diff --git a/include/linux/backing-dev.h b/include/linux/backing-dev.h
index 3a52a63c1351e20d3df91aa59b8fff02df2e775b..1d52425a61189e15c739a1009449e97022bd2eb8 100644
--- a/include/linux/backing-dev.h
+++ b/include/linux/backing-dev.h
@@ -229,6 +229,11 @@ static inline int bdi_rw_congested(struct backing_dev_info *bdi)
 				  (1 << BDI_async_congested));
 }
 
+enum {
+	BLK_RW_ASYNC	= 0,
+	BLK_RW_SYNC	= 1,
+};
+
 void clear_bdi_congested(struct backing_dev_info *bdi, int sync);
 void set_bdi_congested(struct backing_dev_info *bdi, int sync);
 long congestion_wait(int sync, long timeout);
diff --git a/include/linux/blkdev.h b/include/linux/blkdev.h
index 0146e0fecf1aa3ae76edb1662294a0eae9c0f2df..e7cb5dbf6c26a0daa4182c1d9eca0877583113b5 100644
--- a/include/linux/blkdev.h
+++ b/include/linux/blkdev.h
@@ -70,11 +70,6 @@ enum rq_cmd_type_bits {
 	REQ_TYPE_ATA_PC,
 };
 
-enum {
-	BLK_RW_ASYNC	= 0,
-	BLK_RW_SYNC	= 1,
-};
-
 /*
  * For request of type REQ_TYPE_LINUX_BLOCK, rq->cmd[0] is the opcode being
  * sent down (similar to how REQ_TYPE_BLOCK_PC means that ->cmd[] holds a