diff --git a/[refs] b/[refs]
index 5b1221f190fe..17118cdf1c69 100644
--- a/[refs]
+++ b/[refs]
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 ---
-refs/heads/master: cad9751642b62cbb5f62feedc546b4f7890497d4
+refs/heads/master: 783660b2f60418144e168ab75a06786f9695fc70
diff --git a/trunk/block/elevator.c b/trunk/block/elevator.c
index d03762399147..25f6ef28e3bb 100644
--- a/trunk/block/elevator.c
+++ b/trunk/block/elevator.c
@@ -413,6 +413,8 @@ void elv_dispatch_sort(request_queue_t *q, struct request *rq)
 	list_for_each_prev(entry, &q->queue_head) {
 		struct request *pos = list_entry_rq(entry);
 
+		if (rq_data_dir(rq) != rq_data_dir(pos))
+			break;
 		if (pos->cmd_flags & (REQ_SOFTBARRIER|REQ_HARDBARRIER|REQ_STARTED))
 			break;
 		if (rq->sector >= boundary) {