unsigned long flags;
        const int op = bio_op(bio);
        const unsigned long do_sync = (bio->bi_opf & REQ_SYNC);
-       const unsigned long do_flush_fua = (bio->bi_opf &
-                                               (REQ_PREFLUSH | REQ_FUA));
+       const unsigned long do_fua = (bio->bi_opf & REQ_FUA);
        struct md_rdev *blocked_rdev;
        struct blk_plug_cb *cb;
        struct raid1_plug_cb *plug = NULL;
                                   conf->mirrors[i].rdev->data_offset);
                mbio->bi_bdev = conf->mirrors[i].rdev->bdev;
                mbio->bi_end_io = raid1_end_write_request;
-               bio_set_op_attrs(mbio, op, do_flush_fua | do_sync);
+               bio_set_op_attrs(mbio, op, do_fua | do_sync);
                if (test_bit(FailFast, &conf->mirrors[i].rdev->flags) &&
                    !test_bit(WriteMostly, &conf->mirrors[i].rdev->flags) &&
                    conf->raid_disks - mddev->degraded > 1)
        struct bio *split;
        sector_t sectors;
 
+       if (unlikely(bio->bi_opf & REQ_PREFLUSH)) {
+               md_flush_request(mddev, bio);
+               return;
+       }
+
        /* if bio exceeds barrier unit boundary, split it */
        do {
                sectors = align_to_barrier_unit_end(