diff --git a/fs/ceph/file.c b/fs/ceph/file.c
index 213e7d98248a2..0265f9ae0ab95 100644
--- a/fs/ceph/file.c
+++ b/fs/ceph/file.c
@@ -858,7 +858,7 @@ static void ceph_aio_retry_work(struct work_struct *work)
 	}
 	spin_unlock(&ci->i_ceph_lock);
 
-	req = ceph_osdc_alloc_request(orig_req->r_osdc, snapc, 2,
+	req = ceph_osdc_alloc_request(orig_req->r_osdc, snapc, 1,
 			false, GFP_NOFS);
 	if (!req) {
 		ret = -ENOMEM;