diff --git a/fs/block_dev.c b/fs/block_dev.c
index 50e8c85..b737451 100644
--- a/fs/block_dev.c
+++ b/fs/block_dev.c
@@ -370,7 +370,7 @@
 	 */
 	mutex_unlock(&bd_inode->i_mutex);
 
-	error = blkdev_issue_flush(bdev, GFP_KERNEL, NULL, BLKDEV_IFL_WAIT);
+	error = blkdev_issue_flush(bdev, GFP_KERNEL, NULL);
 	if (error == -EOPNOTSUPP)
 		error = 0;
 
diff --git a/fs/btrfs/extent-tree.c b/fs/btrfs/extent-tree.c
index 43dc9ea..0b81ecd 100644
--- a/fs/btrfs/extent-tree.c
+++ b/fs/btrfs/extent-tree.c
@@ -1695,8 +1695,7 @@
 static void btrfs_issue_discard(struct block_device *bdev,
 				u64 start, u64 len)
 {
-	blkdev_issue_discard(bdev, start >> 9, len >> 9, GFP_KERNEL,
-			BLKDEV_IFL_WAIT);
+	blkdev_issue_discard(bdev, start >> 9, len >> 9, GFP_KERNEL, 0);
 }
 
 static int btrfs_discard_extent(struct btrfs_root *root, u64 bytenr,
diff --git a/fs/ext3/fsync.c b/fs/ext3/fsync.c
index d7e9f74..09b13bb 100644
--- a/fs/ext3/fsync.c
+++ b/fs/ext3/fsync.c
@@ -90,7 +90,6 @@
 	 * storage
 	 */
 	if (needs_barrier)
-		blkdev_issue_flush(inode->i_sb->s_bdev, GFP_KERNEL, NULL,
-				BLKDEV_IFL_WAIT);
+		blkdev_issue_flush(inode->i_sb->s_bdev, GFP_KERNEL, NULL);
 	return ret;
 }
diff --git a/fs/ext4/fsync.c b/fs/ext4/fsync.c
index 592adf2..3f3ff5e 100644
--- a/fs/ext4/fsync.c
+++ b/fs/ext4/fsync.c
@@ -128,10 +128,9 @@
 		    (journal->j_fs_dev != journal->j_dev) &&
 		    (journal->j_flags & JBD2_BARRIER))
 			blkdev_issue_flush(inode->i_sb->s_bdev, GFP_KERNEL,
-					NULL, BLKDEV_IFL_WAIT);
+					NULL);
 		ret = jbd2_log_wait_commit(journal, commit_tid);
 	} else if (journal->j_flags & JBD2_BARRIER)
-		blkdev_issue_flush(inode->i_sb->s_bdev, GFP_KERNEL, NULL,
-			BLKDEV_IFL_WAIT);
+		blkdev_issue_flush(inode->i_sb->s_bdev, GFP_KERNEL, NULL);
 	return ret;
 }
diff --git a/fs/ext4/mballoc.c b/fs/ext4/mballoc.c
index a22bfef..19aa0d4 100644
--- a/fs/ext4/mballoc.c
+++ b/fs/ext4/mballoc.c
@@ -2566,8 +2566,7 @@
 	discard_block = block + ext4_group_first_block_no(sb, block_group);
 	trace_ext4_discard_blocks(sb,
 			(unsigned long long) discard_block, count);
-	ret = sb_issue_discard(sb, discard_block, count, GFP_NOFS,
-			       BLKDEV_IFL_WAIT);
+	ret = sb_issue_discard(sb, discard_block, count, GFP_NOFS, 0);
 	if (ret == EOPNOTSUPP) {
 		ext4_warning(sb, "discard not supported, disabling");
 		clear_opt(EXT4_SB(sb)->s_mount_opt, DISCARD);
diff --git a/fs/fat/fatent.c b/fs/fat/fatent.c
index f9a0b7a..b47d2c9 100644
--- a/fs/fat/fatent.c
+++ b/fs/fat/fatent.c
@@ -578,8 +578,7 @@
 				sb_issue_discard(sb,
 					fat_clus_to_blknr(sbi, first_cl),
 					nr_clus * sbi->sec_per_clus,
-					GFP_NOFS,
-					BLKDEV_IFL_WAIT);
+					GFP_NOFS, 0);
 
