b/net/ceph/messenger.c
@@ -3250,12 +3250,16 @@ static struct ceph_msg_data *ceph_msg_data_add(struct ceph_msg *msg)
 
 static void ceph_msg_data_destroy(struct ceph_msg_data *data)
 {
-	if (data->type == CEPH_MSG_DATA_PAGELIST)
+	if (data->type == CEPH_MSG_DATA_PAGES && data->own_pages) {
+		int num_pages = calc_pages_for(data->alignment, data->length);
+		ceph_release_page_vector(data->pages, num_pages);
+	} else if (data->type == CEPH_MSG_DATA_PAGELIST) {
 		ceph_pagelist_release(data->pagelist);
+	}
 }
 
 void ceph_msg_data_add_pages(struct ceph_msg *msg, struct page **pages,
-		size_t length, size_t alignment)
+			     size_t length, size_t alignment, bool own_pages)
 {
 	struct ceph_msg_data *data;
 
@@ -3267,6 +3271,7 @@ void ceph_msg_data_add_pages(struct ceph_msg *msg, struct page **pages,
 	data->pages = pages;
 	data->length = length;
 	data->alignment = alignment & ~PAGE_MASK;
+	data->own_pages = own_pages;
 
 	msg->data_length += length;
 }
diff --git a/net/ceph/osd_client.c b/net/ceph/osd_client.c
index ba45b074a362..2352afa62d1f 100644
--- a/net/ceph/osd_client.c
+++ b/net/ceph/osd_client.c
@@ -962,7 +962,7 @@ static void ceph_osdc_msg_data_add(struct ceph_msg *msg,
 		BUG_ON(length > (u64) SIZE_MAX);
 		if (length)
 			ceph_msg_data_add_pages(msg, osd_data->pages,
-					length, osd_data->alignment);
+					length, osd_data->alignment, false);
 	} else if (osd_data->type == CEPH_OSD_DATA_TYPE_PAGELIST) {
 		BUG_ON(!length);
 		ceph_msg_data_add_pagelist(msg, osd_data->pagelist);
@@ -4436,9 +4436,7 @@ static void handle_watch_notify(struct ceph_osd_client *osdc,
 							CEPH_MSG_DATA_PAGES);
 					*lreq->preply_pages = data->pages;
 					*lreq->preply_len = data->length;
-				} else {
-					ceph_release_page_vector(data->pages,
-					       calc_pages_for(0, data->length));
+					data->own_pages = false;
 				}
 			}
 			lreq->notify_finish_error = return_code;
@@ -5500,9 +5498,6 @@ out_unlock_osdc:
 	return m;
 }
 
-/*
- * TODO: switch to a msg-owned pagelist
- */
 static struct ceph_msg *alloc_msg_with_page_vector(struct ceph_msg_header *hdr)
 {
 	struct ceph_msg *m;
@@ -5516,7 +5511,6 @@ static struct ceph_msg *alloc_msg_with_page_vector(struct ceph_msg_header *hdr)
 
 	if (data_len) {
 		struct page **pages;
-		struct ceph_osd_data osd_data;
 
 		pages = ceph_alloc_page_vector(calc_pages_for(0, data_len),
 					       GFP_NOIO);
@@ -5525,9 +5519,7 @@ static struct ceph_msg *alloc_msg_with_page_vector(struct ceph_msg_header *hdr)
 			return NULL;
 		}
 
-		ceph_osd_data_pages_init(&osd_data, pages, data_len, 0, false,
-					 false);
-		ceph_osdc_msg_data_add(m, &osd_data);
+		ceph_msg_data_add_pages(m, pages, data_len, 0, true);
 	}
 
 	return m;