1 files changed, 1 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/block/blk-map.c b/block/blk-map.c
index 164cd0059706..623e1cd4cffe 100644
--- a/block/blk-map.c
+++ b/block/blk-map.c
@@ -311,7 +311,7 @@ int blk_rq_map_kern(struct request_queue *q, struct request *rq, void *kbuf,
         if (IS_ERR(bio))
                 return PTR_ERR(bio);
 
-        if (rq_data_dir(rq) == WRITE)
+        if (!reading)
                 bio->bi_rw |= REQ_WRITE;
 
         if (do_copy)