diff --git a/pkg/keys/keys.go b/pkg/keys/keys.go
index 794c3bebc713..56e00cff1f19 100644
--- a/pkg/keys/keys.go
+++ b/pkg/keys/keys.go
@@ -804,12 +804,11 @@ func EnsureSafeSplitKey(key roachpb.Key) (roachpb.Key, error) {
 	return key[:idx], nil
 }
 
-// Range returns a key range encompassing the key ranges of all requests in the
-// Batch.
-func Range(ba roachpb.BatchRequest) (roachpb.RSpan, error) {
+// Range returns a key range encompassing the key ranges of all requests.
+func Range(reqs []roachpb.RequestUnion) (roachpb.RSpan, error) {
 	from := roachpb.RKeyMax
 	to := roachpb.RKeyMin
-	for _, arg := range ba.Requests {
+	for _, arg := range reqs {
 		req := arg.GetInner()
 		h := req.Header()
 		if !roachpb.IsRange(req) && len(h.EndKey) != 0 {
diff --git a/pkg/keys/keys_test.go b/pkg/keys/keys_test.go
index 6f73ea483f54..c3f6cb94deaf 100644
--- a/pkg/keys/keys_test.go
+++ b/pkg/keys/keys_test.go
@@ -474,7 +474,7 @@ func TestBatchRange(t *testing.T) {
 				Key: roachpb.Key(pair[0]), EndKey: roachpb.Key(pair[1]),
 			}})
 		}
-		if rs, err := Range(ba); err != nil {
+		if rs, err := Range(ba.Requests); err != nil {
 			t.Errorf("%d: %v", i, err)
 		} else if actPair := [2]string{string(rs.Key), string(rs.EndKey)}; !reflect.DeepEqual(actPair, c.exp) {
 			t.Errorf("%d: expected [%q,%q), got [%q,%q)", i, c.exp[0], c.exp[1], actPair[0], actPair[1])
@@ -503,7 +503,7 @@ func TestBatchError(t *testing.T) {
 		ba.Add(&roachpb.ScanRequest{RequestHeader: roachpb.RequestHeader{
 			Key: roachpb.Key(c.req[0]), EndKey: roachpb.Key(c.req[1]),
 		}})
-		if _, err := Range(ba); !testutils.IsError(err, c.errMsg) {
+		if _, err := Range(ba.Requests); !testutils.IsError(err, c.errMsg) {
 			t.Errorf("%d: unexpected error %v", i, err)
 		}
 	}
@@ -513,7 +513,7 @@ func TestBatchError(t *testing.T) {
 	ba.Add(&roachpb.GetRequest{RequestHeader: roachpb.RequestHeader{
 		Key: roachpb.Key("a"), EndKey: roachpb.Key("b"),
 	}})
-	if _, err := Range(ba); !testutils.IsError(err, "end key specified for non-range operation") {
+	if _, err := Range(ba.Requests); !testutils.IsError(err, "end key specified for non-range operation") {
 		t.Errorf("unexpected error %v", err)
 	}
 }
diff --git a/pkg/kv/dist_sender.go b/pkg/kv/dist_sender.go
index b86ea8a9c6dc..a537093dbd89 100644
--- a/pkg/kv/dist_sender.go
+++ b/pkg/kv/dist_sender.go
@@ -703,7 +703,7 @@ func (ds *DistSender) Send(
 		// Local addressing has already been resolved.
 		// TODO(tschottdorf): consider rudimentary validation of the batch here
 		// (for example, non-range requests with EndKey, or empty key ranges).
-		rs, err := keys.Range(ba)
+		rs, err := keys.Range(ba.Requests)
 		if err != nil {
 			return nil, roachpb.NewError(err)
 		}
@@ -840,7 +840,7 @@ func (ds *DistSender) divideAndSendParallelCommit(
 	// over multiple ranges, so call into divideAndSendBatchToRanges.
 	qiBa := ba
 	qiBa.Requests = swappedReqs[swapIdx+1:]
-	qiRS, err := keys.Range(qiBa)
+	qiRS, err := keys.Range(qiBa.Requests)
 	if err != nil {
 		return br, roachpb.NewError(err)
 	}
@@ -882,7 +882,7 @@ func (ds *DistSender) divideAndSendParallelCommit(
 	// QueryIntent requests. Make sure to determine the request's
 	// new key span.
 	ba.Requests = swappedReqs[:swapIdx+1]
-	rs, err = keys.Range(ba)
+	rs, err = keys.Range(ba.Requests)
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, roachpb.NewError(err)
 	}
diff --git a/pkg/kv/dist_sender_test.go b/pkg/kv/dist_sender_test.go
index 1dc215b0d4c4..40bb729c85a3 100644
--- a/pkg/kv/dist_sender_test.go
+++ b/pkg/kv/dist_sender_test.go
@@ -1114,7 +1114,7 @@ func TestRetryOnWrongReplicaError(t *testing.T) {
 		_ ReplicaSlice,
 		ba roachpb.BatchRequest,
 	) (*roachpb.BatchResponse, error) {
-		rs, err := keys.Range(ba)
+		rs, err := keys.Range(ba.Requests)
 		if err != nil {
 			t.Fatal(err)
 		}
@@ -1211,7 +1211,7 @@ func TestRetryOnWrongReplicaErrorWithSuggestion(t *testing.T) {
 		_ ReplicaSlice,
 		ba roachpb.BatchRequest,
 	) (*roachpb.BatchResponse, error) {
-		rs, err := keys.Range(ba)
+		rs, err := keys.Range(ba.Requests)
 		if err != nil {
 			t.Fatal(err)
 		}
@@ -1652,7 +1652,7 @@ func TestMultiRangeMergeStaleDescriptor(t *testing.T) {
 		_ ReplicaSlice,
 		ba roachpb.BatchRequest,
 	) (*roachpb.BatchResponse, error) {
-		rs, err := keys.Range(ba)
+		rs, err := keys.Range(ba.Requests)
 		if err != nil {
 			t.Fatal(err)
 		}
@@ -1867,7 +1867,7 @@ func TestTruncateWithSpanAndDescriptor(t *testing.T) {
 		_ ReplicaSlice,
 		ba roachpb.BatchRequest,
 	) (*roachpb.BatchResponse, error) {
-		rs, err := keys.Range(ba)
+		rs, err := keys.Range(ba.Requests)
 		if err != nil {
 			t.Fatal(err)
 		}
@@ -3264,7 +3264,7 @@ func TestEvictMetaRange(t *testing.T) {
 			_ ReplicaSlice,
 			ba roachpb.BatchRequest,
 		) (*roachpb.BatchResponse, error) {
-			rs, err := keys.Range(ba)
+			rs, err := keys.Range(ba.Requests)
 			if err != nil {
 				t.Fatal(err)
 			}
@@ -3431,7 +3431,7 @@ func TestEvictionTokenCoalesce(t *testing.T) {
 		_ ReplicaSlice,
 		ba roachpb.BatchRequest,
 	) (*roachpb.BatchResponse, error) {
-		rs, err := keys.Range(ba)
+		rs, err := keys.Range(ba.Requests)
 		br := ba.CreateReply()
 		if err != nil {
 			br.Error = roachpb.NewError(err)
diff --git a/pkg/storage/replica.go b/pkg/storage/replica.go
index 819ed140c617..0f4480c6a8aa 100644
--- a/pkg/storage/replica.go
+++ b/pkg/storage/replica.go
@@ -1220,7 +1220,7 @@ func (r *Replica) executeAdminBatch(
 		return nil, roachpb.NewErrorf("only single-element admin batches allowed")
 	}
 
