diff --git a/block/blk-core.c b/block/blk-core.c
index 49af34bf2119..7aeef19704f2 100644
--- a/block/blk-core.c
+++ b/block/blk-core.c
@@ -2162,7 +2162,9 @@ static inline bool should_fail_request(struct hd_struct *part,
 
 static inline bool bio_check_ro(struct bio *bio, struct hd_struct *part)
 {
-	if (part->policy && op_is_write(bio_op(bio))) {
+	const int op = bio_op(bio);
+
+	if (part->policy && (op_is_write(op) && !op_is_flush(op))) {
 		char b[BDEVNAME_SIZE];
 
 		printk(KERN_ERR