diff --git a/block/blktrace.c b/block/blktrace.c
index 39cc3bfe56e4..7cf9d1ff45a0 100644
--- a/block/blktrace.c
+++ b/block/blktrace.c
@@ -142,7 +142,7 @@ static void __blk_add_trace(struct blk_trace *bt, sector_t sector, int bytes,
 
 	what |= ddir_act[rw & WRITE];
 	what |= MASK_TC_BIT(rw, BARRIER);
-	what |= MASK_TC_BIT(rw, SYNC);
+	what |= MASK_TC_BIT(rw, SYNCIO);
 	what |= MASK_TC_BIT(rw, AHEAD);
 	what |= MASK_TC_BIT(rw, META);
 	what |= MASK_TC_BIT(rw, DISCARD);
diff --git a/drivers/md/dm-io.c b/drivers/md/dm-io.c
index a34338567a2a..f14813be4eff 100644
--- a/drivers/md/dm-io.c
+++ b/drivers/md/dm-io.c
@@ -328,7 +328,7 @@ static void dispatch_io(int rw, unsigned int num_regions,
 	struct dpages old_pages = *dp;
 
 	if (sync)
-		rw |= (1 << BIO_RW_SYNC);
+		rw |= (1 << BIO_RW_SYNCIO) | (1 << BIO_RW_UNPLUG);
 
 	/*
 	 * For multiple regions we need to be careful to rewind
diff --git a/drivers/md/dm-kcopyd.c b/drivers/md/dm-kcopyd.c
index 3073618269ea..0a225da21272 100644
--- a/drivers/md/dm-kcopyd.c
+++ b/drivers/md/dm-kcopyd.c
@@ -344,7 +344,7 @@ static int run_io_job(struct kcopyd_job *job)
 {
 	int r;
 	struct dm_io_request io_req = {
-		.bi_rw = job->rw | (1 << BIO_RW_SYNC),
+		.bi_rw = job->rw | (1 << BIO_RW_SYNCIO) | (1 << BIO_RW_UNPLUG),
 		.mem.type = DM_IO_PAGE_LIST,
 		.mem.ptr.pl = job->pages,
 		.mem.offset = job->offset,
diff --git a/drivers/md/md.c b/drivers/md/md.c
index 4495104f6c9f..03b4cd0a6344 100644
--- a/drivers/md/md.c
+++ b/drivers/md/md.c
@@ -474,7 +474,7 @@ void md_super_write(mddev_t *mddev, mdk_rdev_t *rdev,
 	 * causes ENOTSUPP, we allocate a spare bio...
 	 */
 	struct bio *bio = bio_alloc(GFP_NOIO, 1);
-	int rw = (1<<BIO_RW) | (1<<BIO_RW_SYNC);
+	int rw = (1<<BIO_RW) | (1<<BIO_RW_SYNCIO) | (1<<BIO_RW_UNPLUG);
 
 	bio->bi_bdev = rdev->bdev;
 	bio->bi_sector = sector;
@@ -531,7 +531,7 @@ int sync_page_io(struct block_device *bdev, sector_t sector, int size,
 	struct completion event;
 	int ret;
 
-	rw |= (1 << BIO_RW_SYNC);
+	rw |= (1 << BIO_RW_SYNCIO) | (1 << BIO_RW_UNPLUG);
 
 	bio->bi_bdev = bdev;
 	bio->bi_sector = sector;
diff --git a/include/linux/bio.h b/include/linux/bio.h
index 2aa283ab062b..1b16108a5417 100644
--- a/include/linux/bio.h
+++ b/include/linux/bio.h
@@ -171,8 +171,6 @@ struct bio {
 #define BIO_RW_FAILFAST_TRANSPORT	8
 #define BIO_RW_FAILFAST_DRIVER		9
 
-#define BIO_RW_SYNC	(BIO_RW_SYNCIO | BIO_RW_UNPLUG)
-
 #define bio_rw_flagged(bio, flag)	((bio)->bi_rw & (1 << (flag)))
 
