diff --git a/block/blk-flush.c b/block/blk-flush.c
index 72905f862d31..f357f1fc411c 100644
--- a/block/blk-flush.c
+++ b/block/blk-flush.c
@@ -77,7 +77,7 @@ static void post_flush_end_io(struct request *rq, int error)
 static void init_flush_request(struct request *rq, struct gendisk *disk)
 {
 	rq->cmd_type = REQ_TYPE_FS;
-	rq->cmd_flags = REQ_FLUSH;
+	rq->cmd_flags = WRITE_FLUSH;
 	rq->rq_disk = disk;
 }