diff --git a/drivers/block/drbd/drbd_receiver.c b/drivers/block/drbd/drbd_receiver.c
index e54404c632e72..34b112752ab10 100644
--- a/drivers/block/drbd/drbd_receiver.c
+++ b/drivers/block/drbd/drbd_receiver.c
@@ -1283,7 +1283,7 @@ static void one_flush_endio(struct bio *bio)
 static void submit_one_flush(struct drbd_device *device, struct issue_flush_context *ctx)
 {
 	struct bio *bio = bio_alloc(device->ldev->backing_bdev, 0,
-				    REQ_OP_FLUSH | REQ_PREFLUSH, GFP_NOIO);
+				    REQ_OP_WRITE | REQ_PREFLUSH, GFP_NOIO);
 	struct one_flush_context *octx = kmalloc(sizeof(*octx), GFP_NOIO);
 
 	if (!octx) {