if (blk_fs_request(req)) {
                        if (ps3disk_submit_request_sg(dev, req))
                                break;
-               } else if (req->cmd_type == REQ_TYPE_FLUSH) {
+               } else if (req->cmd_type == REQ_TYPE_LINUX_BLOCK &&
+                          req->cmd[0] == REQ_LB_OP_FLUSH) {
                        if (ps3disk_submit_flush_request(dev, req))
                                break;
                } else {
                return IRQ_HANDLED;
        }
 
-       if (req->cmd_type == REQ_TYPE_FLUSH) {
+       if (req->cmd_type == REQ_TYPE_LINUX_BLOCK &&
+           req->cmd[0] == REQ_LB_OP_FLUSH) {
                read = 0;
                num_sectors = req->hard_cur_sectors;
                op = "flush";
 
        dev_dbg(&dev->sbd.core, "%s:%u\n", __func__, __LINE__);
 
-       req->cmd_type = REQ_TYPE_FLUSH;
+       req->cmd_type = REQ_TYPE_LINUX_BLOCK;
+       req->cmd[0] = REQ_LB_OP_FLUSH;
 }
 
 static unsigned long ps3disk_mask;
 
        REQ_TYPE_PM_SUSPEND,            /* suspend request */
        REQ_TYPE_PM_RESUME,             /* resume request */
        REQ_TYPE_PM_SHUTDOWN,           /* shutdown request */
-       REQ_TYPE_FLUSH,                 /* flush request */
        REQ_TYPE_SPECIAL,               /* driver defined type */
        REQ_TYPE_LINUX_BLOCK,           /* generic block layer message */
        /*
  *
  */
 enum {
-       /*
-        * just examples for now
-        */
        REQ_LB_OP_EJECT = 0x40,         /* eject request */
-       REQ_LB_OP_FLUSH = 0x41,         /* flush device */
+       REQ_LB_OP_FLUSH = 0x41,         /* flush request */
        REQ_LB_OP_DISCARD = 0x42,       /* discard sectors */
 };