diff --git a/drivers/scsi/scsi_lib.c b/drivers/scsi/scsi_lib.c
index f1bf5af..af1b8b3 100644
--- a/drivers/scsi/scsi_lib.c
+++ b/drivers/scsi/scsi_lib.c
@@ -271,11 +271,10 @@ int scsi_execute(struct scsi_device *sdev, const unsigned char *cmd,
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(scsi_execute);
 
-
-int scsi_execute_req(struct scsi_device *sdev, const unsigned char *cmd,
+int scsi_execute_req_flags(struct scsi_device *sdev, const unsigned char *cmd,
 		     int data_direction, void *buffer, unsigned bufflen,
 		     struct scsi_sense_hdr *sshdr, int timeout, int retries,
-		     int *resid)
+		     int *resid, int flags)
 {
 	char *sense = NULL;
 	int result;
@@ -286,14 +285,14 @@ int scsi_execute_req(struct scsi_device *sdev, const unsigned char *cmd,
 			return DRIVER_ERROR << 24;
 	}
 	result = scsi_execute(sdev, cmd, data_direction, buffer, bufflen,
-			      sense, timeout, retries, 0, resid);
+			      sense, timeout, retries, flags, resid);
 	if (sshdr)
 		scsi_normalize_sense(sense, SCSI_SENSE_BUFFERSIZE, sshdr);
 
 	kfree(sense);
 	return result;
 }
-EXPORT_SYMBOL(scsi_execute_req);
+EXPORT_SYMBOL(scsi_execute_req_flags);
 
 /*
  * Function:    scsi_init_cmd_errh()
diff --git a/drivers/scsi/sd.c b/drivers/scsi/sd.c
index 7992635..8ca160e 100644
--- a/drivers/scsi/sd.c
+++ b/drivers/scsi/sd.c
@@ -1424,8 +1424,9 @@ static int sd_sync_cache(struct scsi_disk *sdkp)
 		 * Leave the rest of the command zero to indicate
 		 * flush everything.
 		 */
-		res = scsi_execute_req(sdp, cmd, DMA_NONE, NULL, 0, &sshdr,
-				       SD_FLUSH_TIMEOUT, SD_MAX_RETRIES, NULL);
+		res = scsi_execute_req_flags(sdp, cmd, DMA_NONE, NULL, 0, &sshdr,
+				       SD_FLUSH_TIMEOUT, SD_MAX_RETRIES, NULL,
+				       REQ_PM);
 		if (res == 0)
 			break;
 	}
@@ -3021,8 +3022,8 @@ static int sd_start_stop_device(struct scsi_disk *sdkp, int start)
 	if (!scsi_device_online(sdp))
 		return -ENODEV;
 
-	res = scsi_execute_req(sdp, cmd, DMA_NONE, NULL, 0, &sshdr,
-			       SD_TIMEOUT, SD_MAX_RETRIES, NULL);
+	res = scsi_execute_req_flags(sdp, cmd, DMA_NONE, NULL, 0, &sshdr,
+			       SD_TIMEOUT, SD_MAX_RETRIES, NULL, REQ_PM);
 	if (res) {
 		sd_printk(KERN_WARNING, sdkp, "START_STOP FAILED\n");
 		sd_print_result(sdkp, res);
diff --git a/include/linux/blk_types.h b/include/linux/blk_types.h
index cdf1119..fcc1ce2 100644
--- a/include/linux/blk_types.h
+++ b/include/linux/blk_types.h
@@ -175,6 +175,7 @@ enum rq_flag_bits {
 	__REQ_IO_STAT,		/* account I/O stat */
 	__REQ_MIXED_MERGE,	/* merge of different types, fail separately */
 	__REQ_KERNEL, 		/* direct IO to kernel pages */
+	__REQ_PM,		/* runtime pm request */
 	__REQ_NR_BITS,		/* stops here */
 };
 
@@ -223,5 +224,6 @@ enum rq_flag_bits {
 #define REQ_MIXED_MERGE		(1 << __REQ_MIXED_MERGE)
 #define REQ_SECURE		(1 << __REQ_SECURE)
 #define REQ_KERNEL		(1 << __REQ_KERNEL)
+#define REQ_PM			(1 << __REQ_PM)
 
 #endif /* __LINUX_BLK_TYPES_H */
diff --git a/include/scsi/scsi_device.h b/include/scsi/scsi_device.h
index e65c62e..aff494c 100644
--- a/include/scsi/scsi_device.h
+++ b/include/scsi/scsi_device.h
@@ -393,10 +393,19 @@ extern int scsi_execute(struct scsi_device *sdev, const unsigned char *cmd,
 			int data_direction, void *buffer, unsigned bufflen,
 			unsigned char *sense, int timeout, int retries,
 			int flag, int *resid);
-extern int scsi_execute_req(struct scsi_device *sdev, const unsigned char *cmd,
-			    int data_direction, void *buffer, unsigned bufflen,
-			    struct scsi_sense_hdr *, int timeout, int retries,
-			    int *resid);
+extern int scsi_execute_req_flags(struct scsi_device *sdev,
+	const unsigned char *cmd, int data_direction, void *buffer,
+	unsigned bufflen, struct scsi_sense_hdr *sshdr, int timeout,
+	int retries, int *resid, int flags);
+
+static inline int scsi_execute_req(struct scsi_device *sdev,
+	const unsigned char *cmd, int data_direction, void *buffer,
+	unsigned bufflen, struct scsi_sense_hdr *sshdr, int timeout,
+	int retries, int *resid)
+{
+	return scsi_execute_req_flags(sdev, cmd, data_direction, buffer,
+		bufflen, sshdr, timeout, retries, resid, 0);
+}
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_PM_RUNTIME
 extern int scsi_autopm_get_device(struct scsi_device *);
