diff --git a/[refs] b/[refs]
index 1f2fa0583f65..311bc2c0826a 100644
--- a/[refs]
+++ b/[refs]
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 ---
-refs/heads/master: 90467c294aba7f911bdae72ed86995cf1de4d364
+refs/heads/master: 7f9815f09dc201f2205981c11fadcf82a9e3cc42
diff --git a/trunk/drivers/block/osdblk.c b/trunk/drivers/block/osdblk.c
index 819002ba3433..9639565a9a6a 100644
--- a/trunk/drivers/block/osdblk.c
+++ b/trunk/drivers/block/osdblk.c
@@ -323,7 +323,7 @@ static void osdblk_rq_fn(struct request_queue *q)
 		 * driver-specific, etc.
 		 */
 
-		do_flush = (rq->special == (void *) 0xdeadbeefUL);
+		do_flush = rq->cmd_flags & REQ_FLUSH;
 		do_write = (rq_data_dir(rq) == WRITE);
 
 		if (!do_flush) { /* osd_flush does not use a bio */
@@ -380,14 +380,6 @@ static void osdblk_rq_fn(struct request_queue *q)
 	}
 }
 
-static void osdblk_prepare_flush(struct request_queue *q, struct request *rq)
-{
-	/* add driver-specific marker, to indicate that this request
-	 * is a flush command
-	 */
-	rq->special = (void *) 0xdeadbeefUL;
-}
-
 static void osdblk_free_disk(struct osdblk_device *osdev)
 {
 	struct gendisk *disk = osdev->disk;
@@ -447,7 +439,7 @@ static int osdblk_init_disk(struct osdblk_device *osdev)
 	blk_queue_stack_limits(q, osd_request_queue(osdev->osd));
 
 	blk_queue_prep_rq(q, blk_queue_start_tag);
-	blk_queue_ordered(q, QUEUE_ORDERED_DRAIN_FLUSH, osdblk_prepare_flush);
+	blk_queue_ordered(q, QUEUE_ORDERED_DRAIN_FLUSH, NULL);
 
 	disk->queue = q;