diff --git a/drivers/nvdimm/pmem.c b/drivers/nvdimm/pmem.c
index 9d714926ecf5..252adfab1e47 100644
--- a/drivers/nvdimm/pmem.c
+++ b/drivers/nvdimm/pmem.c
@@ -164,11 +164,6 @@ static blk_status_t pmem_do_bvec(struct pmem_device *pmem, struct page *page,
 	return rc;
 }
 
-/* account for REQ_FLUSH rename, replace with REQ_PREFLUSH after v4.8-rc1 */
-#ifndef REQ_FLUSH
-#define REQ_FLUSH REQ_PREFLUSH
-#endif
-
 static blk_qc_t pmem_make_request(struct request_queue *q, struct bio *bio)
 {
 	blk_status_t rc = 0;
@@ -179,7 +174,7 @@ static blk_qc_t pmem_make_request(struct request_queue *q, struct bio *bio)
 	struct pmem_device *pmem = q->queuedata;
 	struct nd_region *nd_region = to_region(pmem);
 
-	if (bio->bi_opf & REQ_FLUSH)
+	if (bio->bi_opf & REQ_PREFLUSH)
 		nvdimm_flush(nd_region);
 
 	do_acct = nd_iostat_start(bio, &start);