diff --git a/drivers/block/xen-blkfront.c b/drivers/block/xen-blkfront.c
index 5ac312f6e0be..2e6c10371b24 100644
--- a/drivers/block/xen-blkfront.c
+++ b/drivers/block/xen-blkfront.c
@@ -582,12 +582,14 @@ static inline void flush_requests(struct blkfront_info *info)
 		notify_remote_via_irq(info->irq);
 }
 
-static inline bool blkif_request_flush_valid(struct request *req,
-					     struct blkfront_info *info)
+static inline bool blkif_request_flush_invalid(struct request *req,
+					       struct blkfront_info *info)
 {
 	return ((req->cmd_type != REQ_TYPE_FS) ||
-		((req->cmd_flags & (REQ_FLUSH | REQ_FUA)) &&
-		!info->flush_op));
+		((req->cmd_flags & REQ_FLUSH) &&
+		 !(info->feature_flush & REQ_FLUSH)) ||
+		((req->cmd_flags & REQ_FUA) &&
+		 !(info->feature_flush & REQ_FUA)));
 }
 
 /*
@@ -612,8 +614,8 @@ static void do_blkif_request(struct request_queue *rq)
 
 		blk_start_request(req);
 
-		if (blkif_request_flush_valid(req, info)) {
-			__blk_end_request_all(req, -EIO);
+		if (blkif_request_flush_invalid(req, info)) {
+			__blk_end_request_all(req, -EOPNOTSUPP);
 			continue;
 		}