diff --git a/drivers/staging/lustre/lustre/include/lclient.h b/drivers/staging/lustre/lustre/include/lclient.h
index 27316f7b7a70..de8f82ccb94d 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/lustre/lustre/include/lclient.h
+++ b/drivers/staging/lustre/lustre/include/lclient.h
@@ -118,7 +118,7 @@ struct ccc_io {
 };
 
 /**
- * True, if \a io is a normal io, False for other (sendfile, splice*).
+ * True, if \a io is a normal io, False for splice_{read,write}.
  * must be impementated in arch specific code.
  */
 int cl_is_normalio(const struct lu_env *env, const struct cl_io *io);
diff --git a/drivers/staging/lustre/lustre/llite/file.c b/drivers/staging/lustre/lustre/llite/file.c
index abf5f4611abc..4c28f39e8b18 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/lustre/lustre/llite/file.c
+++ b/drivers/staging/lustre/lustre/llite/file.c
@@ -1091,10 +1091,6 @@ restart:
 				down_read(&lli->lli_trunc_sem);
 			}
 			break;
-		case IO_SENDFILE:
-			vio->u.sendfile.cui_actor = args->u.sendfile.via_actor;
-			vio->u.sendfile.cui_target = args->u.sendfile.via_target;
-			break;
 		case IO_SPLICE:
 			vio->u.splice.cui_pipe = args->u.splice.via_pipe;
 			vio->u.splice.cui_flags = args->u.splice.via_flags;
diff --git a/drivers/staging/lustre/lustre/llite/llite_internal.h b/drivers/staging/lustre/lustre/llite/llite_internal.h
index bc17c2957943..e27efd164fe8 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/lustre/lustre/llite/llite_internal.h
+++ b/drivers/staging/lustre/lustre/llite/llite_internal.h
@@ -912,8 +912,6 @@ void vvp_write_complete(struct ccc_object *club, struct ccc_page *page);
 enum vvp_io_subtype {
 	/** normal IO */
 	IO_NORMAL,
-	/** io called from .sendfile */
-	IO_SENDFILE,
 	/** io started from splice_{read|write} */
 	IO_SPLICE
 };
@@ -924,10 +922,6 @@ struct vvp_io {
 	enum vvp_io_subtype    cui_io_subtype;
 
 	union {
-		struct {
-			read_actor_t      cui_actor;
-			void	     *cui_target;
-		} sendfile;
 		struct {
 			struct pipe_inode_info *cui_pipe;
 			unsigned int	    cui_flags;
@@ -974,7 +968,7 @@ struct vvp_io {
  * IO arguments for various VFS I/O interfaces.
  */
 struct vvp_io_args {
-	/** normal/sendfile/splice */
+	/** normal/splice */
 	enum vvp_io_subtype via_io_subtype;
 
 	union {
@@ -983,10 +977,6 @@ struct vvp_io_args {
 			struct iovec      *via_iov;
 			unsigned long      via_nrsegs;
 		} normal;
-		struct {
-			read_actor_t       via_actor;
-			void	      *via_target;
-		} sendfile;
 		struct {
 			struct pipe_inode_info  *via_pipe;
 			unsigned int       via_flags;
diff --git a/drivers/staging/lustre/lustre/llite/rw.c b/drivers/staging/lustre/lustre/llite/rw.c
index e9ba38a553cf..ca8fa4eacf66 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/lustre/lustre/llite/rw.c
+++ b/drivers/staging/lustre/lustre/llite/rw.c
@@ -135,7 +135,7 @@ static struct ll_cl_context *ll_cl_init(struct file *file,
 		}
 
 		/*
-		 * Loop-back driver calls ->prepare_write() and ->sendfile()
+		 * Loop-back driver calls ->prepare_write().
 		 * methods directly, bypassing file system ->write() operation,
 		 * so cl_io has to be created here.
 		 */
diff --git a/drivers/staging/lustre/lustre/llite/vvp_io.c b/drivers/staging/lustre/lustre/llite/vvp_io.c
index 93cbfbb7e7f7..50383d365a0f 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/lustre/lustre/llite/vvp_io.c
+++ b/drivers/staging/lustre/lustre/llite/vvp_io.c
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ static struct vvp_io *cl2vvp_io(const struct lu_env *env,
 				const struct cl_io_slice *slice);
 
 /**
- * True, if \a io is a normal io, False for sendfile() / splice_{read|write}
+ * True, if \a io is a normal io, False for splice_{read,write}
  */
 int cl_is_normalio(const struct lu_env *env, const struct cl_io *io)
 {
@@ -474,20 +474,6 @@ static void vvp_io_setattr_fini(const struct lu_env *env,
 	vvp_io_fini(env, ios);
 }
 
-static ssize_t lustre_generic_file_read(struct file *file,
-					struct ccc_io *vio, loff_t *ppos)
-{
-	return generic_file_aio_read(vio->cui_iocb, vio->cui_iov,
-				     vio->cui_nrsegs, *ppos);
-}
-
-static ssize_t lustre_generic_file_write(struct file *file,
-					struct ccc_io *vio, loff_t *ppos)
-{
-	return generic_file_aio_write(vio->cui_iocb, vio->cui_iov,
-				      vio->cui_nrsegs, *ppos);
-}
-
 static int vvp_io_read_start(const struct lu_env *env,
 			     const struct cl_io_slice *ios)
 {
@@ -540,8 +526,11 @@ static int vvp_io_read_start(const struct lu_env *env,
 	file_accessed(file);
 	switch (vio->cui_io_subtype) {
 	case IO_NORMAL:
-		 result = lustre_generic_file_read(file, cio, &pos);
-		 break;
+		LASSERT(cio->cui_iocb->ki_pos == pos);
+		result = generic_file_aio_read(cio->cui_iocb,
+					       cio->cui_iov, cio->cui_nrsegs,
+					       cio->cui_iocb->ki_pos);
+		break;
 	case IO_SPLICE:
 		result = generic_file_splice_read(file, &pos,
 				vio->u.splice.cui_pipe, cnt,
@@ -586,7 +575,6 @@ static int vvp_io_write_start(const struct lu_env *env,
 	struct cl_io       *io    = ios->cis_io;
 	struct cl_object   *obj   = io->ci_obj;
 	struct inode       *inode = ccc_object_inode(obj);
-	struct file	*file  = cio->cui_fd->fd_file;
 	ssize_t result = 0;
 	loff_t pos = io->u.ci_wr.wr.crw_pos;
 	size_t cnt = io->u.ci_wr.wr.crw_count;
@@ -601,6 +589,8 @@ static int vvp_io_write_start(const struct lu_env *env,
 		 */
 		pos = io->u.ci_wr.wr.crw_pos = i_size_read(inode);
 		cio->cui_iocb->ki_pos = pos;
+	} else {
+		LASSERT(cio->cui_iocb->ki_pos == pos);
 	}
 
 	CDEBUG(D_VFSTRACE, "write: [%lli, %lli)\n", pos, pos + (long long)cnt);
@@ -608,8 +598,9 @@ static int vvp_io_write_start(const struct lu_env *env,
 	if (cio->cui_iov == NULL) /* from a temp io in ll_cl_init(). */
 		result = 0;
 	else
-		result = lustre_generic_file_write(file, cio, &pos);
-
+		result = generic_file_aio_write(cio->cui_iocb,
+						cio->cui_iov, cio->cui_nrsegs,
+						cio->cui_iocb->ki_pos);
 	if (result > 0) {
 		if (result < cnt)
 			io->ci_continue = 0;