diff --git a/block/bsg.c b/block/bsg.c
index ee1335c68de7..452f94f1c5d4 100644
--- a/block/bsg.c
+++ b/block/bsg.c
@@ -137,7 +137,7 @@ static inline struct hlist_head *bsg_dev_idx_hash(int index)
 
 static int blk_fill_sgv4_hdr_rq(struct request_queue *q, struct request *rq,
 				struct sg_io_v4 *hdr, struct bsg_device *bd,
-				fmode_t has_write_perm)
+				fmode_t mode)
 {
 	struct scsi_request *req = scsi_req(rq);
 
@@ -152,7 +152,7 @@ static int blk_fill_sgv4_hdr_rq(struct request_queue *q, struct request *rq,
 		return -EFAULT;
 
 	if (hdr->subprotocol == BSG_SUB_PROTOCOL_SCSI_CMD) {
-		if (blk_verify_command(req->cmd, has_write_perm))
+		if (blk_verify_command(req->cmd, mode))
 			return -EPERM;
 	} else if (!capable(CAP_SYS_RAWIO))
 		return -EPERM;
@@ -206,7 +206,7 @@ bsg_validate_sgv4_hdr(struct sg_io_v4 *hdr, int *op)
  * map sg_io_v4 to a request.
  */
 static struct request *
-bsg_map_hdr(struct bsg_device *bd, struct sg_io_v4 *hdr, fmode_t has_write_perm)
+bsg_map_hdr(struct bsg_device *bd, struct sg_io_v4 *hdr, fmode_t mode)
 {
 	struct request_queue *q = bd->queue;
 	struct request *rq, *next_rq = NULL;
@@ -237,7 +237,7 @@ bsg_map_hdr(struct bsg_device *bd, struct sg_io_v4 *hdr, fmode_t has_write_perm)
 	if (IS_ERR(rq))
 		return rq;
 
-	ret = blk_fill_sgv4_hdr_rq(q, rq, hdr, bd, has_write_perm);
+	ret = blk_fill_sgv4_hdr_rq(q, rq, hdr, bd, mode);
 	if (ret)
 		goto out;
 
@@ -587,8 +587,7 @@ bsg_read(struct file *file, char __user *buf, size_t count, loff_t *ppos)
 }
 
 static int __bsg_write(struct bsg_device *bd, const char __user *buf,
-		       size_t count, ssize_t *bytes_written,
-		       fmode_t has_write_perm)
+		       size_t count, ssize_t *bytes_written, fmode_t mode)
 {
 	struct bsg_command *bc;
 	struct request *rq;
@@ -619,7 +618,7 @@ static int __bsg_write(struct bsg_device *bd, const char __user *buf,
 		/*
 		 * get a request, fill in the blanks, and add to request queue
 		 */
-		rq = bsg_map_hdr(bd, &bc->hdr, has_write_perm);
+		rq = bsg_map_hdr(bd, &bc->hdr, mode);
 		if (IS_ERR(rq)) {
 			ret = PTR_ERR(rq);
 			rq = NULL;
@@ -655,8 +654,7 @@ bsg_write(struct file *file, const char __user *buf, size_t count, loff_t *ppos)
 	bsg_set_block(bd, file);
 
 	bytes_written = 0;
-	ret = __bsg_write(bd, buf, count, &bytes_written,
-			  file->f_mode & FMODE_WRITE);
+	ret = __bsg_write(bd, buf, count, &bytes_written, file->f_mode);
 
 	*ppos = bytes_written;
 
@@ -915,7 +913,7 @@ static long bsg_ioctl(struct file *file, unsigned int cmd, unsigned long arg)
 		if (copy_from_user(&hdr, uarg, sizeof(hdr)))
 			return -EFAULT;
 
-		rq = bsg_map_hdr(bd, &hdr, file->f_mode & FMODE_WRITE);
+		rq = bsg_map_hdr(bd, &hdr, file->f_mode);
 		if (IS_ERR(rq))
 			return PTR_ERR(rq);
 
diff --git a/block/scsi_ioctl.c b/block/scsi_ioctl.c
index 7440de44dd85..edcfff974527 100644
--- a/block/scsi_ioctl.c
+++ b/block/scsi_ioctl.c
@@ -207,7 +207,7 @@ static void blk_set_cmd_filter_defaults(struct blk_cmd_filter *filter)
 	__set_bit(GPCMD_SET_READ_AHEAD, filter->write_ok);
 }
 
-int blk_verify_command(unsigned char *cmd, fmode_t has_write_perm)
+int blk_verify_command(unsigned char *cmd, fmode_t mode)
 {
 	struct blk_cmd_filter *filter = &blk_default_cmd_filter;
 
@@ -220,7 +220,7 @@ int blk_verify_command(unsigned char *cmd, fmode_t has_write_perm)
 		return 0;
 
 	/* Write-safe commands require a writable open */
-	if (test_bit(cmd[0], filter->write_ok) && has_write_perm)
+	if (test_bit(cmd[0], filter->write_ok) && (mode & FMODE_WRITE))
 		return 0;
 
 	return -EPERM;
@@ -234,7 +234,7 @@ static int blk_fill_sghdr_rq(struct request_queue *q, struct request *rq,
 
 	if (copy_from_user(req->cmd, hdr->cmdp, hdr->cmd_len))
 		return -EFAULT;
-	if (blk_verify_command(req->cmd, mode & FMODE_WRITE))
+	if (blk_verify_command(req->cmd, mode))
 		return -EPERM;
 
 	/*
@@ -469,7 +469,7 @@ int sg_scsi_ioctl(struct request_queue *q, struct gendisk *disk, fmode_t mode,
 	if (in_len && copy_from_user(buffer, sic->data + cmdlen, in_len))
 		goto error;
 
-	err = blk_verify_command(req->cmd, mode & FMODE_WRITE);
+	err = blk_verify_command(req->cmd, mode);
 	if (err)
 		goto error;
 
diff --git a/drivers/scsi/sg.c b/drivers/scsi/sg.c
index 0419c2298eab..92fd870e1315 100644
--- a/drivers/scsi/sg.c
+++ b/drivers/scsi/sg.c
@@ -217,7 +217,7 @@ static int sg_allow_access(struct file *filp, unsigned char *cmd)
 	if (sfp->parentdp->device->type == TYPE_SCANNER)
 		return 0;
 
-	return blk_verify_command(cmd, filp->f_mode & FMODE_WRITE);
+	return blk_verify_command(cmd, filp->f_mode);
 }
 
 static int
diff --git a/include/linux/blkdev.h b/include/linux/blkdev.h
index 02fa42d24b52..75fe9d45ead1 100644
--- a/include/linux/blkdev.h
+++ b/include/linux/blkdev.h
@@ -1371,7 +1371,7 @@ static inline int sb_issue_zeroout(struct super_block *sb, sector_t block,
 				    gfp_mask, 0);
 }
 
-extern int blk_verify_command(unsigned char *cmd, fmode_t has_write_perm);
+extern int blk_verify_command(unsigned char *cmd, fmode_t mode);
 
 enum blk_default_limits {
 	BLK_MAX_SEGMENTS	= 128,
