diff --git a/drivers/block/ps3disk.c b/drivers/block/ps3disk.c
index 5f208c0bf156..ab528a480f98 100644
--- a/drivers/block/ps3disk.c
+++ b/drivers/block/ps3disk.c
@@ -196,13 +196,12 @@ static void ps3disk_do_request(struct ps3_storage_device *dev,
 	dev_dbg(&dev->sbd.core, "%s:%u\n", __func__, __LINE__);
 
 	while ((req = blk_fetch_request(q))) {
-		if (req->cmd_type == REQ_TYPE_FS) {
-			if (ps3disk_submit_request_sg(dev, req))
-				break;
-		} else if (req->cmd_type == REQ_TYPE_LINUX_BLOCK &&
-			   req->cmd[0] == REQ_LB_OP_FLUSH) {
+		if (req->cmd_flags & REQ_FLUSH) {
 			if (ps3disk_submit_flush_request(dev, req))
 				break;
+		} else if (req->cmd_type == REQ_TYPE_FS) {
+			if (ps3disk_submit_request_sg(dev, req))
+				break;
 		} else {
 			blk_dump_rq_flags(req, DEVICE_NAME " bad request");
 			__blk_end_request_all(req, -EIO);
@@ -257,8 +256,7 @@ static irqreturn_t ps3disk_interrupt(int irq, void *data)
 		return IRQ_HANDLED;
 	}
 
-	if (req->cmd_type == REQ_TYPE_LINUX_BLOCK &&
-	    req->cmd[0] == REQ_LB_OP_FLUSH) {
+	if (req->cmd_flags & REQ_FLUSH) {
 		read = 0;
 		op = "flush";
 	} else {
@@ -398,16 +396,6 @@ static int ps3disk_identify(struct ps3_storage_device *dev)
 	return 0;
 }
 
-static void ps3disk_prepare_flush(struct request_queue *q, struct request *req)
-{
-	struct ps3_storage_device *dev = q->queuedata;
-
-	dev_dbg(&dev->sbd.core, "%s:%u\n", __func__, __LINE__);
-
-	req->cmd_type = REQ_TYPE_LINUX_BLOCK;
-	req->cmd[0] = REQ_LB_OP_FLUSH;
-}
-
 static unsigned long ps3disk_mask;
 
 static DEFINE_MUTEX(ps3disk_mask_mutex);
@@ -480,8 +468,7 @@ static int __devinit ps3disk_probe(struct ps3_system_bus_device *_dev)
 	blk_queue_dma_alignment(queue, dev->blk_size-1);
 	blk_queue_logical_block_size(queue, dev->blk_size);
 
-	blk_queue_ordered(queue, QUEUE_ORDERED_DRAIN_FLUSH,
-			  ps3disk_prepare_flush);
+	blk_queue_ordered(queue, QUEUE_ORDERED_DRAIN_FLUSH, NULL);
 
 	blk_queue_max_segments(queue, -1);
 	blk_queue_max_segment_size(queue, dev->bounce_size);