 /*
diff --git a/include/linux/blktrace_api.h b/include/linux/blktrace_api.h
index 25379cba2370..6e915878e88c 100644
--- a/include/linux/blktrace_api.h
+++ b/include/linux/blktrace_api.h
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ enum blktrace_cat {
 	BLK_TC_WRITE	= 1 << 1,	/* writes */
 	BLK_TC_BARRIER	= 1 << 2,	/* barrier */
 	BLK_TC_SYNC	= 1 << 3,	/* sync IO */
+	BLK_TC_SYNCIO	= BLK_TC_SYNC,
 	BLK_TC_QUEUE	= 1 << 4,	/* queueing/merging */
 	BLK_TC_REQUEUE	= 1 << 5,	/* requeueing */
 	BLK_TC_ISSUE	= 1 << 6,	/* issue */
diff --git a/include/linux/fs.h b/include/linux/fs.h
index 6022f44043f2..67857dc16365 100644
--- a/include/linux/fs.h
+++ b/include/linux/fs.h
@@ -87,10 +87,10 @@ struct inodes_stat_t {
 #define WRITE 1
 #define READA 2		/* read-ahead  - don't block if no resources */
 #define SWRITE 3	/* for ll_rw_block() - wait for buffer lock */
-#define READ_SYNC	(READ | (1 << BIO_RW_SYNC))
+#define READ_SYNC	(READ | (1 << BIO_RW_SYNCIO) | (1 << BIO_RW_UNPLUG))
 #define READ_META	(READ | (1 << BIO_RW_META))
-#define WRITE_SYNC	(WRITE | (1 << BIO_RW_SYNC))
-#define SWRITE_SYNC	(SWRITE | (1 << BIO_RW_SYNC))
+#define WRITE_SYNC	(WRITE | (1 << BIO_RW_SYNCIO) | (1 << BIO_RW_UNPLUG))
+#define SWRITE_SYNC	(SWRITE | (1 << BIO_RW_SYNCIO) | (1 << BIO_RW_UNPLUG))
 #define WRITE_BARRIER	(WRITE | (1 << BIO_RW_BARRIER))
 #define DISCARD_NOBARRIER (1 << BIO_RW_DISCARD)
 #define DISCARD_BARRIER ((1 << BIO_RW_DISCARD) | (1 << BIO_RW_BARRIER))
diff --git a/kernel/power/swap.c b/kernel/power/swap.c
index 6da14358537c..505f319e489c 100644
--- a/kernel/power/swap.c
+++ b/kernel/power/swap.c
@@ -60,6 +60,7 @@ static struct block_device *resume_bdev;
 static int submit(int rw, pgoff_t page_off, struct page *page,
 			struct bio **bio_chain)
 {
+	const int bio_rw = rw | (1 << BIO_RW_SYNCIO) | (1 << BIO_RW_UNPLUG);
 	struct bio *bio;
 
 	bio = bio_alloc(__GFP_WAIT | __GFP_HIGH, 1);
@@ -80,7 +81,7 @@ static int submit(int rw, pgoff_t page_off, struct page *page,
 	bio_get(bio);
 
 	if (bio_chain == NULL) {
-		submit_bio(rw | (1 << BIO_RW_SYNC), bio);
+		submit_bio(bio_rw, bio);
 		wait_on_page_locked(page);
 		if (rw == READ)
 			bio_set_pages_dirty(bio);
@@ -90,7 +91,7 @@ static int submit(int rw, pgoff_t page_off, struct page *page,
 			get_page(page);	/* These pages are freed later */
 		bio->bi_private = *bio_chain;
 		*bio_chain = bio;
-		submit_bio(rw | (1 << BIO_RW_SYNC), bio);
+		submit_bio(bio_rw, bio);
 	}
 	return 0;
 }
diff --git a/mm/page_io.c b/mm/page_io.c
index dc6ce0afbded..3023c475e041 100644
--- a/mm/page_io.c
+++ b/mm/page_io.c
@@ -111,7 +111,7 @@ int swap_writepage(struct page *page, struct writeback_control *wbc)
 		goto out;
 	}
 	if (wbc->sync_mode == WB_SYNC_ALL)
-		rw |= (1 << BIO_RW_SYNC);
+		rw |= (1 << BIO_RW_SYNCIO) | (1 << BIO_RW_UNPLUG);
 	count_vm_event(PSWPOUT);
 	set_page_writeback(page);
 	unlock_page(page);