diff --git a/drivers/md/linear.c b/drivers/md/linear.c
index 5fe39c2..ea48429 100644
--- a/drivers/md/linear.c
+++ b/drivers/md/linear.c
@@ -288,7 +288,7 @@
 	sector_t start_sector;
 	int cpu;
 
-	if (unlikely(bio_barrier(bio))) {
+	if (unlikely(bio_rw_flagged(bio, BIO_RW_BARRIER))) {
 		bio_endio(bio, -EOPNOTSUPP);
 		return 0;
 	}