diff --git a/block/blk-mq.c b/block/blk-mq.c
index 261ccd89e15d..78324a2f0e10 100644
--- a/block/blk-mq.c
+++ b/block/blk-mq.c
@@ -619,7 +619,7 @@ void blk_mq_rq_timed_out(struct request *req, bool reserved)
 		break;
 	}
 }
-		
+
 static void blk_mq_check_expired(struct blk_mq_hw_ctx *hctx,
 		struct request *rq, void *priv, bool reserved)
 {
@@ -627,6 +627,8 @@ static void blk_mq_check_expired(struct blk_mq_hw_ctx *hctx,
 
 	if (!test_bit(REQ_ATOM_STARTED, &rq->atomic_flags))
 		return;
+	if (rq->cmd_flags & REQ_NO_TIMEOUT)
+		return;
 
 	if (time_after_eq(jiffies, rq->deadline)) {
 		if (!blk_mark_rq_complete(rq))
diff --git a/block/blk-timeout.c b/block/blk-timeout.c
index 56c025894cdf..246dfb16c3d9 100644
--- a/block/blk-timeout.c
+++ b/block/blk-timeout.c
@@ -190,6 +190,9 @@ void blk_add_timer(struct request *req)
 	struct request_queue *q = req->q;
 	unsigned long expiry;
 
+	if (req->cmd_flags & REQ_NO_TIMEOUT)
+		return;
+
 	/* blk-mq has its own handler, so we don't need ->rq_timed_out_fn */
 	if (!q->mq_ops && !q->rq_timed_out_fn)
 		return;
diff --git a/include/linux/blk_types.h b/include/linux/blk_types.h
index 445d59231bc4..c294e3e25e37 100644
--- a/include/linux/blk_types.h
+++ b/include/linux/blk_types.h
@@ -190,6 +190,7 @@ enum rq_flag_bits {
 	__REQ_PM,		/* runtime pm request */
 	__REQ_HASHED,		/* on IO scheduler merge hash */
 	__REQ_MQ_INFLIGHT,	/* track inflight for MQ */
+	__REQ_NO_TIMEOUT,	/* requests may never expire */
 	__REQ_NR_BITS,		/* stops here */
 };
 
@@ -243,5 +244,6 @@ enum rq_flag_bits {
 #define REQ_PM			(1ULL << __REQ_PM)
 #define REQ_HASHED		(1ULL << __REQ_HASHED)
 #define REQ_MQ_INFLIGHT		(1ULL << __REQ_MQ_INFLIGHT)
+#define REQ_NO_TIMEOUT		(1ULL << __REQ_NO_TIMEOUT)
 
 #endif /* __LINUX_BLK_TYPES_H */