diff --git a/drivers/usb/gadget/function/f_fs.c b/drivers/usb/gadget/function/f_fs.c
index 175c995..b64538b 100644
--- a/drivers/usb/gadget/function/f_fs.c
+++ b/drivers/usb/gadget/function/f_fs.c
@@ -655,9 +655,10 @@ static void ffs_user_copy_worker(struct work_struct *work)
 		unuse_mm(io_data->mm);
 	}
 
-	aio_complete(io_data->kiocb, ret, ret);
+	io_data->kiocb->ki_complete(io_data->kiocb, ret, ret);
 
-	if (io_data->ffs->ffs_eventfd && !io_data->kiocb->ki_eventfd)
+	if (io_data->ffs->ffs_eventfd &&
+	    !(io_data->kiocb->ki_flags & IOCB_EVENTFD))
 		eventfd_signal(io_data->ffs->ffs_eventfd, 1);
 
 	usb_ep_free_request(io_data->ep, io_data->req);
diff --git a/drivers/usb/gadget/legacy/inode.c b/drivers/usb/gadget/legacy/inode.c
index b825edc..0487284 100644
--- a/drivers/usb/gadget/legacy/inode.c
+++ b/drivers/usb/gadget/legacy/inode.c
@@ -464,7 +464,7 @@ static void ep_user_copy_worker(struct work_struct *work)
 		ret = -EFAULT;
 
 	/* completing the iocb can drop the ctx and mm, don't touch mm after */
-	aio_complete(iocb, ret, ret);
+	iocb->ki_complete(iocb, ret, ret);
 
 	kfree(priv->buf);
 	kfree(priv->to_free);
@@ -492,7 +492,8 @@ static void ep_aio_complete(struct usb_ep *ep, struct usb_request *req)
 		kfree(priv);
 		iocb->private = NULL;
 		/* aio_complete() reports bytes-transferred _and_ faults */
-		aio_complete(iocb, req->actual ? req->actual : req->status,
+
+		iocb->ki_complete(iocb, req->actual ? req->actual : req->status,
 				req->status);
 	} else {
 		/* ep_copy_to_user() won't report both; we hide some faults */
diff --git a/fs/aio.c b/fs/aio.c
index 8ca8df1..9582865 100644
--- a/fs/aio.c
+++ b/fs/aio.c
@@ -151,6 +151,38 @@ struct kioctx {
 	unsigned		id;
 };
 
+/*
+ * We use ki_cancel == KIOCB_CANCELLED to indicate that a kiocb has been either
+ * cancelled or completed (this makes a certain amount of sense because
+ * successful cancellation - io_cancel() - does deliver the completion to
+ * userspace).
+ *
+ * And since most things don't implement kiocb cancellation and we'd really like
+ * kiocb completion to be lockless when possible, we use ki_cancel to
+ * synchronize cancellation and completion - we only set it to KIOCB_CANCELLED
+ * with xchg() or cmpxchg(), see batch_complete_aio() and kiocb_cancel().
+ */
+#define KIOCB_CANCELLED		((void *) (~0ULL))
+
+struct aio_kiocb {
+	struct kiocb		common;
+
+	struct kioctx		*ki_ctx;
+	kiocb_cancel_fn		*ki_cancel;
+
+	struct iocb __user	*ki_user_iocb;	/* user's aiocb */
+	__u64			ki_user_data;	/* user's data for completion */
+
+	struct list_head	ki_list;	/* the aio core uses this
+						 * for cancellation */
+
+	/*
+	 * If the aio_resfd field of the userspace iocb is not zero,
+	 * this is the underlying eventfd context to deliver events to.
+	 */
+	struct eventfd_ctx	*ki_eventfd;
+};
+
 /*------ sysctl variables----*/
 static DEFINE_SPINLOCK(aio_nr_lock);
 unsigned long aio_nr;		/* current system wide number of aio requests */
@@ -220,7 +252,7 @@ static int __init aio_setup(void)
 	if (IS_ERR(aio_mnt))
 		panic("Failed to create aio fs mount.");
 
