diff --git a/drivers/target/target_core_device.c b/drivers/target/target_core_device.c
index ce5f768181ff6593a7afac365214c77b0f0aceab..9ee194d1cd4be682e2bd5829ad66b304cd03719e 100644
--- a/drivers/target/target_core_device.c
+++ b/drivers/target/target_core_device.c
@@ -760,16 +760,8 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL(se_dev_set_emulate_model_alias);
 
 int se_dev_set_emulate_dpo(struct se_device *dev, int flag)
 {
-	if (flag != 0 && flag != 1) {
-		pr_err("Illegal value %d\n", flag);
-		return -EINVAL;
-	}
-
-	if (flag) {
-		pr_err("dpo_emulated not supported\n");
-		return -EINVAL;
-	}
-
+	printk_once(KERN_WARNING
+		"ignoring deprecated emulate_dpo attribute\n");
 	return 0;
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(se_dev_set_emulate_dpo);
@@ -799,16 +791,8 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL(se_dev_set_emulate_fua_write);
 
 int se_dev_set_emulate_fua_read(struct se_device *dev, int flag)
 {
-	if (flag != 0 && flag != 1) {
-		pr_err("Illegal value %d\n", flag);
-		return -EINVAL;
-	}
-
-	if (flag) {
-		pr_err("ua read emulated not supported\n");
-		return -EINVAL;
-	}
-
+	printk_once(KERN_WARNING
+		"ignoring deprecated emulate_fua_read attribute\n");
 	return 0;
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(se_dev_set_emulate_fua_read);
@@ -1513,9 +1497,9 @@ struct se_device *target_alloc_device(struct se_hba *hba, const char *name)
 
 	dev->dev_attrib.da_dev = dev;
 	dev->dev_attrib.emulate_model_alias = DA_EMULATE_MODEL_ALIAS;
-	dev->dev_attrib.emulate_dpo = DA_EMULATE_DPO;
-	dev->dev_attrib.emulate_fua_write = DA_EMULATE_FUA_WRITE;
-	dev->dev_attrib.emulate_fua_read = DA_EMULATE_FUA_READ;
+	dev->dev_attrib.emulate_dpo = 1;
+	dev->dev_attrib.emulate_fua_write = 1;
+	dev->dev_attrib.emulate_fua_read = 1;
 	dev->dev_attrib.emulate_write_cache = DA_EMULATE_WRITE_CACHE;
 	dev->dev_attrib.emulate_ua_intlck_ctrl = DA_EMULATE_UA_INTLLCK_CTRL;
 	dev->dev_attrib.emulate_tas = DA_EMULATE_TAS;
diff --git a/drivers/target/target_core_file.c b/drivers/target/target_core_file.c
index fe6c19c1e001caa3e0ef5e4e474ce69e0ce28315..e865885352da01550edd6b86ad268cfedba7e797 100644
--- a/drivers/target/target_core_file.c
+++ b/drivers/target/target_core_file.c
@@ -610,9 +610,7 @@ fd_execute_rw(struct se_cmd *cmd, struct scatterlist *sgl, u32 sgl_nents,
 		 * for SCSI WRITEs with Forced Unit Access (FUA) set.
 		 * Allow this to happen independent of WCE=0 setting.
 		 */
-		if (ret > 0 &&
-		    dev->dev_attrib.emulate_fua_write > 0 &&
-		    (cmd->se_cmd_flags & SCF_FUA)) {
+		if (ret > 0 && (cmd->se_cmd_flags & SCF_FUA)) {
 			loff_t start = cmd->t_task_lba *
 				dev->dev_attrib.block_size;
 			loff_t end;
diff --git a/drivers/target/target_core_internal.h b/drivers/target/target_core_internal.h
index 68bd7f5d9f73cf6feacd2dfefb951db99dd21c4f..75338c348be4c9b1161c16345eba0ad0af9c8164 100644
--- a/drivers/target/target_core_internal.h
+++ b/drivers/target/target_core_internal.h
@@ -81,6 +81,8 @@ int	transport_clear_lun_ref(struct se_lun *);
 void	transport_send_task_abort(struct se_cmd *);
 sense_reason_t	target_cmd_size_check(struct se_cmd *cmd, unsigned int size);
 void	target_qf_do_work(struct work_struct *work);
+bool	target_check_wce(struct se_device *dev);
+bool	target_check_fua(struct se_device *dev);
 
