diff --git a/drivers/md/dm-rq.c b/drivers/md/dm-rq.c
index 31a89c8832c0ed48e7887930542cc4c8f39ecc10..54b081588b55c44bb11e9a5b8de828cebd1eea33 100644
--- a/drivers/md/dm-rq.c
+++ b/drivers/md/dm-rq.c
@@ -825,7 +825,7 @@ static void dm_old_request_fn(struct request_queue *q)
 			pos = blk_rq_pos(rq);
 
 		if ((dm_old_request_peeked_before_merge_deadline(md) &&
-		     md_in_flight(md) && rq->bio && rq->bio->bi_vcnt == 1 &&
+		     md_in_flight(md) && rq->bio && !bio_multiple_segments(rq->bio) &&
 		     md->last_rq_pos == pos && md->last_rq_rw == rq_data_dir(rq)) ||
 		    (ti->type->busy && ti->type->busy(ti))) {
 			blk_delay_queue(q, 10);