diff --git a/block/blk-merge.c b/block/blk-merge.c
index c265348b75d1..e7c2fbc3f656 100644
--- a/block/blk-merge.c
+++ b/block/blk-merge.c
@@ -744,6 +744,12 @@ int attempt_front_merge(struct request_queue *q, struct request *rq)
 int blk_attempt_req_merge(struct request_queue *q, struct request *rq,
 			  struct request *next)
 {
+	struct elevator_queue *e = q->elevator;
+
+	if (e->type->ops.elevator_allow_rq_merge_fn)
+		if (!e->type->ops.elevator_allow_rq_merge_fn(q, rq, next))
+			return 0;
+
 	return attempt_merge(q, rq, next);
 }
 
diff --git a/block/cfq-iosched.c b/block/cfq-iosched.c
index 892afd6d40e2..acabba198de9 100644
--- a/block/cfq-iosched.c
+++ b/block/cfq-iosched.c
@@ -2544,7 +2544,7 @@ static int cfq_merge(struct request_queue *q, struct request **req,
 	struct request *__rq;
 
 	__rq = cfq_find_rq_fmerge(cfqd, bio);
-	if (__rq && elv_rq_merge_ok(__rq, bio)) {
+	if (__rq && elv_bio_merge_ok(__rq, bio)) {
 		*req = __rq;
 		return ELEVATOR_FRONT_MERGE;
 	}
@@ -2601,8 +2601,8 @@ cfq_merged_requests(struct request_queue *q, struct request *rq,
 		cfq_del_cfqq_rr(cfqd, cfqq);
 }
 
-static int cfq_allow_merge(struct request_queue *q, struct request *rq,
-			   struct bio *bio)
+static int cfq_allow_bio_merge(struct request_queue *q, struct request *rq,
+			       struct bio *bio)
 {
 	struct cfq_data *cfqd = q->elevator->elevator_data;
 	struct cfq_io_cq *cic;
@@ -2626,6 +2626,12 @@ static int cfq_allow_merge(struct request_queue *q, struct request *rq,
 	return cfqq == RQ_CFQQ(rq);
 }
 
+static int cfq_allow_rq_merge(struct request_queue *q, struct request *rq,
+			      struct request *next)
+{
+	return RQ_CFQQ(rq) == RQ_CFQQ(next);
+}
+
 static inline void cfq_del_timer(struct cfq_data *cfqd, struct cfq_queue *cfqq)
 {
 	hrtimer_try_to_cancel(&cfqd->idle_slice_timer);
@@ -4821,7 +4827,8 @@ static struct elevator_type iosched_cfq = {
 		.elevator_merge_fn = 		cfq_merge,
 		.elevator_merged_fn =		cfq_merged_request,
 		.elevator_merge_req_fn =	cfq_merged_requests,
-		.elevator_allow_merge_fn =	cfq_allow_merge,
+		.elevator_allow_bio_merge_fn =	cfq_allow_bio_merge,
+		.elevator_allow_rq_merge_fn =	cfq_allow_rq_merge,
 		.elevator_bio_merged_fn =	cfq_bio_merged,
 		.elevator_dispatch_fn =		cfq_dispatch_requests,
 		.elevator_add_req_fn =		cfq_insert_request,
diff --git a/block/deadline-iosched.c b/block/deadline-iosched.c
index 26a9d3c8057a..55e0bb6d7da7 100644
--- a/block/deadline-iosched.c
+++ b/block/deadline-iosched.c
@@ -137,7 +137,7 @@ deadline_merge(struct request_queue *q, struct request **req, struct bio *bio)
 		if (__rq) {
 			BUG_ON(sector != blk_rq_pos(__rq));
 
-			if (elv_rq_merge_ok(__rq, bio)) {
+			if (elv_bio_merge_ok(__rq, bio)) {
 				ret = ELEVATOR_FRONT_MERGE;
 				goto out;
 			}
diff --git a/block/elevator.c b/block/elevator.c
index ea9319db50d7..7096c22041e7 100644
--- a/block/elevator.c
+++ b/block/elevator.c
@@ -53,13 +53,13 @@ static LIST_HEAD(elv_list);
  * Query io scheduler to see if the current process issuing bio may be
  * merged with rq.
  */
-static int elv_iosched_allow_merge(struct request *rq, struct bio *bio)
+static int elv_iosched_allow_bio_merge(struct request *rq, struct bio *bio)
 {
 	struct request_queue *q = rq->q;
 	struct elevator_queue *e = q->elevator;
 