 				first_cl = cluster;
 			}
diff --git a/fs/gfs2/rgrp.c b/fs/gfs2/rgrp.c
index 3793164..38b3ea1 100644
--- a/fs/gfs2/rgrp.c
+++ b/fs/gfs2/rgrp.c
@@ -854,7 +854,7 @@
 				if ((start + nr_sects) != blk) {
 					rv = blkdev_issue_discard(bdev, start,
 							    nr_sects, GFP_NOFS,
-							    BLKDEV_IFL_WAIT);
+							    0);
 					if (rv)
 						goto fail;
 					nr_sects = 0;
@@ -868,8 +868,7 @@
 		}
 	}
 	if (nr_sects) {
-		rv = blkdev_issue_discard(bdev, start, nr_sects, GFP_NOFS,
-					 BLKDEV_IFL_WAIT);
+		rv = blkdev_issue_discard(bdev, start, nr_sects, GFP_NOFS, 0);
 		if (rv)
 			goto fail;
 	}
diff --git a/fs/jbd2/checkpoint.c b/fs/jbd2/checkpoint.c
index 5247e7f..6571a05 100644
--- a/fs/jbd2/checkpoint.c
+++ b/fs/jbd2/checkpoint.c
@@ -532,8 +532,7 @@
 	 */
 	if ((journal->j_fs_dev != journal->j_dev) &&
 	    (journal->j_flags & JBD2_BARRIER))
-		blkdev_issue_flush(journal->j_fs_dev, GFP_KERNEL, NULL,
-			BLKDEV_IFL_WAIT);
+		blkdev_issue_flush(journal->j_fs_dev, GFP_KERNEL, NULL);
 	if (!(journal->j_flags & JBD2_ABORT))
 		jbd2_journal_update_superblock(journal, 1);
 	return 0;
diff --git a/fs/jbd2/commit.c b/fs/jbd2/commit.c
index f204e27..cb43c60 100644
--- a/fs/jbd2/commit.c
+++ b/fs/jbd2/commit.c
@@ -684,8 +684,7 @@
 	if (commit_transaction->t_flushed_data_blocks &&
 	    (journal->j_fs_dev != journal->j_dev) &&
 	    (journal->j_flags & JBD2_BARRIER))
-		blkdev_issue_flush(journal->j_fs_dev, GFP_KERNEL, NULL,
-			BLKDEV_IFL_WAIT);
+		blkdev_issue_flush(journal->j_fs_dev, GFP_KERNEL, NULL);
 
 	/* Done it all: now write the commit record asynchronously. */
 	if (JBD2_HAS_INCOMPAT_FEATURE(journal,
@@ -810,8 +809,7 @@
 	if (JBD2_HAS_INCOMPAT_FEATURE(journal,
 				      JBD2_FEATURE_INCOMPAT_ASYNC_COMMIT) &&
 	    journal->j_flags & JBD2_BARRIER) {
-		blkdev_issue_flush(journal->j_dev, GFP_KERNEL, NULL,
-				   BLKDEV_IFL_WAIT);
+		blkdev_issue_flush(journal->j_dev, GFP_KERNEL, NULL);
 	}
 
 	if (err)
diff --git a/fs/nilfs2/the_nilfs.c b/fs/nilfs2/the_nilfs.c
index 400b2ca..d97310f 100644
--- a/fs/nilfs2/the_nilfs.c
+++ b/fs/nilfs2/the_nilfs.c
@@ -774,7 +774,7 @@
 			ret = blkdev_issue_discard(nilfs->ns_bdev,
 						   start * sects_per_block,
 						   nblocks * sects_per_block,
-						   GFP_NOFS, BLKDEV_IFL_WAIT);
+						   GFP_NOFS, 0);
 			if (ret < 0)
 				return ret;
 			nblocks = 0;
@@ -784,7 +784,7 @@
 		ret = blkdev_issue_discard(nilfs->ns_bdev,
 					   start * sects_per_block,
 					   nblocks * sects_per_block,
-					   GFP_NOFS, BLKDEV_IFL_WAIT);
+					   GFP_NOFS, 0);
 	return ret;
 }
 
diff --git a/fs/reiserfs/file.c b/fs/reiserfs/file.c
index 6846371..91f080c 100644
--- a/fs/reiserfs/file.c
+++ b/fs/reiserfs/file.c
@@ -152,8 +152,7 @@
 	barrier_done = reiserfs_commit_for_inode(inode);
 	reiserfs_write_unlock(inode->i_sb);
 	if (barrier_done != 1 && reiserfs_barrier_flush(inode->i_sb))
-		blkdev_issue_flush(inode->i_sb->s_bdev, GFP_KERNEL, NULL, 
-			BLKDEV_IFL_WAIT);
+		blkdev_issue_flush(inode->i_sb->s_bdev, GFP_KERNEL, NULL);
 	if (barrier_done < 0)
 		return barrier_done;
 	return (err < 0) ? -EIO : 0;
diff --git a/fs/xfs/linux-2.6/xfs_super.c b/fs/xfs/linux-2.6/xfs_super.c
index 15c35b6..5fa7a30 100644
--- a/fs/xfs/linux-2.6/xfs_super.c
+++ b/fs/xfs/linux-2.6/xfs_super.c
@@ -693,8 +693,7 @@
 xfs_blkdev_issue_flush(
 	xfs_buftarg_t		*buftarg)
 {
-	blkdev_issue_flush(buftarg->bt_bdev, GFP_KERNEL, NULL,
-			BLKDEV_IFL_WAIT);
+	blkdev_issue_flush(buftarg->bt_bdev, GFP_KERNEL, NULL);
 }
 
 STATIC void