diff --git a/include/linux/blkdev.h b/include/linux/blkdev.h
index 4571ef1a12a96..cd06a41581b32 100644
--- a/include/linux/blkdev.h
+++ b/include/linux/blkdev.h
@@ -1372,6 +1372,13 @@ static inline void put_dev_sector(Sector p)
 	page_cache_release(p.v);
 }
 
+static inline bool __bvec_gap_to_prev(struct request_queue *q,
+				struct bio_vec *bprv, unsigned int offset)
+{
+	return offset ||
+		((bprv->bv_offset + bprv->bv_len) & queue_virt_boundary(q));
+}
+
 /*
  * Check if adding a bio_vec after bprv with offset would create a gap in
  * the SG list. Most drivers don't care about this, but some do.
@@ -1381,18 +1388,17 @@ static inline bool bvec_gap_to_prev(struct request_queue *q,
 {
 	if (!queue_virt_boundary(q))
 		return false;
-	return offset ||
-		((bprv->bv_offset + bprv->bv_len) & queue_virt_boundary(q));
+	return __bvec_gap_to_prev(q, bprv, offset);
 }
 
 static inline bool bio_will_gap(struct request_queue *q, struct bio *prev,
 			 struct bio *next)
 {
-	if (!bio_has_data(prev))
+	if (!bio_has_data(prev) || !queue_virt_boundary(q))
 		return false;
 
-	return bvec_gap_to_prev(q, &prev->bi_io_vec[prev->bi_vcnt - 1],
-				next->bi_io_vec[0].bv_offset);
+	return __bvec_gap_to_prev(q, &prev->bi_io_vec[prev->bi_vcnt - 1],
+				  next->bi_io_vec[0].bv_offset);
 }
 
 static inline bool req_gap_back_merge(struct request *req, struct bio *bio)