diff --git a/block/blk-flush.c b/block/blk-flush.c
index 0e42adcfb55e..c41fc19f75d1 100644
--- a/block/blk-flush.c
+++ b/block/blk-flush.c
@@ -307,16 +307,8 @@ static bool blk_kick_flush(struct request_queue *q)
 	q->flush_pending_idx ^= 1;
 
 	blk_rq_init(q, q->flush_rq);
-	if (q->mq_ops) {
-		/*
-		 * Reuse the tag value from the fist waiting request,
-		 * with blk-mq the tag is generated during request
-		 * allocation and drivers can rely on it being inside
-		 * the range they asked for.
-		 */
-		q->flush_rq->mq_ctx = first_rq->mq_ctx;
-		q->flush_rq->tag = first_rq->tag;
-	}
+	if (q->mq_ops)
+		blk_mq_clone_flush_request(q->flush_rq, first_rq);
 
 	q->flush_rq->cmd_type = REQ_TYPE_FS;
 	q->flush_rq->cmd_flags = WRITE_FLUSH | REQ_FLUSH_SEQ;
diff --git a/block/blk-mq.c b/block/blk-mq.c
index d9d0984d2f01..e644feec068c 100644
--- a/block/blk-mq.c
+++ b/block/blk-mq.c
@@ -275,6 +275,26 @@ void blk_mq_free_request(struct request *rq)
 	__blk_mq_free_request(hctx, ctx, rq);
 }
 
+/*
+ * Clone all relevant state from a request that has been put on hold in
+ * the flush state machine into the preallocated flush request that hangs
+ * off the request queue.
+ *
+ * For a driver the flush request should be invisible, that's why we are
+ * impersonating the original request here.
+ */
+void blk_mq_clone_flush_request(struct request *flush_rq,
+		struct request *orig_rq)
+{
+	struct blk_mq_hw_ctx *hctx =
+		orig_rq->q->mq_ops->map_queue(orig_rq->q, orig_rq->mq_ctx->cpu);
+
+	flush_rq->mq_ctx = orig_rq->mq_ctx;
+	flush_rq->tag = orig_rq->tag;
+	memcpy(blk_mq_rq_to_pdu(flush_rq), blk_mq_rq_to_pdu(orig_rq),
+		hctx->cmd_size);
+}
+
 bool blk_mq_end_io_partial(struct request *rq, int error, unsigned int nr_bytes)
 {
 	if (blk_update_request(rq, error, blk_rq_bytes(rq)))
diff --git a/block/blk-mq.h b/block/blk-mq.h
index 238379a612e4..7964dadb7d64 100644
--- a/block/blk-mq.h
+++ b/block/blk-mq.h
@@ -27,6 +27,8 @@ void blk_mq_run_hw_queue(struct blk_mq_hw_ctx *hctx, bool async);
 void blk_mq_init_flush(struct request_queue *q);
 void blk_mq_drain_queue(struct request_queue *q);
 void blk_mq_free_queue(struct request_queue *q);
+void blk_mq_clone_flush_request(struct request *flush_rq,
+		struct request *orig_rq);
 
 /*
  * CPU hotplug helpers