-	if (e->type->ops.elevator_allow_merge_fn)
-		return e->type->ops.elevator_allow_merge_fn(q, rq, bio);
+	if (e->type->ops.elevator_allow_bio_merge_fn)
+		return e->type->ops.elevator_allow_bio_merge_fn(q, rq, bio);
 
 	return 1;
 }
@@ -67,17 +67,17 @@ static int elv_iosched_allow_merge(struct request *rq, struct bio *bio)
 /*
  * can we safely merge with this request?
  */
-bool elv_rq_merge_ok(struct request *rq, struct bio *bio)
+bool elv_bio_merge_ok(struct request *rq, struct bio *bio)
 {
 	if (!blk_rq_merge_ok(rq, bio))
-		return 0;
+		return false;
 
-	if (!elv_iosched_allow_merge(rq, bio))
-		return 0;
+	if (!elv_iosched_allow_bio_merge(rq, bio))
+		return false;
 
-	return 1;
+	return true;
 }
-EXPORT_SYMBOL(elv_rq_merge_ok);
+EXPORT_SYMBOL(elv_bio_merge_ok);
 
 static struct elevator_type *elevator_find(const char *name)
 {
@@ -425,7 +425,7 @@ int elv_merge(struct request_queue *q, struct request **req, struct bio *bio)
 	/*
 	 * First try one-hit cache.
 	 */
-	if (q->last_merge && elv_rq_merge_ok(q->last_merge, bio)) {
+	if (q->last_merge && elv_bio_merge_ok(q->last_merge, bio)) {
 		ret = blk_try_merge(q->last_merge, bio);
 		if (ret != ELEVATOR_NO_MERGE) {
 			*req = q->last_merge;
@@ -440,7 +440,7 @@ int elv_merge(struct request_queue *q, struct request **req, struct bio *bio)
 	 * See if our hash lookup can find a potential backmerge.
 	 */
 	__rq = elv_rqhash_find(q, bio->bi_iter.bi_sector);
-	if (__rq && elv_rq_merge_ok(__rq, bio)) {
+	if (__rq && elv_bio_merge_ok(__rq, bio)) {
 		*req = __rq;
 		return ELEVATOR_BACK_MERGE;
 	}
diff --git a/include/linux/elevator.h b/include/linux/elevator.h
index 953d28647435..e7f358d2e5fc 100644
--- a/include/linux/elevator.h
+++ b/include/linux/elevator.h
@@ -16,7 +16,11 @@ typedef void (elevator_merge_req_fn) (struct request_queue *, struct request *,
 
 typedef void (elevator_merged_fn) (struct request_queue *, struct request *, int);
 
-typedef int (elevator_allow_merge_fn) (struct request_queue *, struct request *, struct bio *);
+typedef int (elevator_allow_bio_merge_fn) (struct request_queue *,
+					   struct request *, struct bio *);
+
+typedef int (elevator_allow_rq_merge_fn) (struct request_queue *,
+					  struct request *, struct request *);
 
 typedef void (elevator_bio_merged_fn) (struct request_queue *,
 						struct request *, struct bio *);
@@ -46,7 +50,8 @@ struct elevator_ops
 	elevator_merge_fn *elevator_merge_fn;
 	elevator_merged_fn *elevator_merged_fn;
 	elevator_merge_req_fn *elevator_merge_req_fn;
-	elevator_allow_merge_fn *elevator_allow_merge_fn;
+	elevator_allow_bio_merge_fn *elevator_allow_bio_merge_fn;
+	elevator_allow_rq_merge_fn *elevator_allow_rq_merge_fn;
 	elevator_bio_merged_fn *elevator_bio_merged_fn;
 
 	elevator_dispatch_fn *elevator_dispatch_fn;
@@ -157,7 +162,7 @@ extern ssize_t elv_iosched_store(struct request_queue *, const char *, size_t);
 extern int elevator_init(struct request_queue *, char *);
 extern void elevator_exit(struct elevator_queue *);
 extern int elevator_change(struct request_queue *, const char *);
-extern bool elv_rq_merge_ok(struct request *, struct bio *);
+extern bool elv_bio_merge_ok(struct request *, struct bio *);
 extern struct elevator_queue *elevator_alloc(struct request_queue *,
 					struct elevator_type *);