diff --git a/block/blk-barrier.c b/block/blk-barrier.c
index 74e4043..7c6f4a7 100644
--- a/block/blk-barrier.c
+++ b/block/blk-barrier.c
@@ -203,7 +203,7 @@
 		/* initialize proxy request and queue it */
 		blk_rq_init(q, rq);
 		if (bio_data_dir(q->orig_bar_rq->bio) == WRITE)
-			rq->cmd_flags |= REQ_RW;
+			rq->cmd_flags |= REQ_WRITE;
 		if (q->ordered & QUEUE_ORDERED_DO_FUA)
 			rq->cmd_flags |= REQ_FUA;
 		init_request_from_bio(rq, q->orig_bar_rq->bio);
diff --git a/block/blk-core.c b/block/blk-core.c
index dca43a3..66c3cfe 100644
--- a/block/blk-core.c
+++ b/block/blk-core.c
@@ -1140,25 +1140,9 @@
 	req->cpu = bio->bi_comp_cpu;
 	req->cmd_type = REQ_TYPE_FS;
 
-	/*
-	 * Inherit FAILFAST from bio (for read-ahead, and explicit
-	 * FAILFAST).  FAILFAST flags are identical for req and bio.
-	 */
-	if (bio_rw_flagged(bio, BIO_RW_AHEAD))
+	req->cmd_flags |= bio->bi_rw & REQ_COMMON_MASK;
+	if (bio->bi_rw & REQ_RAHEAD)
 		req->cmd_flags |= REQ_FAILFAST_MASK;
-	else
-		req->cmd_flags |= bio->bi_rw & REQ_FAILFAST_MASK;
-
-	if (bio_rw_flagged(bio, BIO_RW_DISCARD))
-		req->cmd_flags |= REQ_DISCARD;
-	if (bio_rw_flagged(bio, BIO_RW_BARRIER))
-		req->cmd_flags |= REQ_HARDBARRIER;
-	if (bio_rw_flagged(bio, BIO_RW_SYNCIO))
-		req->cmd_flags |= REQ_RW_SYNC;
-	if (bio_rw_flagged(bio, BIO_RW_META))
-		req->cmd_flags |= REQ_RW_META;
-	if (bio_rw_flagged(bio, BIO_RW_NOIDLE))
-		req->cmd_flags |= REQ_NOIDLE;
 
 	req->errors = 0;
 	req->__sector = bio->bi_sector;
@@ -1181,12 +1165,12 @@
 	int el_ret;
 	unsigned int bytes = bio->bi_size;
 	const unsigned short prio = bio_prio(bio);
-	const bool sync = bio_rw_flagged(bio, BIO_RW_SYNCIO);
-	const bool unplug = bio_rw_flagged(bio, BIO_RW_UNPLUG);
+	const bool sync = (bio->bi_rw & REQ_SYNC);
+	const bool unplug = (bio->bi_rw & REQ_UNPLUG);
 	const unsigned int ff = bio->bi_rw & REQ_FAILFAST_MASK;
 	int rw_flags;
 
-	if (bio_rw_flagged(bio, BIO_RW_BARRIER) &&
+	if ((bio->bi_rw & REQ_HARDBARRIER) &&
 	    (q->next_ordered == QUEUE_ORDERED_NONE)) {
 		bio_endio(bio, -EOPNOTSUPP);
 		return 0;
@@ -1200,7 +1184,7 @@
 
 	spin_lock_irq(q->queue_lock);
 
-	if (unlikely(bio_rw_flagged(bio, BIO_RW_BARRIER)) || elv_queue_empty(q))
+	if (unlikely((bio->bi_rw & REQ_HARDBARRIER)) || elv_queue_empty(q))
 		goto get_rq;
 
 	el_ret = elv_merge(q, &req, bio);
@@ -1275,7 +1259,7 @@
 	 */
 	rw_flags = bio_data_dir(bio);
 	if (sync)
-		rw_flags |= REQ_RW_SYNC;
+		rw_flags |= REQ_SYNC;
 
 	/*
 	 * Grab a free request. This is might sleep but can not fail.
@@ -1464,7 +1448,7 @@
 			goto end_io;
 		}
 
-		if (unlikely(!bio_rw_flagged(bio, BIO_RW_DISCARD) &&
+		if (unlikely(!(bio->bi_rw & REQ_DISCARD) &&
 			     nr_sectors > queue_max_hw_sectors(q))) {
 			printk(KERN_ERR "bio too big device %s (%u > %u)\n",
 			       bdevname(bio->bi_bdev, b),
@@ -1497,8 +1481,7 @@
 		if (bio_check_eod(bio, nr_sectors))
 			goto end_io;
 
