diff --git a/drivers/ide/ide-disk.c b/drivers/ide/ide-disk.c
index f712e4cfd9dcb7eb1dafba2dc59f7e1c584f80f2..7cf3eb02352140d8f8558533aee4107c8fd1a445 100644
--- a/drivers/ide/ide-disk.c
+++ b/drivers/ide/ide-disk.c
@@ -776,7 +776,7 @@ static void update_ordered(ide_drive_t *drive)
 		 * not available so we don't need to recheck that.
 		 */
 		capacity = idedisk_capacity(drive);
-		barrier = ide_id_has_flush_cache(id) &&
+		barrier = ide_id_has_flush_cache(id) && !drive->noflush &&
 			(drive->addressing == 0 || capacity <= (1ULL << 28) ||
 			 ide_id_has_flush_cache_ext(id));
 
diff --git a/drivers/ide/ide.c b/drivers/ide/ide.c
index 05fbd9298db7c7cd5e265a8d9a65a994ec1c81f5..defd4b4bd37488ab38198e8ab86f963c438e2809 100644
--- a/drivers/ide/ide.c
+++ b/drivers/ide/ide.c
@@ -1539,7 +1539,7 @@ static int __init ide_setup(char *s)
 		const char *hd_words[] = {
 			"none", "noprobe", "nowerr", "cdrom", "serialize",
 			"autotune", "noautotune", "minus8", "swapdata", "bswap",
-			"minus11", "remap", "remap63", "scsi", NULL };
+			"noflush", "remap", "remap63", "scsi", NULL };
 		unit = s[2] - 'a';
 		hw   = unit / MAX_DRIVES;
 		unit = unit % MAX_DRIVES;
@@ -1578,6 +1578,9 @@ static int __init ide_setup(char *s)
 			case -10: /* "bswap" */
 				drive->bswap = 1;
 				goto done;
+			case -11: /* noflush */
+				drive->noflush = 1;
+				goto done;
 			case -12: /* "remap" */
 				drive->remap_0_to_1 = 1;
 				goto done;
diff --git a/include/linux/ide.h b/include/linux/ide.h
index dc7abef1096545c167e9ee7122ddc32b5712413b..99620451d958730a7754cf80acf572a770d75e40 100644
--- a/include/linux/ide.h
+++ b/include/linux/ide.h
@@ -571,6 +571,7 @@ typedef struct ide_drive_s {
 	u8	waiting_for_dma;	/* dma currently in progress */
 	u8	unmask;			/* okay to unmask other irqs */
 	u8	bswap;			/* byte swap data */
+	u8	noflush;		/* don't attempt flushes */
 	u8	dsc_overlap;		/* DSC overlap */
 	u8	nice1;			/* give potential excess bandwidth */