diff --git a/block/blk-mq-debugfs.c b/block/blk-mq-debugfs.c
index 3a914e78ac11..0119ec533824 100644
--- a/block/blk-mq-debugfs.c
+++ b/block/blk-mq-debugfs.c
@@ -89,7 +89,7 @@ static int blk_mq_debugfs_rq_show(struct seq_file *m, void *v)
 	struct request *rq = list_entry_rq(v);
 
 	seq_printf(m, "%p {.cmd_flags=0x%x, .rq_flags=0x%x, .tag=%d, .internal_tag=%d}\n",
-		   rq, rq->cmd_flags, (unsigned int)rq->rq_flags,
+		   rq, rq->cmd_flags, (__force unsigned int)rq->rq_flags,
 		   rq->tag, rq->internal_tag);
 	return 0;
 }
diff --git a/block/elevator.c b/block/elevator.c
index dba9be891a6b..7e4f5880dd64 100644
--- a/block/elevator.c
+++ b/block/elevator.c
@@ -538,7 +538,7 @@ void elv_merge_requests(struct request_queue *q, struct request *rq,
 	if (e->uses_mq && e->type->ops.mq.requests_merged)
 		e->type->ops.mq.requests_merged(q, rq, next);
 	else if (e->type->ops.sq.elevator_merge_req_fn) {
-		next_sorted = next->rq_flags & RQF_SORTED;
+		next_sorted = (__force bool)(next->rq_flags & RQF_SORTED);
 		if (next_sorted)
 			e->type->ops.sq.elevator_merge_req_fn(q, rq, next);
 	}