diff --git a/block/blk-core.c b/block/blk-core.c
index 1333bb764b28..f9f422837cea 100644
--- a/block/blk-core.c
+++ b/block/blk-core.c
@@ -962,7 +962,7 @@ static void __freed_request(struct request_list *rl, int sync)
 static void freed_request(struct request_list *rl, int op, unsigned int flags)
 {
 	struct request_queue *q = rl->q;
-	int sync = rw_is_sync(op | flags);
+	int sync = rw_is_sync(op, flags);
 
 	q->nr_rqs[sync]--;
 	rl->count[sync]--;
@@ -1075,7 +1075,7 @@ static struct request *__get_request(struct request_list *rl, int op,
 	struct elevator_type *et = q->elevator->type;
 	struct io_context *ioc = rq_ioc(bio);
 	struct io_cq *icq = NULL;
-	const bool is_sync = rw_is_sync(op | op_flags) != 0;
+	const bool is_sync = rw_is_sync(op, op_flags) != 0;
 	int may_queue;
 
 	if (unlikely(blk_queue_dying(q)))
@@ -1244,7 +1244,7 @@ static struct request *get_request(struct request_queue *q, int op,
 				   int op_flags, struct bio *bio,
 				   gfp_t gfp_mask)
 {
-	const bool is_sync = rw_is_sync(op | op_flags) != 0;
+	const bool is_sync = rw_is_sync(op, op_flags) != 0;
 	DEFINE_WAIT(wait);
 	struct request_list *rl;
 	struct request *rq;
diff --git a/block/blk-mq.c b/block/blk-mq.c
index 3393f29faa9e..29bcd9c07a34 100644
--- a/block/blk-mq.c
+++ b/block/blk-mq.c
@@ -204,7 +204,7 @@ static void blk_mq_rq_ctx_init(struct request_queue *q, struct blk_mq_ctx *ctx,
 	rq->end_io_data = NULL;
 	rq->next_rq = NULL;
 
-	ctx->rq_dispatched[rw_is_sync(op | op_flags)]++;
+	ctx->rq_dispatched[rw_is_sync(op, op_flags)]++;
 }
 
 static struct request *
@@ -1178,7 +1178,7 @@ static struct request *blk_mq_map_request(struct request_queue *q,
 	ctx = blk_mq_get_ctx(q);
 	hctx = q->mq_ops->map_queue(q, ctx->cpu);
 
-	if (rw_is_sync(bio->bi_rw))
+	if (rw_is_sync(bio_op(bio), bio->bi_rw))
 		op_flags |= REQ_SYNC;
 
 	trace_block_getrq(q, bio, op);
@@ -1246,7 +1246,7 @@ static int blk_mq_direct_issue_request(struct request *rq, blk_qc_t *cookie)
  */
 static blk_qc_t blk_mq_make_request(struct request_queue *q, struct bio *bio)
 {
-	const int is_sync = rw_is_sync(bio->bi_rw);
+	const int is_sync = rw_is_sync(bio_op(bio), bio->bi_rw);
 	const int is_flush_fua = bio->bi_rw & (REQ_FLUSH | REQ_FUA);
 	struct blk_map_ctx data;
 	struct request *rq;
@@ -1343,7 +1343,7 @@ done:
  */
 static blk_qc_t blk_sq_make_request(struct request_queue *q, struct bio *bio)
 {
-	const int is_sync = rw_is_sync(bio->bi_rw);
+	const int is_sync = rw_is_sync(bio_op(bio), bio->bi_rw);
 	const int is_flush_fua = bio->bi_rw & (REQ_FLUSH | REQ_FUA);
 	struct blk_plug *plug;
 	unsigned int request_count = 0;
diff --git a/block/cfq-iosched.c b/block/cfq-iosched.c
index 3dafdbad8f9c..b1154861f4c9 100644
--- a/block/cfq-iosched.c
+++ b/block/cfq-iosched.c
@@ -4311,7 +4311,7 @@ static int cfq_may_queue(struct request_queue *q, int op, int op_flags)
 	if (!cic)
 		return ELV_MQUEUE_MAY;
 
-	cfqq = cic_to_cfqq(cic, rw_is_sync(op | op_flags));
+	cfqq = cic_to_cfqq(cic, rw_is_sync(op, op_flags));
 	if (cfqq) {
 		cfq_init_prio_data(cfqq, cic);
 
diff --git a/include/linux/blkdev.h b/include/linux/blkdev.h
index 25f01ff19780..4937c056fcbd 100644
--- a/include/linux/blkdev.h
+++ b/include/linux/blkdev.h
@@ -624,14 +624,14 @@ static inline unsigned int blk_queue_cluster(struct request_queue *q)
 /*
  * We regard a request as sync, if either a read or a sync write
  */
-static inline bool rw_is_sync(unsigned int rw_flags)
+static inline bool rw_is_sync(int op, unsigned int rw_flags)
 {
-	return !(rw_flags & REQ_WRITE) || (rw_flags & REQ_SYNC);
+	return op == REQ_OP_READ || (rw_flags & REQ_SYNC);
 }
 
 static inline bool rq_is_sync(struct request *rq)
 {
-	return rw_is_sync(rq->cmd_flags);
+	return rw_is_sync(req_op(rq), rq->cmd_flags);
 }
 
 static inline bool blk_rl_full(struct request_list *rl, bool sync)