diff --git a/drivers/block/virtio_blk.c b/drivers/block/virtio_blk.c
index 42251095134f..879506a2c234 100644
--- a/drivers/block/virtio_blk.c
+++ b/drivers/block/virtio_blk.c
@@ -84,11 +84,11 @@ static bool do_req(struct request_queue *q, struct virtio_blk *vblk,
 	if (blk_fs_request(vbr->req)) {
 		vbr->out_hdr.type = 0;
 		vbr->out_hdr.sector = vbr->req->sector;
-		vbr->out_hdr.ioprio = vbr->req->ioprio;
+		vbr->out_hdr.ioprio = req_get_ioprio(vbr->req);
 	} else if (blk_pc_request(vbr->req)) {
 		vbr->out_hdr.type = VIRTIO_BLK_T_SCSI_CMD;
 		vbr->out_hdr.sector = 0;
-		vbr->out_hdr.ioprio = vbr->req->ioprio;
+		vbr->out_hdr.ioprio = req_get_ioprio(vbr->req);
 	} else {
 		/* We don't put anything else in the queue. */
 		BUG();
diff --git a/include/linux/blkdev.h b/include/linux/blkdev.h
index f131776f029e..490ce458b031 100644
--- a/include/linux/blkdev.h
+++ b/include/linux/blkdev.h
@@ -232,6 +232,11 @@ struct request {
 	struct request *next_rq;
 };
 
+static inline unsigned short req_get_ioprio(struct request *req)
+{
+	return req->ioprio;
+}
+
 /*
  * State information carried for REQ_TYPE_PM_SUSPEND and REQ_TYPE_PM_RESUME
  * requests. Some step values could eventually be made generic.