diff --git a/fs/bio.c b/fs/bio.c
index 4ce24ee5dcd0..e437f9aae67d 100644
--- a/fs/bio.c
+++ b/fs/bio.c
@@ -829,6 +829,76 @@ void bio_advance(struct bio *bio, unsigned bytes)
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(bio_advance);
 
+/**
+ * bio_copy_data - copy contents of data buffers from one chain of bios to
+ * another
+ * @src: source bio list
+ * @dst: destination bio list
+ *
+ * If @src and @dst are single bios, bi_next must be NULL - otherwise, treats
+ * @src and @dst as linked lists of bios.
+ *
+ * Stops when it reaches the end of either @src or @dst - that is, copies
+ * min(src->bi_size, dst->bi_size) bytes (or the equivalent for lists of bios).
+ */
+void bio_copy_data(struct bio *dst, struct bio *src)
+{
+	struct bio_vec *src_bv, *dst_bv;
+	unsigned src_offset, dst_offset, bytes;
+	void *src_p, *dst_p;
+
+	src_bv = bio_iovec(src);
+	dst_bv = bio_iovec(dst);
+
+	src_offset = src_bv->bv_offset;
+	dst_offset = dst_bv->bv_offset;
+
+	while (1) {
+		if (src_offset == src_bv->bv_offset + src_bv->bv_len) {
+			src_bv++;
+			if (src_bv == bio_iovec_idx(src, src->bi_vcnt)) {
+				src = src->bi_next;
+				if (!src)
+					break;
+
+				src_bv = bio_iovec(src);
+			}
+
+			src_offset = src_bv->bv_offset;
+		}
+
+		if (dst_offset == dst_bv->bv_offset + dst_bv->bv_len) {
+			dst_bv++;
+			if (dst_bv == bio_iovec_idx(dst, dst->bi_vcnt)) {
+				dst = dst->bi_next;
+				if (!dst)
+					break;
+
+				dst_bv = bio_iovec(dst);
+			}
+
+			dst_offset = dst_bv->bv_offset;
+		}
+
+		bytes = min(dst_bv->bv_offset + dst_bv->bv_len - dst_offset,
+			    src_bv->bv_offset + src_bv->bv_len - src_offset);
+
+		src_p = kmap_atomic(src_bv->bv_page);
+		dst_p = kmap_atomic(dst_bv->bv_page);
+
+		memcpy(dst_p + dst_bv->bv_offset,
+		       src_p + src_bv->bv_offset,
+		       bytes);
+
+		kunmap_atomic(dst_p);
+		kunmap_atomic(src_p);
+
+		src_offset += bytes;
+		dst_offset += bytes;
+	}
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL(bio_copy_data);
+
 struct bio_map_data {
 	struct bio_vec *iovecs;
 	struct sg_iovec *sgvecs;
diff --git a/include/linux/bio.h b/include/linux/bio.h
index b20a9cd776dd..90d36c65cb70 100644
--- a/include/linux/bio.h
+++ b/include/linux/bio.h
@@ -286,6 +286,8 @@ static inline void bio_flush_dcache_pages(struct bio *bi)
 }
 #endif
 
+extern void bio_copy_data(struct bio *dst, struct bio *src);
+
 extern struct bio *bio_copy_user(struct request_queue *, struct rq_map_data *,
 				 unsigned long, unsigned int, int, gfp_t);
 extern struct bio *bio_copy_user_iov(struct request_queue *,