diff --git a/block/blk-mq-debugfs.c b/block/blk-mq-debugfs.c
index 25d41151073d445d50d758dddef8881ac2a31f22..dd890d5e0fbdc626b4a6c7e27064f41408caf093 100644
--- a/block/blk-mq-debugfs.c
+++ b/block/blk-mq-debugfs.c
@@ -290,13 +290,13 @@ static const char *const rqf_name[] = {
 	RQF_NAME(SPECIAL_PAYLOAD),
 	RQF_NAME(ZONE_WRITE_LOCKED),
 	RQF_NAME(MQ_TIMEOUT_EXPIRED),
+	RQF_NAME(MQ_POLL_SLEPT),
 };
 #undef RQF_NAME
 
 #define RQAF_NAME(name) [REQ_ATOM_##name] = #name
 static const char *const rqaf_name[] = {
 	RQAF_NAME(COMPLETE),
-	RQAF_NAME(POLL_SLEPT),
 };
 #undef RQAF_NAME
 
diff --git a/block/blk-mq.c b/block/blk-mq.c
index 266fc4f6b046f29cc6c1f45d476232880fc0ecfe..3239ca9e199f52a0fc01e1be6af133782b406401 100644
--- a/block/blk-mq.c
+++ b/block/blk-mq.c
@@ -483,7 +483,6 @@ void blk_mq_free_request(struct request *rq)
 		blk_put_rl(blk_rq_rl(rq));
 
 	blk_mq_rq_update_state(rq, MQ_RQ_IDLE);
-	clear_bit(REQ_ATOM_POLL_SLEPT, &rq->atomic_flags);
 	if (rq->tag != -1)
 		blk_mq_put_tag(hctx, hctx->tags, ctx, rq->tag);
 	if (sched_tag != -1)
@@ -2976,7 +2975,7 @@ static bool blk_mq_poll_hybrid_sleep(struct request_queue *q,
 	unsigned int nsecs;
 	ktime_t kt;
 
-	if (test_bit(REQ_ATOM_POLL_SLEPT, &rq->atomic_flags))
+	if (rq->rq_flags & RQF_MQ_POLL_SLEPT)
 		return false;
 
 	/*
@@ -2996,7 +2995,7 @@ static bool blk_mq_poll_hybrid_sleep(struct request_queue *q,
 	if (!nsecs)
 		return false;
 
-	set_bit(REQ_ATOM_POLL_SLEPT, &rq->atomic_flags);
+	rq->rq_flags |= RQF_MQ_POLL_SLEPT;
 
 	/*
 	 * This will be replaced with the stats tracking code, using
diff --git a/block/blk.h b/block/blk.h
index a68dbe312ea36377064af0da0628437edb60fab8..eb306c52121ed70b8a3c84f394a8970e9ba834e5 100644
--- a/block/blk.h
+++ b/block/blk.h
@@ -124,8 +124,6 @@ void blk_account_io_done(struct request *req);
  */
 enum rq_atomic_flags {
 	REQ_ATOM_COMPLETE = 0,
-
-	REQ_ATOM_POLL_SLEPT,
 };
 
 /*
diff --git a/include/linux/blkdev.h b/include/linux/blkdev.h
index 007a7cf1f262157181043a71dfdcf64e6a688dbe..ba31674d8581de32d5bb1e7f7c298822de529b8a 100644
--- a/include/linux/blkdev.h
+++ b/include/linux/blkdev.h
@@ -127,6 +127,8 @@ typedef __u32 __bitwise req_flags_t;
 #define RQF_ZONE_WRITE_LOCKED	((__force req_flags_t)(1 << 19))
 /* timeout is expired */
 #define RQF_MQ_TIMEOUT_EXPIRED	((__force req_flags_t)(1 << 20))
+/* already slept for hybrid poll */
+#define RQF_MQ_POLL_SLEPT	((__force req_flags_t)(1 << 21))
 
 /* flags that prevent us from merging requests: */
 #define RQF_NOMERGE_FLAGS \