1 files changed, 4 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/block/blk-core.c b/block/blk-core.c
index dee56c282efb..4dbc93f43b38 100644
--- a/block/blk-core.c
+++ b/block/blk-core.c
@@ -2163,9 +2163,12 @@ static inline bool bio_check_ro(struct bio *bio, struct hd_struct *part)
 {
         const int op = bio_op(bio);
 
-        if (part->policy && (op_is_write(op) && !op_is_flush(op))) {
+        if (part->policy && op_is_write(op)) {
                 char b[BDEVNAME_SIZE];
 
+                if (op_is_flush(bio->bi_opf) && !bio_sectors(bio))
+                        return false;
+
                 WARN_ONCE(1,
                        "generic_make_request: Trying to write "
                         "to read-only block-device %s (partno %d)\n",