diff --git a/drivers/block/null_blk.c b/drivers/block/null_blk.c
index f93906ff31e8..e79e3d24e229 100644
--- a/drivers/block/null_blk.c
+++ b/drivers/block/null_blk.c
@@ -443,14 +443,7 @@ static int null_lnvm_submit_io(struct nvm_dev *dev, struct nvm_rq *rqd)
 	if (IS_ERR(rq))
 		return -ENOMEM;
 
-	rq->__sector = bio->bi_iter.bi_sector;
-	rq->ioprio = bio_prio(bio);
-
-	if (bio_has_data(bio))
-		rq->nr_phys_segments = bio_phys_segments(q, bio);
-
-	rq->__data_len = bio->bi_iter.bi_size;
-	rq->bio = rq->biotail = bio;
+	blk_init_request_from_bio(rq, bio);
 
 	rq->end_io_data = rqd;