diff --git a/drivers/md/bcache/request.c b/drivers/md/bcache/request.c
index 820d8402a1dc..71a90fbec314 100644
--- a/drivers/md/bcache/request.c
+++ b/drivers/md/bcache/request.c
@@ -1161,8 +1161,7 @@ static void quit_max_writeback_rate(struct cache_set *c,
 
 /* Cached devices - read & write stuff */
 
-static blk_qc_t cached_dev_make_request(struct request_queue *q,
-					struct bio *bio)
+blk_qc_t cached_dev_make_request(struct request_queue *q, struct bio *bio)
 {
 	struct search *s;
 	struct bcache_device *d = bio->bi_disk->private_data;
@@ -1266,7 +1265,6 @@ void bch_cached_dev_request_init(struct cached_dev *dc)
 {
 	struct gendisk *g = dc->disk.disk;
 
-	g->queue->make_request_fn		= cached_dev_make_request;
 	g->queue->backing_dev_info->congested_fn = cached_dev_congested;
 	dc->disk.cache_miss			= cached_dev_cache_miss;
 	dc->disk.ioctl				= cached_dev_ioctl;
@@ -1301,8 +1299,7 @@ static void flash_dev_nodata(struct closure *cl)
 	continue_at(cl, search_free, NULL);
 }
 
-static blk_qc_t flash_dev_make_request(struct request_queue *q,
-					     struct bio *bio)
+blk_qc_t flash_dev_make_request(struct request_queue *q, struct bio *bio)
 {
 	struct search *s;
 	struct closure *cl;
diff --git a/drivers/md/bcache/request.h b/drivers/md/bcache/request.h
index c64dbd7a91aa..bb005c93dd72 100644
--- a/drivers/md/bcache/request.h
+++ b/drivers/md/bcache/request.h
@@ -37,7 +37,10 @@ unsigned int bch_get_congested(const struct cache_set *c);
 void bch_data_insert(struct closure *cl);
 
 void bch_cached_dev_request_init(struct cached_dev *dc);
+blk_qc_t cached_dev_make_request(struct request_queue *q, struct bio *bio);
+
 void bch_flash_dev_request_init(struct bcache_device *d);
+blk_qc_t flash_dev_make_request(struct request_queue *q, struct bio *bio);
 
 extern struct kmem_cache *bch_search_cache;
 
diff --git a/drivers/md/bcache/super.c b/drivers/md/bcache/super.c
index 0c3c5419c52b..5e38a167c85e 100644
--- a/drivers/md/bcache/super.c
+++ b/drivers/md/bcache/super.c
@@ -816,7 +816,7 @@ static void bcache_device_free(struct bcache_device *d)
 }
 
 static int bcache_device_init(struct bcache_device *d, unsigned int block_size,
-			      sector_t sectors)
+			      sector_t sectors, make_request_fn make_request_fn)
 {
 	struct request_queue *q;
 	const size_t max_stripes = min_t(size_t, INT_MAX,
@@ -870,7 +870,7 @@ static int bcache_device_init(struct bcache_device *d, unsigned int block_size,
 	if (!q)
 		return -ENOMEM;
 
-	blk_queue_make_request(q, NULL);
+	blk_queue_make_request(q, make_request_fn);
 	d->disk->queue			= q;
 	q->queuedata			= d;
 	q->backing_dev_info->congested_data = d;
@@ -1339,7 +1339,8 @@ static int cached_dev_init(struct cached_dev *dc, unsigned int block_size)
 			q->limits.raid_partial_stripes_expensive;
 
 	ret = bcache_device_init(&dc->disk, block_size,
-			 dc->bdev->bd_part->nr_sects - dc->sb.data_offset);
+			 dc->bdev->bd_part->nr_sects - dc->sb.data_offset,
+			 cached_dev_make_request);
 	if (ret)
 		return ret;
 
@@ -1451,7 +1452,8 @@ static int flash_dev_run(struct cache_set *c, struct uuid_entry *u)
 
 	kobject_init(&d->kobj, &bch_flash_dev_ktype);
 
-	if (bcache_device_init(d, block_bytes(c), u->sectors))
+	if (bcache_device_init(d, block_bytes(c), u->sectors,
+			flash_dev_make_request))
 		goto err;
 
 	bcache_device_attach(d, c, u - c->uuids);