diff --git a/block/blk-map.c b/block/blk-map.c
index c65d7593f7f1deba5511347ceeb6dd5c881e5b3c..ade0a08c9099afdc487916924c0fe6718185536d 100644
--- a/block/blk-map.c
+++ b/block/blk-map.c
@@ -307,7 +307,7 @@ int blk_rq_map_kern(struct request_queue *q, struct request *rq, void *kbuf,
 		return PTR_ERR(bio);
 
 	if (rq_data_dir(rq) == WRITE)
-		bio->bi_rw |= (1 << REQ_WRITE);
+		bio->bi_rw |= REQ_WRITE;
 
 	if (do_copy)
 		rq->cmd_flags |= REQ_COPY_USER;