1 files changed, 1 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/drivers/md/dm-kcopyd.c b/drivers/md/dm-kcopyd.c
index ee9583bee04d..996802b8a452 100644
--- a/drivers/md/dm-kcopyd.c
+++ b/drivers/md/dm-kcopyd.c
@@ -332,7 +332,7 @@ static int run_io_job(struct kcopyd_job *job)
 {
         int r;
         struct dm_io_request io_req = {
-                .bi_rw = job->rw,
+                .bi_rw = job->rw | (1 << BIO_RW_SYNC),
                 .mem.type = DM_IO_PAGE_LIST,
                 .mem.ptr.pl = job->pages,
                 .mem.offset = job->offset,