-	kiocb_cachep = KMEM_CACHE(kiocb, SLAB_HWCACHE_ALIGN|SLAB_PANIC);
+	kiocb_cachep = KMEM_CACHE(aio_kiocb, SLAB_HWCACHE_ALIGN|SLAB_PANIC);
 	kioctx_cachep = KMEM_CACHE(kioctx,SLAB_HWCACHE_ALIGN|SLAB_PANIC);
 
 	pr_debug("sizeof(struct page) = %zu\n", sizeof(struct page));
@@ -480,8 +512,9 @@ static int aio_setup_ring(struct kioctx *ctx)
 #define AIO_EVENTS_FIRST_PAGE	((PAGE_SIZE - sizeof(struct aio_ring)) / sizeof(struct io_event))
 #define AIO_EVENTS_OFFSET	(AIO_EVENTS_PER_PAGE - AIO_EVENTS_FIRST_PAGE)
 
-void kiocb_set_cancel_fn(struct kiocb *req, kiocb_cancel_fn *cancel)
+void kiocb_set_cancel_fn(struct kiocb *iocb, kiocb_cancel_fn *cancel)
 {
+	struct aio_kiocb *req = container_of(iocb, struct aio_kiocb, common);
 	struct kioctx *ctx = req->ki_ctx;
 	unsigned long flags;
 
@@ -496,7 +529,7 @@ void kiocb_set_cancel_fn(struct kiocb *req, kiocb_cancel_fn *cancel)
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(kiocb_set_cancel_fn);
 
-static int kiocb_cancel(struct kiocb *kiocb)
+static int kiocb_cancel(struct aio_kiocb *kiocb)
 {
 	kiocb_cancel_fn *old, *cancel;
 
@@ -514,7 +547,7 @@ static int kiocb_cancel(struct kiocb *kiocb)
 		cancel = cmpxchg(&kiocb->ki_cancel, old, KIOCB_CANCELLED);
 	} while (cancel != old);
 
-	return cancel(kiocb);
+	return cancel(&kiocb->common);
 }
 
 static void free_ioctx(struct work_struct *work)
@@ -550,13 +583,13 @@ static void free_ioctx_reqs(struct percpu_ref *ref)
 static void free_ioctx_users(struct percpu_ref *ref)
 {
 	struct kioctx *ctx = container_of(ref, struct kioctx, users);
-	struct kiocb *req;
+	struct aio_kiocb *req;
 
 	spin_lock_irq(&ctx->ctx_lock);
 
 	while (!list_empty(&ctx->active_reqs)) {
 		req = list_first_entry(&ctx->active_reqs,
-				       struct kiocb, ki_list);
+				       struct aio_kiocb, ki_list);
 
 		list_del_init(&req->ki_list);
 		kiocb_cancel(req);
@@ -932,9 +965,9 @@ static void user_refill_reqs_available(struct kioctx *ctx)
  *	Allocate a slot for an aio request.
  * Returns NULL if no requests are free.
  */
-static inline struct kiocb *aio_get_req(struct kioctx *ctx)
+static inline struct aio_kiocb *aio_get_req(struct kioctx *ctx)
 {
-	struct kiocb *req;
+	struct aio_kiocb *req;
 
 	if (!get_reqs_available(ctx)) {
 		user_refill_reqs_available(ctx);
@@ -955,10 +988,10 @@ out_put:
 	return NULL;
 }
 
