diff --git a/include/linux/bio.h b/include/linux/bio.h
index 2aa283a..1b16108 100644
--- a/include/linux/bio.h
+++ b/include/linux/bio.h
@@ -171,8 +171,6 @@
 #define BIO_RW_FAILFAST_TRANSPORT	8
 #define BIO_RW_FAILFAST_DRIVER		9
 
-#define BIO_RW_SYNC	(BIO_RW_SYNCIO | BIO_RW_UNPLUG)
-
 #define bio_rw_flagged(bio, flag)	((bio)->bi_rw & (1 << (flag)))
 
 /*
diff --git a/include/linux/blktrace_api.h b/include/linux/blktrace_api.h
index 25379cb..6e91587 100644
--- a/include/linux/blktrace_api.h
+++ b/include/linux/blktrace_api.h
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@
 	BLK_TC_WRITE	= 1 << 1,	/* writes */
 	BLK_TC_BARRIER	= 1 << 2,	/* barrier */
 	BLK_TC_SYNC	= 1 << 3,	/* sync IO */
+	BLK_TC_SYNCIO	= BLK_TC_SYNC,
 	BLK_TC_QUEUE	= 1 << 4,	/* queueing/merging */
 	BLK_TC_REQUEUE	= 1 << 5,	/* requeueing */
 	BLK_TC_ISSUE	= 1 << 6,	/* issue */
diff --git a/include/linux/fs.h b/include/linux/fs.h
index 6022f44..67857dc 100644
--- a/include/linux/fs.h
+++ b/include/linux/fs.h
@@ -87,10 +87,10 @@
 #define WRITE 1
 #define READA 2		/* read-ahead  - don't block if no resources */
 #define SWRITE 3	/* for ll_rw_block() - wait for buffer lock */
-#define READ_SYNC	(READ | (1 << BIO_RW_SYNC))
+#define READ_SYNC	(READ | (1 << BIO_RW_SYNCIO) | (1 << BIO_RW_UNPLUG))
 #define READ_META	(READ | (1 << BIO_RW_META))
-#define WRITE_SYNC	(WRITE | (1 << BIO_RW_SYNC))
-#define SWRITE_SYNC	(SWRITE | (1 << BIO_RW_SYNC))
+#define WRITE_SYNC	(WRITE | (1 << BIO_RW_SYNCIO) | (1 << BIO_RW_UNPLUG))
+#define SWRITE_SYNC	(SWRITE | (1 << BIO_RW_SYNCIO) | (1 << BIO_RW_UNPLUG))
 #define WRITE_BARRIER	(WRITE | (1 << BIO_RW_BARRIER))
 #define DISCARD_NOBARRIER (1 << BIO_RW_DISCARD)
 #define DISCARD_BARRIER ((1 << BIO_RW_DISCARD) | (1 << BIO_RW_BARRIER))