diff --git a/include/linux/fs.h b/include/linux/fs.h
index 1c40684284619ee912f8c8dc307b50dd6844a399..4ebc14dee4218f8a065189230829d4b3c6fd00c3 100644
--- a/include/linux/fs.h
+++ b/include/linux/fs.h
@@ -310,17 +310,20 @@ enum rw_hint {
 	WRITE_LIFE_EXTREME	= RWH_WRITE_LIFE_EXTREME,
 };
 
-#define IOCB_EVENTFD		(1 << 0)
-#define IOCB_APPEND		(1 << 1)
-#define IOCB_DIRECT		(1 << 2)
-#define IOCB_HIPRI		(1 << 3)
-#define IOCB_DSYNC		(1 << 4)
-#define IOCB_SYNC		(1 << 5)
-#define IOCB_WRITE		(1 << 6)
-#define IOCB_NOWAIT		(1 << 7)
+/* Match RWF_* bits to IOCB bits */
+#define IOCB_HIPRI		(__force int) RWF_HIPRI
+#define IOCB_DSYNC		(__force int) RWF_DSYNC
+#define IOCB_SYNC		(__force int) RWF_SYNC
+#define IOCB_NOWAIT		(__force int) RWF_NOWAIT
+#define IOCB_APPEND		(__force int) RWF_APPEND
+
+/* non-RWF related bits - start at 16 */
+#define IOCB_EVENTFD		(1 << 16)
+#define IOCB_DIRECT		(1 << 17)
+#define IOCB_WRITE		(1 << 18)
 /* iocb->ki_waitq is valid */
-#define IOCB_WAITQ		(1 << 8)
-#define IOCB_NOIO		(1 << 9)
+#define IOCB_WAITQ		(1 << 19)
+#define IOCB_NOIO		(1 << 20)
 
 struct kiocb {
 	struct file		*ki_filp;
@@ -3317,6 +3320,9 @@ static inline int kiocb_set_rw_flags(struct kiocb *ki, rwf_t flags)
 {
 	int kiocb_flags = 0;
 
+	/* make sure there's no overlap between RWF and private IOCB flags */
+	BUILD_BUG_ON((__force int) RWF_SUPPORTED & IOCB_EVENTFD);
+
 	if (!flags)
 		return 0;
 	if (unlikely(flags & ~RWF_SUPPORTED))
@@ -3325,16 +3331,11 @@ static inline int kiocb_set_rw_flags(struct kiocb *ki, rwf_t flags)
 	if (flags & RWF_NOWAIT) {
 		if (!(ki->ki_filp->f_mode & FMODE_NOWAIT))
 			return -EOPNOTSUPP;
-		kiocb_flags |= IOCB_NOWAIT | IOCB_NOIO;
+		kiocb_flags |= IOCB_NOIO;
 	}
-	if (flags & RWF_HIPRI)
-		kiocb_flags |= IOCB_HIPRI;
-	if (flags & RWF_DSYNC)
-		kiocb_flags |= IOCB_DSYNC;
+	kiocb_flags |= (__force int) (flags & RWF_SUPPORTED);
 	if (flags & RWF_SYNC)
-		kiocb_flags |= (IOCB_DSYNC | IOCB_SYNC);
-	if (flags & RWF_APPEND)
-		kiocb_flags |= IOCB_APPEND;
+		kiocb_flags |= IOCB_DSYNC;
 
 	ki->ki_flags |= kiocb_flags;
 	return 0;