diff --git a/drivers/block/xen-blkfront.c b/drivers/block/xen-blkfront.c
index 6405b65577926876587300e535490badf71f3414..ca13df8546396cf6a7dd72c3a288f27623681baf 100644
--- a/drivers/block/xen-blkfront.c
+++ b/drivers/block/xen-blkfront.c
@@ -998,7 +998,8 @@ static const char *flush_info(unsigned int feature_flush)
 
 static void xlvbd_flush(struct blkfront_info *info)
 {
-	blk_queue_flush(info->rq, info->feature_flush);
+	blk_queue_write_cache(info->rq, info->feature_flush & REQ_FLUSH,
+				info->feature_flush & REQ_FUA);
 	pr_info("blkfront: %s: %s %s %s %s %s\n",
 		info->gd->disk_name, flush_info(info->feature_flush),
 		"persistent grants:", info->feature_persistent ?