2 files changed, 1 insertions, 5 deletions

diff --git a/block/blk-core.c b/block/blk-core.c
index 8b4a0af7d69f..7e0fab53e930 100644
--- a/block/blk-core.c
+++ b/block/blk-core.c
@@ -1082,16 +1082,13 @@ void init_request_from_bio(struct request *req, struct bio *bio)
         if (bio_failfast_driver(bio))
                 req->cmd_flags |= REQ_FAILFAST_DRIVER;
 
-        /*
-         * REQ_BARRIER implies no merging, but lets make it explicit
-         */
         if (unlikely(bio_discard(bio))) {
                 req->cmd_flags |= REQ_DISCARD;
                 if (bio_barrier(bio))
                         req->cmd_flags |= REQ_SOFTBARRIER;
                 req->q->prepare_discard_fn(req->q, req);
         } else if (unlikely(bio_barrier(bio)))
-                req->cmd_flags |= (REQ_HARDBARRIER | REQ_NOMERGE);
+                req->cmd_flags |= REQ_HARDBARRIER;
 
         if (bio_sync(bio))
                 req->cmd_flags |= REQ_RW_SYNC;
diff --git a/block/blk-exec.c b/block/blk-exec.c
index 6af716d1e54e..49557e91f0da 100644
--- a/block/blk-exec.c
+++ b/block/blk-exec.c
@@ -51,7 +51,6 @@ void blk_execute_rq_nowait(struct request_queue *q, struct gendisk *bd_disk,
         int where = at_head ? ELEVATOR_INSERT_FRONT : ELEVATOR_INSERT_BACK;
 
         rq->rq_disk = bd_disk;
-        rq->cmd_flags |= REQ_NOMERGE;
         rq->end_io = done;
         WARN_ON(irqs_disabled());
         spin_lock_irq(q->queue_lock);