diff --git a/block/blk-mq.c b/block/blk-mq.c
index 3239ca9e199f..7035c305be45 100644
--- a/block/blk-mq.c
+++ b/block/blk-mq.c
@@ -858,7 +858,7 @@ static void blk_mq_check_expired(struct blk_mq_hw_ctx *hctx,
 	while (true) {
 		start = read_seqcount_begin(&rq->gstate_seq);
 		gstate = READ_ONCE(rq->gstate);
-		deadline = rq->deadline;
+		deadline = blk_rq_deadline(rq);
 		if (!read_seqcount_retry(&rq->gstate_seq, start))
 			break;
 		cond_resched();
diff --git a/block/blk-timeout.c b/block/blk-timeout.c
index ebe99963386c..a05e3676d24a 100644
--- a/block/blk-timeout.c
+++ b/block/blk-timeout.c
@@ -112,7 +112,9 @@ static void blk_rq_timed_out(struct request *req)
 static void blk_rq_check_expired(struct request *rq, unsigned long *next_timeout,
 			  unsigned int *next_set)
 {
-	if (time_after_eq(jiffies, rq->deadline)) {
+	const unsigned long deadline = blk_rq_deadline(rq);
+
+	if (time_after_eq(jiffies, deadline)) {
 		list_del_init(&rq->timeout_list);
 
 		/*
@@ -120,8 +122,8 @@ static void blk_rq_check_expired(struct request *rq, unsigned long *next_timeout
 		 */
 		if (!blk_mark_rq_complete(rq))
 			blk_rq_timed_out(rq);
-	} else if (!*next_set || time_after(*next_timeout, rq->deadline)) {
-		*next_timeout = rq->deadline;
+	} else if (!*next_set || time_after(*next_timeout, deadline)) {
+		*next_timeout = deadline;
 		*next_set = 1;
 	}
 }
@@ -162,7 +164,7 @@ void blk_abort_request(struct request *req)
 		 * immediately and that scan sees the new timeout value.
 		 * No need for fancy synchronizations.
 		 */
-		req->deadline = jiffies;
+		blk_rq_set_deadline(req, jiffies);
 		mod_timer(&req->q->timeout, 0);
 	} else {
 		if (blk_mark_rq_complete(req))
@@ -213,7 +215,7 @@ void blk_add_timer(struct request *req)
 	if (!req->timeout)
 		req->timeout = q->rq_timeout;
 
-	req->deadline = jiffies + req->timeout;
+	blk_rq_set_deadline(req, jiffies + req->timeout);
 	req->rq_flags &= ~RQF_MQ_TIMEOUT_EXPIRED;
 
 	/*
@@ -228,7 +230,7 @@ void blk_add_timer(struct request *req)
 	 * than an existing one, modify the timer. Round up to next nearest
 	 * second.
 	 */
-	expiry = blk_rq_timeout(round_jiffies_up(req->deadline));
+	expiry = blk_rq_timeout(round_jiffies_up(blk_rq_deadline(req)));
 
 	if (!timer_pending(&q->timeout) ||
 	    time_before(expiry, q->timeout.expires)) {
diff --git a/block/blk.h b/block/blk.h
index eb306c52121e..bcd9cf7db0d4 100644
--- a/block/blk.h
+++ b/block/blk.h
@@ -236,6 +236,21 @@ static inline void req_set_nomerge(struct request_queue *q, struct request *req)
 		q->last_merge = NULL;
 }
 
+/*
+ * Steal a bit from this field for legacy IO path atomic IO marking. Note that
+ * setting the deadline clears the bottom bit, potentially clearing the
+ * completed bit. The user has to be OK with this (current ones are fine).
+ */
+static inline void blk_rq_set_deadline(struct request *rq, unsigned long time)
+{
+	rq->__deadline = time & ~0x1UL;
+}
+
+static inline unsigned long blk_rq_deadline(struct request *rq)
+{
+	return rq->__deadline & ~0x1UL;
+}
+
 /*
  * Internal io_context interface
  */
diff --git a/include/linux/blkdev.h b/include/linux/blkdev.h
index ba31674d8581..aa6698cf483c 100644
--- a/include/linux/blkdev.h
+++ b/include/linux/blkdev.h
@@ -257,7 +257,9 @@ struct request {
 	struct u64_stats_sync aborted_gstate_sync;
 	u64 aborted_gstate;
 
-	unsigned long deadline;
+	/* access through blk_rq_set_deadline, blk_rq_deadline */
+	unsigned long __deadline;
+
 	struct list_head timeout_list;
 
 	/*