diff --git a/[refs] b/[refs]
index 9eeee4d386fa..49f6658650e4 100644
--- a/[refs]
+++ b/[refs]
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 ---
-refs/heads/master: 4d1529043705737ba442f5a0048043718e601ce4
+refs/heads/master: 005a1d15f5a6b2bb4ada80349513effbf22b4588
diff --git a/trunk/drivers/block/xen-blkfront.c b/trunk/drivers/block/xen-blkfront.c
index f2ffc46644df..739b4c1416ea 100644
--- a/trunk/drivers/block/xen-blkfront.c
+++ b/trunk/drivers/block/xen-blkfront.c
@@ -1067,8 +1067,15 @@ static void blkfront_connect(struct blkfront_info *info)
 	 * If there are barriers, then we use flush.
 	 */
 	info->feature_flush = 0;
+
+	/*
+	 * The driver doesn't properly handled empty flushes, so
+	 * lets disable barrier support for now.
+	 */
+#if 0
 	if (!err && barrier)
 		info->feature_flush = REQ_FLUSH;
+#endif
 
 	err = xlvbd_alloc_gendisk(sectors, info, binfo, sector_size);
 	if (err) {