-static void kiocb_free(struct kiocb *req)
+static void kiocb_free(struct aio_kiocb *req)
 {
-	if (req->ki_filp)
-		fput(req->ki_filp);
+	if (req->common.ki_filp)
+		fput(req->common.ki_filp);
 	if (req->ki_eventfd != NULL)
 		eventfd_ctx_put(req->ki_eventfd);
 	kmem_cache_free(kiocb_cachep, req);
@@ -994,8 +1027,9 @@ out:
 /* aio_complete
  *	Called when the io request on the given iocb is complete.
  */
-void aio_complete(struct kiocb *iocb, long res, long res2)
+static void aio_complete(struct kiocb *kiocb, long res, long res2)
 {
+	struct aio_kiocb *iocb = container_of(kiocb, struct aio_kiocb, common);
 	struct kioctx	*ctx = iocb->ki_ctx;
 	struct aio_ring	*ring;
 	struct io_event	*ev_page, *event;
@@ -1009,7 +1043,7 @@ void aio_complete(struct kiocb *iocb, long res, long res2)
 	 *    ref, no other paths have a way to get another ref
 	 *  - the sync task helpfully left a reference to itself in the iocb
 	 */
-	BUG_ON(is_sync_kiocb(iocb));
+	BUG_ON(is_sync_kiocb(kiocb));
 
 	if (iocb->ki_list.next) {
 		unsigned long flags;
@@ -1035,7 +1069,7 @@ void aio_complete(struct kiocb *iocb, long res, long res2)
 	ev_page = kmap_atomic(ctx->ring_pages[pos / AIO_EVENTS_PER_PAGE]);
 	event = ev_page + pos % AIO_EVENTS_PER_PAGE;
 
-	event->obj = (u64)(unsigned long)iocb->ki_obj.user;
+	event->obj = (u64)(unsigned long)iocb->ki_user_iocb;
 	event->data = iocb->ki_user_data;
 	event->res = res;
 	event->res2 = res2;
@@ -1044,7 +1078,7 @@ void aio_complete(struct kiocb *iocb, long res, long res2)
 	flush_dcache_page(ctx->ring_pages[pos / AIO_EVENTS_PER_PAGE]);
 
 	pr_debug("%p[%u]: %p: %p %Lx %lx %lx\n",
-		 ctx, tail, iocb, iocb->ki_obj.user, iocb->ki_user_data,
+		 ctx, tail, iocb, iocb->ki_user_iocb, iocb->ki_user_data,
 		 res, res2);
 
 	/* after flagging the request as done, we
@@ -1091,7 +1125,6 @@ void aio_complete(struct kiocb *iocb, long res, long res2)
 
 	percpu_ref_put(&ctx->reqs);
 }
-EXPORT_SYMBOL(aio_complete);
 
 /* aio_read_events_ring
  *	Pull an event off of the ioctx's event ring.  Returns the number of
@@ -1480,7 +1513,7 @@ rw_common:
 static int io_submit_one(struct kioctx *ctx, struct iocb __user *user_iocb,
 			 struct iocb *iocb, bool compat)
 {
-	struct kiocb *req;
+	struct aio_kiocb *req;
 	ssize_t ret;
 
 	/* enforce forwards compatibility on users */
@@ -1503,11 +1536,14 @@ static int io_submit_one(struct kioctx *ctx, struct iocb __user *user_iocb,
 	if (unlikely(!req))
 		return -EAGAIN;
 
-	req->ki_filp = fget(iocb->aio_fildes);
-	if (unlikely(!req->ki_filp)) {
+	req->common.ki_filp = fget(iocb->aio_fildes);
+	if (unlikely(!req->common.ki_filp)) {
 		ret = -EBADF;
 		goto out_put_req;
 	}
+	req->common.ki_pos = iocb->aio_offset;
+	req->common.ki_complete = aio_complete;
+	req->common.ki_flags = 0;
 
 	if (iocb->aio_flags & IOCB_FLAG_RESFD) {
 		/*
@@ -1522,6 +1558,8 @@ static int io_submit_one(struct kioctx *ctx, struct iocb __user *user_iocb,
 			req->ki_eventfd = NULL;
 			goto out_put_req;
 		}
+
+		req->common.ki_flags |= IOCB_EVENTFD;
 	}
 
 	ret = put_user(KIOCB_KEY, &user_iocb->aio_key);
@@ -1530,11 +1568,10 @@ static int io_submit_one(struct kioctx *ctx, struct iocb __user *user_iocb,
 		goto out_put_req;
 	}
 
