diff --git a/include/linux/sched.h b/include/linux/sched.h
index 94a48bb58297..a8daed914eef 100644
--- a/include/linux/sched.h
+++ b/include/linux/sched.h
@@ -461,12 +461,10 @@ extern signed long schedule_timeout_idle(signed long timeout);
 asmlinkage void schedule(void);
 extern void schedule_preempt_disabled(void);
 
+extern int __must_check io_schedule_prepare(void);
+extern void io_schedule_finish(int token);
 extern long io_schedule_timeout(long timeout);
-
-static inline void io_schedule(void)
-{
-	io_schedule_timeout(MAX_SCHEDULE_TIMEOUT);
-}
+extern void io_schedule(void);
 
 void __noreturn do_task_dead(void);
 
diff --git a/kernel/sched/core.c b/kernel/sched/core.c
index 9fd37169b302..49ce1cb3d320 100644
--- a/kernel/sched/core.c
+++ b/kernel/sched/core.c
@@ -5128,25 +5128,48 @@ out_irq:
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(yield_to);
 
+int io_schedule_prepare(void)
+{
+	int old_iowait = current->in_iowait;
+
+	current->in_iowait = 1;
+	blk_schedule_flush_plug(current);
+
+	return old_iowait;
+}
+
+void io_schedule_finish(int token)
+{
+	current->in_iowait = token;
+}
+
 /*
  * This task is about to go to sleep on IO. Increment rq->nr_iowait so
  * that process accounting knows that this is a task in IO wait state.
  */
 long __sched io_schedule_timeout(long timeout)
 {
-	int old_iowait = current->in_iowait;
+	int token;
 	long ret;
 
-	current->in_iowait = 1;
-	blk_schedule_flush_plug(current);
-
+	token = io_schedule_prepare();
 	ret = schedule_timeout(timeout);
-	current->in_iowait = old_iowait;
+	io_schedule_finish(token);
 
 	return ret;
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(io_schedule_timeout);
 
+void io_schedule(void)
+{
+	int token;
+
+	token = io_schedule_prepare();
+	schedule();
+	io_schedule_finish(token);
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL(io_schedule);
+
 /**
  * sys_sched_get_priority_max - return maximum RT priority.
  * @policy: scheduling class.