diff --git a/block/blk-core.c b/block/blk-core.c
index 82e0dbfc593b..02952e85c580 100644
--- a/block/blk-core.c
+++ b/block/blk-core.c
@@ -1326,8 +1326,8 @@ static struct request *get_request(struct request_queue *q, unsigned int op,
 	goto retry;
 }
 
-static struct request *blk_old_get_request(struct request_queue *q, int rw,
-		gfp_t gfp_mask)
+static struct request *blk_old_get_request(struct request_queue *q,
+					   unsigned int op, gfp_t gfp_mask)
 {
 	struct request *rq;
 
@@ -1337,7 +1337,7 @@ static struct request *blk_old_get_request(struct request_queue *q, int rw,
 	create_io_context(gfp_mask, q->node);
 
 	spin_lock_irq(q->queue_lock);
-	rq = get_request(q, rw, NULL, gfp_mask);
+	rq = get_request(q, op, NULL, gfp_mask);
 	if (IS_ERR(rq)) {
 		spin_unlock_irq(q->queue_lock);
 		return rq;
@@ -1350,14 +1350,15 @@ static struct request *blk_old_get_request(struct request_queue *q, int rw,
 	return rq;
 }
 
-struct request *blk_get_request(struct request_queue *q, int rw, gfp_t gfp_mask)
+struct request *blk_get_request(struct request_queue *q, unsigned int op,
+				gfp_t gfp_mask)
 {
 	if (q->mq_ops)
-		return blk_mq_alloc_request(q, rw,
+		return blk_mq_alloc_request(q, op,
 			(gfp_mask & __GFP_DIRECT_RECLAIM) ?
 				0 : BLK_MQ_REQ_NOWAIT);
 	else
-		return blk_old_get_request(q, rw, gfp_mask);
+		return blk_old_get_request(q, op, gfp_mask);
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(blk_get_request);
 
diff --git a/block/blk-mq.c b/block/blk-mq.c
index 4b1b2c7b4344..aa2e9eb643a9 100644
--- a/block/blk-mq.c
+++ b/block/blk-mq.c
@@ -281,7 +281,7 @@ struct request *__blk_mq_alloc_request(struct blk_mq_alloc_data *data,
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(__blk_mq_alloc_request);
 
-struct request *blk_mq_alloc_request(struct request_queue *q, int rw,
+struct request *blk_mq_alloc_request(struct request_queue *q, unsigned int op,
 		unsigned int flags)
 {
 	struct blk_mq_alloc_data alloc_data = { .flags = flags };
@@ -292,7 +292,7 @@ struct request *blk_mq_alloc_request(struct request_queue *q, int rw,
 	if (ret)
 		return ERR_PTR(ret);
 
-	rq = blk_mq_sched_get_request(q, NULL, rw, &alloc_data);
+	rq = blk_mq_sched_get_request(q, NULL, op, &alloc_data);
 
 	blk_mq_put_ctx(alloc_data.ctx);
 	blk_queue_exit(q);
@@ -307,8 +307,8 @@ struct request *blk_mq_alloc_request(struct request_queue *q, int rw,
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(blk_mq_alloc_request);
 
-struct request *blk_mq_alloc_request_hctx(struct request_queue *q, int rw,
-		unsigned int flags, unsigned int hctx_idx)
+struct request *blk_mq_alloc_request_hctx(struct request_queue *q,
+		unsigned int op, unsigned int flags, unsigned int hctx_idx)
 {
 	struct blk_mq_alloc_data alloc_data = { .flags = flags };
 	struct request *rq;
@@ -343,7 +343,7 @@ struct request *blk_mq_alloc_request_hctx(struct request_queue *q, int rw,
 	cpu = cpumask_first(alloc_data.hctx->cpumask);
 	alloc_data.ctx = __blk_mq_get_ctx(q, cpu);
 
-	rq = blk_mq_sched_get_request(q, NULL, rw, &alloc_data);
+	rq = blk_mq_sched_get_request(q, NULL, op, &alloc_data);
 
 	blk_queue_exit(q);
 
diff --git a/include/linux/blk-mq.h b/include/linux/blk-mq.h
index c589b81be491..da892b9fd4d7 100644
--- a/include/linux/blk-mq.h
+++ b/include/linux/blk-mq.h
@@ -205,10 +205,10 @@ enum {
 	BLK_MQ_REQ_INTERNAL	= (1 << 2), /* allocate internal/sched tag */
 };
 
-struct request *blk_mq_alloc_request(struct request_queue *q, int rw,
+struct request *blk_mq_alloc_request(struct request_queue *q, unsigned int op,
 		unsigned int flags);
-struct request *blk_mq_alloc_request_hctx(struct request_queue *q, int op,
-		unsigned int flags, unsigned int hctx_idx);
+struct request *blk_mq_alloc_request_hctx(struct request_queue *q,
+		unsigned int op, unsigned int flags, unsigned int hctx_idx);
 struct request *blk_mq_tag_to_rq(struct blk_mq_tags *tags, unsigned int tag);
 
 enum {
diff --git a/include/linux/blkdev.h b/include/linux/blkdev.h
index 293067a2726e..85230b5259da 100644
--- a/include/linux/blkdev.h
+++ b/include/linux/blkdev.h
@@ -942,7 +942,8 @@ extern void blk_rq_init(struct request_queue *q, struct request *rq);
 extern void blk_init_request_from_bio(struct request *req, struct bio *bio);
 extern void blk_put_request(struct request *);
 extern void __blk_put_request(struct request_queue *, struct request *);
-extern struct request *blk_get_request(struct request_queue *, int, gfp_t);
+extern struct request *blk_get_request(struct request_queue *, unsigned int op,
+				       gfp_t gfp_mask);
 extern void blk_requeue_request(struct request_queue *, struct request *);
 extern int blk_lld_busy(struct request_queue *q);
 extern int blk_rq_prep_clone(struct request *rq, struct request *rq_src,
