diff --git a/drivers/block/loop.c b/drivers/block/loop.c
index 423f4ca7d712..7e5e27ac45bb 100644
--- a/drivers/block/loop.c
+++ b/drivers/block/loop.c
@@ -937,7 +937,7 @@ static int loop_set_fd(struct loop_device *lo, fmode_t mode,
 	mapping_set_gfp_mask(mapping, lo->old_gfp_mask & ~(__GFP_IO|__GFP_FS));
 
 	if (!(lo_flags & LO_FLAGS_READ_ONLY) && file->f_op->fsync)
-		blk_queue_flush(lo->lo_queue, REQ_FLUSH);
+		blk_queue_write_cache(lo->lo_queue, true, false);
 
 	loop_update_dio(lo);
 	set_capacity(lo->lo_disk, size);