-	req->ki_obj.user = user_iocb;
+	req->ki_user_iocb = user_iocb;
 	req->ki_user_data = iocb->aio_data;
-	req->ki_pos = iocb->aio_offset;
 
-	ret = aio_run_iocb(req, iocb->aio_lio_opcode,
+	ret = aio_run_iocb(&req->common, iocb->aio_lio_opcode,
 			   (char __user *)(unsigned long)iocb->aio_buf,
 			   iocb->aio_nbytes,
 			   compat);
@@ -1623,10 +1660,10 @@ SYSCALL_DEFINE3(io_submit, aio_context_t, ctx_id, long, nr,
 /* lookup_kiocb
  *	Finds a given iocb for cancellation.
  */
-static struct kiocb *lookup_kiocb(struct kioctx *ctx, struct iocb __user *iocb,
-				  u32 key)
+static struct aio_kiocb *
+lookup_kiocb(struct kioctx *ctx, struct iocb __user *iocb, u32 key)
 {
-	struct list_head *pos;
+	struct aio_kiocb *kiocb;
 
 	assert_spin_locked(&ctx->ctx_lock);
 
@@ -1634,9 +1671,8 @@ static struct kiocb *lookup_kiocb(struct kioctx *ctx, struct iocb __user *iocb,
 		return NULL;
 
 	/* TODO: use a hash or array, this sucks. */
-	list_for_each(pos, &ctx->active_reqs) {
-		struct kiocb *kiocb = list_kiocb(pos);
-		if (kiocb->ki_obj.user == iocb)
+	list_for_each_entry(kiocb, &ctx->active_reqs, ki_list) {
+		if (kiocb->ki_user_iocb == iocb)
 			return kiocb;
 	}
 	return NULL;
@@ -1656,7 +1692,7 @@ SYSCALL_DEFINE3(io_cancel, aio_context_t, ctx_id, struct iocb __user *, iocb,
 		struct io_event __user *, result)
 {
 	struct kioctx *ctx;
-	struct kiocb *kiocb;
+	struct aio_kiocb *kiocb;
 	u32 key;
 	int ret;
 
diff --git a/fs/direct-io.c b/fs/direct-io.c
index e181b6b..c38b460 100644
--- a/fs/direct-io.c
+++ b/fs/direct-io.c
@@ -265,7 +265,7 @@ static ssize_t dio_complete(struct dio *dio, loff_t offset, ssize_t ret,
 				ret = err;
 		}
 
-		aio_complete(dio->iocb, ret, 0);
+		dio->iocb->ki_complete(dio->iocb, ret, 0);
 	}
 
 	kmem_cache_free(dio_cache, dio);
@@ -1056,7 +1056,7 @@ static inline int drop_refcount(struct dio *dio)
 	 * operation.  AIO can if it was a broken operation described above or
 	 * in fact if all the bios race to complete before we get here.  In
 	 * that case dio_complete() translates the EIOCBQUEUED into the proper
-	 * return code that the caller will hand to aio_complete().
+	 * return code that the caller will hand to ->complete().
 	 *
 	 * This is managed by the bio_lock instead of being an atomic_t so that
 	 * completion paths can drop their ref and use the remaining count to
diff --git a/fs/fuse/file.c b/fs/fuse/file.c
index f81d83e..a5c5e38 100644
--- a/fs/fuse/file.c
+++ b/fs/fuse/file.c
@@ -584,7 +584,7 @@ static void fuse_aio_complete(struct fuse_io_priv *io, int err, ssize_t pos)
 			spin_unlock(&fc->lock);
 		}
 