-		if (bio_rw_flagged(bio, BIO_RW_DISCARD) &&
-		    !blk_queue_discard(q)) {
+		if ((bio->bi_rw & REQ_DISCARD) && !blk_queue_discard(q)) {
 			err = -EOPNOTSUPP;
 			goto end_io;
 		}
@@ -2365,7 +2348,7 @@
 		     struct bio *bio)
 {
 	/* Bit 0 (R/W) is identical in rq->cmd_flags and bio->bi_rw */
-	rq->cmd_flags |= bio->bi_rw & REQ_RW;
+	rq->cmd_flags |= bio->bi_rw & REQ_WRITE;
 
 	if (bio_has_data(bio)) {
 		rq->nr_phys_segments = bio_phys_segments(q, bio);
diff --git a/block/blk-map.c b/block/blk-map.c
index 9083cf0..c65d759 100644
--- a/block/blk-map.c
+++ b/block/blk-map.c
@@ -307,7 +307,7 @@
 		return PTR_ERR(bio);
 
 	if (rq_data_dir(rq) == WRITE)
-		bio->bi_rw |= (1 << BIO_RW);
+		bio->bi_rw |= (1 << REQ_WRITE);
 
 	if (do_copy)
 		rq->cmd_flags |= REQ_COPY_USER;
diff --git a/block/blk-merge.c b/block/blk-merge.c
index 87e4fb7..4852475 100644
--- a/block/blk-merge.c
+++ b/block/blk-merge.c
@@ -180,7 +180,7 @@
 	}
 
 	if (q->dma_drain_size && q->dma_drain_needed(rq)) {
-		if (rq->cmd_flags & REQ_RW)
+		if (rq->cmd_flags & REQ_WRITE)
 			memset(q->dma_drain_buffer, 0, q->dma_drain_size);
 
 		sg->page_link &= ~0x02;
diff --git a/block/cfq-iosched.c b/block/cfq-iosched.c
index d4edeb8..eb4086f 100644
--- a/block/cfq-iosched.c
+++ b/block/cfq-iosched.c
@@ -458,7 +458,7 @@
  */
 static inline bool cfq_bio_sync(struct bio *bio)
 {
-	return bio_data_dir(bio) == READ || bio_rw_flagged(bio, BIO_RW_SYNCIO);
+	return bio_data_dir(bio) == READ || (bio->bi_rw & REQ_SYNC);
 }
 
 /*
@@ -646,10 +646,10 @@
 		return rq1;
 	else if (rq_is_sync(rq2) && !rq_is_sync(rq1))
 		return rq2;
-	if ((rq1->cmd_flags & REQ_RW_META) && !(rq2->cmd_flags & REQ_RW_META))
+	if ((rq1->cmd_flags & REQ_META) && !(rq2->cmd_flags & REQ_META))
 		return rq1;
-	else if ((rq2->cmd_flags & REQ_RW_META) &&
-		 !(rq1->cmd_flags & REQ_RW_META))
+	else if ((rq2->cmd_flags & REQ_META) &&
+		 !(rq1->cmd_flags & REQ_META))
 		return rq2;
 
 	s1 = blk_rq_pos(rq1);
@@ -1485,7 +1485,7 @@
 	cfqq->cfqd->rq_queued--;
 	cfq_blkiocg_update_io_remove_stats(&(RQ_CFQG(rq))->blkg,
 					rq_data_dir(rq), rq_is_sync(rq));
-	if (rq->cmd_flags & REQ_RW_META) {
+	if (rq->cmd_flags & REQ_META) {
 		WARN_ON(!cfqq->meta_pending);
 		cfqq->meta_pending--;
 	}
@@ -3177,7 +3177,7 @@
 	 * So both queues are sync. Let the new request get disk time if
 	 * it's a metadata request and the current queue is doing regular IO.
 	 */
-	if ((rq->cmd_flags & REQ_RW_META) && !cfqq->meta_pending)
+	if ((rq->cmd_flags & REQ_META) && !cfqq->meta_pending)
 		return true;
 
 	/*
@@ -3231,7 +3231,7 @@
 	struct cfq_io_context *cic = RQ_CIC(rq);
 
 	cfqd->rq_queued++;
-	if (rq->cmd_flags & REQ_RW_META)
+	if (rq->cmd_flags & REQ_META)
 		cfqq->meta_pending++;
 
 	cfq_update_io_thinktime(cfqd, cic);
diff --git a/block/elevator.c b/block/elevator.c
index aa99b59..816a7c8 100644
--- a/block/elevator.c
+++ b/block/elevator.c
@@ -79,8 +79,7 @@
 	/*
 	 * Don't merge file system requests and discard requests
 	 */
-	if (bio_rw_flagged(bio, BIO_RW_DISCARD) !=
-	    bio_rw_flagged(rq->bio, BIO_RW_DISCARD))
+	if ((bio->bi_rw & REQ_DISCARD) != (rq->bio->bi_rw & REQ_DISCARD))
 		return 0;
 
 	/*