-	rSpan, err := keys.Range(ba)
+	rSpan, err := keys.Range(ba.Requests)
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, roachpb.NewError(err)
 	}
diff --git a/pkg/storage/replica_raft.go b/pkg/storage/replica_raft.go
index a563c0acc0f1..90e2a219e6f0 100644
--- a/pkg/storage/replica_raft.go
+++ b/pkg/storage/replica_raft.go
@@ -84,7 +84,7 @@ func (r *Replica) evalAndPropose(
 	}
 	r.mu.RUnlock()
 
-	rSpan, err := keys.Range(ba)
+	rSpan, err := keys.Range(ba.Requests)
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, nil, 0, roachpb.NewError(err)
 	}
diff --git a/pkg/storage/replica_read.go b/pkg/storage/replica_read.go
index 321546466304..47e82005a115 100644
--- a/pkg/storage/replica_read.go
+++ b/pkg/storage/replica_read.go
@@ -72,7 +72,7 @@ func (r *Replica) executeReadOnlyBatch(
 		return nil, roachpb.NewError(err)
 	}
 
-	rSpan, err := keys.Range(ba)
+	rSpan, err := keys.Range(ba.Requests)
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, roachpb.NewError(err)
 	}
diff --git a/pkg/storage/store_test.go b/pkg/storage/store_test.go
index db1b74245b47..9782ef687fe6 100644
--- a/pkg/storage/store_test.go
+++ b/pkg/storage/store_test.go
@@ -72,7 +72,7 @@ func (s *Store) TestSender() client.Sender {
 		// If the client hasn't set ba.Range, we do it a favor and figure out the
 		// range to which the request needs to go.
 		//
-		// NOTE: We don't use keys.Range(ba) here because that does some
+		// NOTE: We don't use keys.Range(ba.Requests) here because that does some
 		// validation on the batch, and some tests using this sender don't like
 		// that.
 		key, err := keys.Addr(ba.Requests[0].GetInner().Header().Key)
@@ -150,7 +150,7 @@ func (db *testSender) Send(
 		return nil, roachpb.NewErrorf("%s method not supported", et.Method())
 	}
 	// Lookup range and direct request.
-	rs, err := keys.Range(ba)
+	rs, err := keys.Range(ba.Requests)
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, roachpb.NewError(err)
 	}