-		aio_complete(io->iocb, res, 0);
+		io->iocb->ki_complete(io->iocb, res, 0);
 		kfree(io);
 	}
 }
diff --git a/fs/nfs/direct.c b/fs/nfs/direct.c
index 8d6f3f5..c3929fb 100644
--- a/fs/nfs/direct.c
+++ b/fs/nfs/direct.c
@@ -393,7 +393,7 @@ static void nfs_direct_complete(struct nfs_direct_req *dreq, bool write)
 		long res = (long) dreq->error;
 		if (!res)
 			res = (long) dreq->count;
-		aio_complete(dreq->iocb, res, 0);
+		dreq->iocb->ki_complete(dreq->iocb, res, 0);
 	}
 
 	complete_all(&dreq->completion);
diff --git a/include/linux/aio.h b/include/linux/aio.h
index f851643..5c40b61 100644
--- a/include/linux/aio.h
+++ b/include/linux/aio.h
@@ -14,67 +14,38 @@ struct kiocb;
 
 #define KIOCB_KEY		0
 
-/*
- * We use ki_cancel == KIOCB_CANCELLED to indicate that a kiocb has been either
- * cancelled or completed (this makes a certain amount of sense because
- * successful cancellation - io_cancel() - does deliver the completion to
- * userspace).
- *
- * And since most things don't implement kiocb cancellation and we'd really like
- * kiocb completion to be lockless when possible, we use ki_cancel to
- * synchronize cancellation and completion - we only set it to KIOCB_CANCELLED
- * with xchg() or cmpxchg(), see batch_complete_aio() and kiocb_cancel().
- */
-#define KIOCB_CANCELLED		((void *) (~0ULL))
-
 typedef int (kiocb_cancel_fn)(struct kiocb *);
 
+#define IOCB_EVENTFD		(1 << 0)
+
 struct kiocb {
 	struct file		*ki_filp;
-	struct kioctx		*ki_ctx;	/* NULL for sync ops */
-	kiocb_cancel_fn		*ki_cancel;
-	void			*private;
-
-	union {
-		void __user		*user;
-	} ki_obj;
-
-	__u64			ki_user_data;	/* user's data for completion */
 	loff_t			ki_pos;
-
-	struct list_head	ki_list;	/* the aio core uses this
-						 * for cancellation */
-
-	/*
-	 * If the aio_resfd field of the userspace iocb is not zero,
-	 * this is the underlying eventfd context to deliver events to.
-	 */
-	struct eventfd_ctx	*ki_eventfd;
+	void (*ki_complete)(struct kiocb *iocb, long ret, long ret2);
+	void			*private;
+	int			ki_flags;
 };
 
 static inline bool is_sync_kiocb(struct kiocb *kiocb)
 {
-	return kiocb->ki_ctx == NULL;
+	return kiocb->ki_complete == NULL;
 }
 
 static inline void init_sync_kiocb(struct kiocb *kiocb, struct file *filp)
 {
 	*kiocb = (struct kiocb) {
-			.ki_ctx = NULL,
 			.ki_filp = filp,
 		};
 }
 
 /* prototypes */
 #ifdef CONFIG_AIO
-extern void aio_complete(struct kiocb *iocb, long res, long res2);
 struct mm_struct;
 extern void exit_aio(struct mm_struct *mm);
 extern long do_io_submit(aio_context_t ctx_id, long nr,
 			 struct iocb __user *__user *iocbpp, bool compat);
 void kiocb_set_cancel_fn(struct kiocb *req, kiocb_cancel_fn *cancel);
 #else
-static inline void aio_complete(struct kiocb *iocb, long res, long res2) { }
 struct mm_struct;
 static inline void exit_aio(struct mm_struct *mm) { }
 static inline long do_io_submit(aio_context_t ctx_id, long nr,
@@ -84,11 +55,6 @@ static inline void kiocb_set_cancel_fn(struct kiocb *req,
 				       kiocb_cancel_fn *cancel) { }
 #endif /* CONFIG_AIO */
 
-static inline struct kiocb *list_kiocb(struct list_head *h)
-{
-	return list_entry(h, struct kiocb, ki_list);
-}
-
 /* for sysctl: */
 extern unsigned long aio_nr;
 extern unsigned long aio_max_nr;
