diff --git a/include/linux/writeback.h b/include/linux/writeback.h
index da21d63f70e2851d2f8bc0f1108a47cddf40f2ea..e91bea371b18612e33ec3737f706d0029f5d6425 100644
--- a/include/linux/writeback.h
+++ b/include/linux/writeback.h
@@ -101,9 +101,9 @@ struct writeback_control {
 #endif
 };
 
-static inline int wbc_to_write_flags(struct writeback_control *wbc)
+static inline blk_opf_t wbc_to_write_flags(struct writeback_control *wbc)
 {
-	int flags = 0;
+	blk_opf_t flags = 0;
 
 	if (wbc->punt_to_cgroup)
 		flags = REQ_CGROUP_PUNT;