diff --git a/src/metadata/metadata_superblock.c b/src/metadata/metadata_superblock.c
index 6701fea..bdd25af 100644
--- a/src/metadata/metadata_superblock.c
+++ b/src/metadata/metadata_superblock.c
@@ -651,10 +651,10 @@ unsigned ocf_metadata_superblock_get_next_flapping_idx(
 	return (sb->config->flapping_idx + 1) % 2;
 }
 
-static void ocf_metadata_read_sb_complete(struct ocf_io *io, int error)
+static void ocf_metadata_read_sb_complete(struct ocf_request *req, int error)
 {
-	struct ocf_metadata_read_sb_ctx *context = io->priv1;
-	ctx_data_t *data = ocf_io_get_data(io);
+	struct ocf_metadata_read_sb_ctx *context = req->priv;
+	ctx_data_t *data = req->data;
 
 	if (!error) {
 		/* Read data from data into super block buffer */
@@ -663,12 +663,12 @@ static void ocf_metadata_read_sb_complete(struct ocf_io *io, int error)
 	}
 
 	ctx_data_free(context->ctx, data);
-	ocf_io_put(io);
 
 	context->error = error;
 	context->cmpl(context);
 
 	env_free(context);
+	env_free(req);
 }
 
 int ocf_metadata_read_sb(ocf_ctx_t ctx, ocf_volume_t volume,
@@ -676,8 +676,7 @@ int ocf_metadata_read_sb(ocf_ctx_t ctx, ocf_volume_t volume,
 {
 	struct ocf_metadata_read_sb_ctx *context;
 	size_t sb_pages = BYTES_TO_PAGES(sizeof(context->superblock));
-	ctx_data_t *data;
-	struct ocf_io *io;
+	struct ocf_request *req;
 	int result = 0;
 
 	/* Allocate memory for first page of super block */
@@ -692,43 +691,31 @@ int ocf_metadata_read_sb(ocf_ctx_t ctx, ocf_volume_t volume,
 	context->priv1 = priv1;
 	context->priv2 = priv2;
 
-	/* Allocate resources for IO */
-	io = ocf_volume_new_io(volume, NULL, 0, sb_pages * PAGE_SIZE,
-			OCF_READ, 0, 0);
-	if (!io) {
+	req = env_zalloc(sizeof(*req), ENV_MEM_NORMAL);
+	if (!req) {
 		ocf_log(ctx, log_err, "Memory allocation error");
 		result = -OCF_ERR_NO_MEM;
-		goto err_io;
+		goto err_req;
 	}
 
-	data = ctx_data_alloc(ctx, sb_pages);
-	if (!data) {
+	req->data = ctx_data_alloc(ctx, sb_pages);
+	if (!req->data) {
 		ocf_log(ctx, log_err, "Memory allocation error");
 		result = -OCF_ERR_NO_MEM;
 		goto err_data;
 	}
 
-	/*
-	 * Read first page of cache device in order to recover metadata
-	 * properties
-	 */
-	result = ocf_io_set_data(io, data, 0);
-	if (result) {
-		ocf_log(ctx, log_err, "Metadata IO configuration error\n");
-		result = -OCF_ERR_IO;
-		goto err_set_data;
-	}
+	req->volume_forward_end = ocf_metadata_read_sb_complete;
+	req->priv = context;
 
-	ocf_io_set_cmpl(io, context, NULL, ocf_metadata_read_sb_complete);
-	ocf_volume_submit_io(io);
+	ocf_req_forward_volume_io_simple(req, volume, OCF_READ, 0,
+			sb_pages * PAGE_SIZE);
 
 	return 0;
 
-err_set_data:
-	ctx_data_free(ctx, data);
 err_data:
-	ocf_io_put(io);
-err_io:
+	env_free(req);
+err_req:
 	env_free(context);
 	return result;
 }