diff --git a/include/linux/blk_types.h b/include/linux/blk_types.h
index cdf11191e645..fcc1ce28d5ca 100644
--- a/include/linux/blk_types.h
+++ b/include/linux/blk_types.h
@@ -175,6 +175,7 @@ enum rq_flag_bits {
 	__REQ_IO_STAT,		/* account I/O stat */
 	__REQ_MIXED_MERGE,	/* merge of different types, fail separately */
 	__REQ_KERNEL, 		/* direct IO to kernel pages */
+	__REQ_PM,		/* runtime pm request */
 	__REQ_NR_BITS,		/* stops here */
 };
 
@@ -223,5 +224,6 @@ enum rq_flag_bits {
 #define REQ_MIXED_MERGE		(1 << __REQ_MIXED_MERGE)
 #define REQ_SECURE		(1 << __REQ_SECURE)
 #define REQ_KERNEL		(1 << __REQ_KERNEL)
+#define REQ_PM			(1 << __REQ_PM)
 
 #endif /* __LINUX_BLK_TYPES_H */