diff --git a/drivers/md/dm-delay.c b/drivers/md/dm-delay.c
index 559dbb52bc85..8ad8a9044bbf 100644
--- a/drivers/md/dm-delay.c
+++ b/drivers/md/dm-delay.c
@@ -197,6 +197,7 @@ out:
 	mutex_init(&dc->timer_lock);
 	atomic_set(&dc->may_delay, 1);
 
+	ti->num_flush_requests = 1;
 	ti->private = dc;
 	return 0;
 
@@ -278,8 +279,9 @@ static int delay_map(struct dm_target *ti, struct bio *bio,
 
 	if ((bio_data_dir(bio) == WRITE) && (dc->dev_write)) {
 		bio->bi_bdev = dc->dev_write->bdev;
-		bio->bi_sector = dc->start_write +
-				 (bio->bi_sector - ti->begin);
+		if (bio_sectors(bio))
+			bio->bi_sector = dc->start_write +
+					 (bio->bi_sector - ti->begin);
 
 		return delay_bio(dc, dc->write_delay, bio);
 	}