diff --git a/drivers/block/drbd/drbd_receiver.c b/drivers/block/drbd/drbd_receiver.c
index 83d39859a9fe..e7a6eeae94e2 100644
--- a/drivers/block/drbd/drbd_receiver.c
+++ b/drivers/block/drbd/drbd_receiver.c
@@ -1179,7 +1179,7 @@ void drbd_bump_write_ordering(struct drbd_conf *mdev, enum write_ordering_e wo)
 	rcu_read_lock();
 	dc = rcu_dereference(mdev->ldev->disk_conf);
 
-	if (wo == WO_bdev_flush && dc->no_disk_flush)
+	if (wo == WO_bdev_flush && !dc->disk_flushes)
 		wo = WO_drain_io;
 	if (wo == WO_drain_io && dc->no_disk_drain)
 		wo = WO_none;
diff --git a/include/linux/drbd_genl.h b/include/linux/drbd_genl.h
index f143e3c0f33b..945c4dd3470c 100644
--- a/include/linux/drbd_genl.h
+++ b/include/linux/drbd_genl.h
@@ -122,8 +122,8 @@ GENL_struct(DRBD_NLA_DISK_CONF, 3, disk_conf,
 	__u32_field_def(14,	GENLA_F_MANDATORY,	c_max_rate, DRBD_C_MAX_RATE_DEF)
 	__u32_field_def(15,	GENLA_F_MANDATORY,	c_min_rate, DRBD_C_MIN_RATE_DEF)
 
-	__flg_field_def(16, GENLA_F_MANDATORY,	no_disk_barrier, 0)
-	__flg_field_def(17, GENLA_F_MANDATORY,	no_disk_flush, 0)
+	__flg_field_def(16, GENLA_F_MANDATORY,	disk_barrier, 1)
+	__flg_field_def(17, GENLA_F_MANDATORY,	disk_flushes, 1)
 	__flg_field_def(18, GENLA_F_MANDATORY,	no_disk_drain, 0)
 	__flg_field_def(19, GENLA_F_MANDATORY,	no_md_flush, 0)
 )