diff --git a/block/blk-flush.c b/block/blk-flush.c
index fdc489e0ea16..fedb39031647 100644
--- a/block/blk-flush.c
+++ b/block/blk-flush.c
@@ -187,7 +187,8 @@ static void blk_flush_complete_seq(struct request *rq,
 		break;
 
 	case REQ_FSEQ_DATA:
-		list_move_tail(&rq->flush.list, &fq->flush_data_in_flight);
+		list_del_init(&rq->flush.list);
+		fq->flush_data_in_flight++;
 		spin_lock(&q->requeue_lock);
 		list_add(&rq->queuelist, &q->requeue_list);
 		spin_unlock(&q->requeue_lock);
@@ -299,7 +300,7 @@ static void blk_kick_flush(struct request_queue *q, struct blk_flush_queue *fq,
 		return;
 
 	/* C2 and C3 */
-	if (!list_empty(&fq->flush_data_in_flight) &&
+	if (fq->flush_data_in_flight &&
 	    time_before(jiffies,
 			fq->flush_pending_since + FLUSH_PENDING_TIMEOUT))
 		return;
@@ -374,6 +375,7 @@ static enum rq_end_io_ret mq_flush_data_end_io(struct request *rq,
 	 * the comment in flush_end_io().
 	 */
 	spin_lock_irqsave(&fq->mq_flush_lock, flags);
+	fq->flush_data_in_flight--;
 	blk_flush_complete_seq(rq, fq, REQ_FSEQ_DATA, error);
 	spin_unlock_irqrestore(&fq->mq_flush_lock, flags);
 
@@ -445,7 +447,7 @@ bool blk_insert_flush(struct request *rq)
 		blk_rq_init_flush(rq);
 		rq->flush.seq |= REQ_FSEQ_PREFLUSH;
 		spin_lock_irq(&fq->mq_flush_lock);
-		list_move_tail(&rq->flush.list, &fq->flush_data_in_flight);
+		fq->flush_data_in_flight++;
 		spin_unlock_irq(&fq->mq_flush_lock);
 		return false;
 	default:
@@ -496,7 +498,6 @@ struct blk_flush_queue *blk_alloc_flush_queue(int node, int cmd_size,
 
 	INIT_LIST_HEAD(&fq->flush_queue[0]);
 	INIT_LIST_HEAD(&fq->flush_queue[1]);
-	INIT_LIST_HEAD(&fq->flush_data_in_flight);
 
 	return fq;
 
diff --git a/block/blk.h b/block/blk.h
index 608c5dcc516b..686712e13835 100644
--- a/block/blk.h
+++ b/block/blk.h
@@ -15,15 +15,14 @@ struct elevator_type;
 extern struct dentry *blk_debugfs_root;
 
 struct blk_flush_queue {
+	spinlock_t		mq_flush_lock;
 	unsigned int		flush_pending_idx:1;
 	unsigned int		flush_running_idx:1;
 	blk_status_t 		rq_status;
 	unsigned long		flush_pending_since;
 	struct list_head	flush_queue[2];
-	struct list_head	flush_data_in_flight;
+	unsigned long		flush_data_in_flight;
 	struct request		*flush_rq;
-
-	spinlock_t		mq_flush_lock;
 };
 
 bool is_flush_rq(struct request *req);