diff --git a/include/linux/ceph/messenger.h b/include/linux/ceph/messenger.h
index c5c4c713e00f..fbd94d9fa5dd 100644
--- a/include/linux/ceph/messenger.h
+++ b/include/linux/ceph/messenger.h
@@ -44,6 +44,8 @@ struct ceph_connection_operations {
 					struct ceph_msg_header *hdr,
 					int *skip);
 
+	void (*reencode_message) (struct ceph_msg *msg);
+
 	int (*sign_message) (struct ceph_msg *msg);
 	int (*check_message_signature) (struct ceph_msg *msg);
 };
diff --git a/net/ceph/messenger.c b/net/ceph/messenger.c
index 9daed2540639..0c31035bbfee 100644
--- a/net/ceph/messenger.c
+++ b/net/ceph/messenger.c
@@ -1288,13 +1288,16 @@ static void prepare_write_message(struct ceph_connection *con)
 		m->hdr.seq = cpu_to_le64(++con->out_seq);
 		m->needs_out_seq = false;
 	}
-	WARN_ON(m->data_length != le32_to_cpu(m->hdr.data_len));
+
+	if (con->ops->reencode_message)
+		con->ops->reencode_message(m);
 
 	dout("prepare_write_message %p seq %lld type %d len %d+%d+%zd\n",
 	     m, con->out_seq, le16_to_cpu(m->hdr.type),
 	     le32_to_cpu(m->hdr.front_len), le32_to_cpu(m->hdr.middle_len),
 	     m->data_length);
-	BUG_ON(le32_to_cpu(m->hdr.front_len) != m->front.iov_len);
+	WARN_ON(m->front.iov_len != le32_to_cpu(m->hdr.front_len));
+	WARN_ON(m->data_length != le32_to_cpu(m->hdr.data_len));
 
 	/* tag + hdr + front + middle */
 	con_out_kvec_add(con, sizeof (tag_msg), &tag_msg);