diff --git a/drivers/block/rnbd/rnbd-srv.c b/drivers/block/rnbd/rnbd-srv.c
index 2df8941a6b14..9b3fdc202e15 100644
--- a/drivers/block/rnbd/rnbd-srv.c
+++ b/drivers/block/rnbd/rnbd-srv.c
@@ -145,18 +145,30 @@ static int process_rdma(struct rnbd_srv_session *srv_sess,
 	priv->sess_dev = sess_dev;
 	priv->id = id;
 
-	bio = bio_alloc(file_bdev(sess_dev->bdev_file), 1,
+	bio = bio_alloc(file_bdev(sess_dev->bdev_file), !!datalen,
 			rnbd_to_bio_flags(le32_to_cpu(msg->rw)), GFP_KERNEL);
-	bio_add_virt_nofail(bio, data, datalen);
-
-	bio->bi_opf = rnbd_to_bio_flags(le32_to_cpu(msg->rw));
-	if (bio_has_data(bio) &&
-	    bio->bi_iter.bi_size != le32_to_cpu(msg->bi_size)) {
-		rnbd_srv_err_rl(sess_dev, "Datalen mismatch:  bio bi_size (%u), bi_size (%u)\n",
-				bio->bi_iter.bi_size, msg->bi_size);
-		err = -EINVAL;
-		goto bio_put;
+	if (unlikely(!bio)) {
+		err = -ENOMEM;
+		goto put_sess_dev;
 	}
+
+	if (!datalen) {
+		/*
+		 * For special requests like DISCARD and WRITE_ZEROES, the datalen is zero.
+		 */
+		bio->bi_iter.bi_size = le32_to_cpu(msg->bi_size);
+	} else {
+		bio_add_virt_nofail(bio, data, datalen);
+		bio->bi_opf = rnbd_to_bio_flags(le32_to_cpu(msg->rw));
+		if (bio->bi_iter.bi_size != le32_to_cpu(msg->bi_size)) {
+			rnbd_srv_err_rl(sess_dev,
+					"Datalen mismatch:  bio bi_size (%u), bi_size (%u)\n",
+					bio->bi_iter.bi_size, msg->bi_size);
+			err = -EINVAL;
+			goto bio_put;
+		}
+	}
+
 	bio->bi_end_io = rnbd_dev_bi_end_io;
 	bio->bi_private = priv;
 	bio->bi_iter.bi_sector = le64_to_cpu(msg->sector);
@@ -170,6 +182,7 @@ static int process_rdma(struct rnbd_srv_session *srv_sess,
 
 bio_put:
 	bio_put(bio);
+put_sess_dev:
 	rnbd_put_sess_dev(sess_dev);
 err:
 	kfree(priv);