diff --git a/block/bio.c b/block/bio.c
index 0e4aa42..fc779eb 100644
--- a/block/bio.c
+++ b/block/bio.c
@@ -854,21 +854,20 @@
 
 /**
  * submit_bio_wait - submit a bio, and wait until it completes
- * @rw: whether to %READ or %WRITE, or maybe to %READA (read ahead)
  * @bio: The &struct bio which describes the I/O
  *
  * Simple wrapper around submit_bio(). Returns 0 on success, or the error from
  * bio_endio() on failure.
  */
-int submit_bio_wait(int rw, struct bio *bio)
+int submit_bio_wait(struct bio *bio)
 {
 	struct submit_bio_ret ret;
 
-	rw |= REQ_SYNC;
 	init_completion(&ret.event);
 	bio->bi_private = &ret;
 	bio->bi_end_io = submit_bio_wait_endio;
-	submit_bio(rw, bio);
+	bio->bi_rw |= REQ_SYNC;
+	submit_bio(bio);
 	wait_for_completion_io(&ret.event);
 
 	return ret.error;
diff --git a/block/blk-core.c b/block/blk-core.c
index 2475b1c7..e953407 100644
--- a/block/blk-core.c
+++ b/block/blk-core.c
@@ -2094,7 +2094,6 @@
 
 /**
  * submit_bio - submit a bio to the block device layer for I/O
- * @rw: whether to %READ or %WRITE, or maybe to %READA (read ahead)
  * @bio: The &struct bio which describes the I/O
  *
  * submit_bio() is very similar in purpose to generic_make_request(), and
@@ -2102,10 +2101,8 @@
  * interfaces; @bio must be presetup and ready for I/O.
  *
  */
-blk_qc_t submit_bio(int rw, struct bio *bio)
+blk_qc_t submit_bio(struct bio *bio)
 {
-	bio->bi_rw |= rw;
-
 	/*
 	 * If it's a regular read/write or a barrier with data attached,
 	 * go through the normal accounting stuff before submission.
@@ -2113,12 +2110,12 @@
 	if (bio_has_data(bio)) {
 		unsigned int count;
 
-		if (unlikely(rw & REQ_WRITE_SAME))
+		if (unlikely(bio->bi_rw & REQ_WRITE_SAME))
 			count = bdev_logical_block_size(bio->bi_bdev) >> 9;
 		else
 			count = bio_sectors(bio);
 
-		if (rw & WRITE) {
+		if (bio->bi_rw & WRITE) {
 			count_vm_events(PGPGOUT, count);
 		} else {
 			task_io_account_read(bio->bi_iter.bi_size);
@@ -2129,7 +2126,7 @@
 			char b[BDEVNAME_SIZE];
 			printk(KERN_DEBUG "%s(%d): %s block %Lu on %s (%u sectors)\n",
 			current->comm, task_pid_nr(current),
-				(rw & WRITE) ? "WRITE" : "READ",
+				(bio->bi_rw & WRITE) ? "WRITE" : "READ",
 				(unsigned long long)bio->bi_iter.bi_sector,
 				bdevname(bio->bi_bdev, b),
 				count);
diff --git a/block/blk-flush.c b/block/blk-flush.c
index b1c91d2..3af4a5a 100644
--- a/block/blk-flush.c
+++ b/block/blk-flush.c
@@ -485,8 +485,9 @@
 
 	bio = bio_alloc(gfp_mask, 0);
 	bio->bi_bdev = bdev;
+	bio->bi_rw = WRITE_FLUSH;
 
-	ret = submit_bio_wait(WRITE_FLUSH, bio);
+	ret = submit_bio_wait(bio);
 
 	/*
 	 * The driver must store the error location in ->bi_sector, if
diff --git a/block/blk-lib.c b/block/blk-lib.c
index 23d7f30..1f6dec5 100644
--- a/block/blk-lib.c
+++ b/block/blk-lib.c
@@ -9,14 +9,14 @@
 
 #include "blk.h"
 
-static struct bio *next_bio(struct bio *bio, int rw, unsigned int nr_pages,
+static struct bio *next_bio(struct bio *bio, unsigned int nr_pages,
 		gfp_t gfp)
 {
 	struct bio *new = bio_alloc(gfp, nr_pages);
 
 	if (bio) {
 		bio_chain(bio, new);
-		submit_bio(rw, bio);
+		submit_bio(bio);
 	}
 
 	return new;
@@ -62,9 +62,10 @@
 			req_sects = end_sect - sector;
 		}
 
-		bio = next_bio(bio, type, 1, gfp_mask);
+		bio = next_bio(bio, 1, gfp_mask);
 		bio->bi_iter.bi_sector = sector;
 		bio->bi_bdev = bdev;
+		bio->bi_rw = type;
 
 		bio->bi_iter.bi_size = req_sects << 9;
 		nr_sects -= req_sects;
@@ -110,7 +111,7 @@
 	ret = __blkdev_issue_discard(bdev, sector, nr_sects, gfp_mask, type,
 			&bio);
 	if (!ret && bio) {
-		ret = submit_bio_wait(type, bio);
+		ret = submit_bio_wait(bio);
 		if (ret == -EOPNOTSUPP)
 			ret = 0;
 	}
@@ -147,13 +148,14 @@
 	max_write_same_sectors = UINT_MAX >> 9;
 
 	while (nr_sects) {
-		bio = next_bio(bio, REQ_WRITE | REQ_WRITE_SAME, 1, gfp_mask);
+		bio = next_bio(bio, 1, gfp_mask);
 		bio->bi_iter.bi_sector = sector;
 		bio->bi_bdev = bdev;
 		bio->bi_vcnt = 1;
 		bio->bi_io_vec->bv_page = page;
 		bio->bi_io_vec->bv_offset = 0;
 		bio->bi_io_vec->bv_len = bdev_logical_block_size(bdev);
+		bio->bi_rw = REQ_WRITE | REQ_WRITE_SAME;
 
 		if (nr_sects > max_write_same_sectors) {
 			bio->bi_iter.bi_size = max_write_same_sectors << 9;
@@ -166,7 +168,7 @@
 	}
 
 	if (bio)
-		ret = submit_bio_wait(REQ_WRITE | REQ_WRITE_SAME, bio);
+		ret = submit_bio_wait(bio);
 	return ret != -EOPNOTSUPP ? ret : 0;
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(blkdev_issue_write_same);
@@ -190,11 +192,11 @@
 	unsigned int sz;
 
 	while (nr_sects != 0) {
-		bio = next_bio(bio, WRITE,
-				min(nr_sects, (sector_t)BIO_MAX_PAGES),
+		bio = next_bio(bio, min(nr_sects, (sector_t)BIO_MAX_PAGES),
 				gfp_mask);
 		bio->bi_iter.bi_sector = sector;
 		bio->bi_bdev   = bdev;
+		bio->bi_rw = REQ_WRITE;
 
 		while (nr_sects != 0) {
 			sz = min((sector_t) PAGE_SIZE >> 9 , nr_sects);
@@ -207,7 +209,7 @@
 	}
 
 	if (bio)
-		return submit_bio_wait(WRITE, bio);
+		return submit_bio_wait(bio);
 	return 0;
 }