 /* target_core_stat.c */
 void	target_stat_setup_dev_default_groups(struct se_device *);
diff --git a/drivers/target/target_core_sbc.c b/drivers/target/target_core_sbc.c
index 3df2cd53847831f09476aae1d614035c599ceb42..d441975604db6e386a25d7fa45a1f1c7b883e14f 100644
--- a/drivers/target/target_core_sbc.c
+++ b/drivers/target/target_core_sbc.c
@@ -738,14 +738,15 @@ static int
 sbc_check_dpofua(struct se_device *dev, struct se_cmd *cmd, unsigned char *cdb)
 {
 	if (cdb[1] & 0x10) {
-		if (!dev->dev_attrib.emulate_dpo) {
+		/* see explanation in spc_emulate_modesense */
+		if (!target_check_fua(dev)) {
 			pr_err("Got CDB: 0x%02x with DPO bit set, but device"
 			       " does not advertise support for DPO\n", cdb[0]);
 			return -EINVAL;
 		}
 	}
 	if (cdb[1] & 0x8) {
-		if (!dev->dev_attrib.emulate_fua_write || !se_dev_check_wce(dev)) {
+		if (!target_check_fua(dev)) {
 			pr_err("Got CDB: 0x%02x with FUA bit set, but device"
 			       " does not advertise support for FUA write\n",
 			       cdb[0]);
diff --git a/drivers/target/target_core_spc.c b/drivers/target/target_core_spc.c
index 7912aa1243857a8968dcff5fa0f643b8e249dd6e..988c158cf65d149e787de81caf02ff829a8c3167 100644
--- a/drivers/target/target_core_spc.c
+++ b/drivers/target/target_core_spc.c
@@ -481,7 +481,7 @@ spc_emulate_evpd_86(struct se_cmd *cmd, unsigned char *buf)
 	buf[5] = 0x07;
 
 	/* If WriteCache emulation is enabled, set V_SUP */
-	if (se_dev_check_wce(dev))
+	if (target_check_wce(dev))
 		buf[6] = 0x01;
 	/* If an LBA map is present set R_SUP */
 	spin_lock(&cmd->se_dev->t10_alua.lba_map_lock);
@@ -888,7 +888,7 @@ static int spc_modesense_caching(struct se_cmd *cmd, u8 pc, u8 *p)
 	if (pc == 1)
 		goto out;
 
-	if (se_dev_check_wce(dev))
+	if (target_check_wce(dev))
 		p[2] = 0x04; /* Write Cache Enable */
 	p[12] = 0x20; /* Disabled Read Ahead */
 
@@ -1000,8 +1000,12 @@ static sense_reason_t spc_emulate_modesense(struct se_cmd *cmd)
 	     (cmd->se_deve->lun_flags & TRANSPORT_LUNFLAGS_READ_ONLY)))
 		spc_modesense_write_protect(&buf[length], type);
 
-	if ((se_dev_check_wce(dev)) &&
-	    (dev->dev_attrib.emulate_fua_write > 0))
+	/*
+	 * SBC only allows us to enable FUA and DPO together.  Fortunately
+	 * DPO is explicitly specified as a hint, so a noop is a perfectly
+	 * valid implementation.
+	 */
+	if (target_check_fua(dev))
 		spc_modesense_dpofua(&buf[length], type);
 
 	++length;
diff --git a/drivers/target/target_core_transport.c b/drivers/target/target_core_transport.c
index 105f4fd0fad4f8675af14a874005ec1393edde65..231812d613576568c6ad8f05501dff53d517a250 100644
--- a/drivers/target/target_core_transport.c
+++ b/drivers/target/target_core_transport.c
@@ -3075,3 +3075,22 @@ int transport_generic_handle_tmr(
 	return 0;
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(transport_generic_handle_tmr);
+
+bool
+target_check_wce(struct se_device *dev)
+{
+	bool wce = false;
+
+	if (dev->transport->get_write_cache)
+		wce = dev->transport->get_write_cache(dev);
+	else if (dev->dev_attrib.emulate_write_cache > 0)
+		wce = true;
+
+	return wce;
+}
+
+bool
+target_check_fua(struct se_device *dev)
+{
+	return target_check_wce(dev) && dev->dev_attrib.emulate_fua_write > 0;
+}
diff --git a/include/target/target_core_base.h b/include/target/target_core_base.h
index 480e9f82dfea861a70fa5e1df45076770c719f2e..7f4c7de3a4ce7a2506c1db5117f71fea72f5f530 100644
--- a/include/target/target_core_base.h
+++ b/include/target/target_core_base.h
@@ -79,12 +79,6 @@
 #define DA_MAX_WRITE_SAME_LEN			0
 /* Use a model alias based on the configfs backend device name */
 #define DA_EMULATE_MODEL_ALIAS			0
-/* Emulation for Direct Page Out */
-#define DA_EMULATE_DPO				0
-/* Emulation for Forced Unit Access WRITEs */
-#define DA_EMULATE_FUA_WRITE			1
-/* Emulation for Forced Unit Access READs */
-#define DA_EMULATE_FUA_READ			0
 /* Emulation for WriteCache and SYNCHRONIZE_CACHE */
 #define DA_EMULATE_WRITE_CACHE			0
 /* Emulation for UNIT ATTENTION Interlock Control */