diff --git a/block/blk-ioc.c b/block/blk-ioc.c
index 8b782a6..811879c 100644
--- a/block/blk-ioc.c
+++ b/block/blk-ioc.c
@@ -363,13 +363,13 @@
 	return icq;
 }
 
-void ioc_set_changed(struct io_context *ioc, int which)
+void ioc_set_icq_flags(struct io_context *ioc, unsigned int flags)
 {
 	struct io_cq *icq;
 	struct hlist_node *n;
 
 	hlist_for_each_entry(icq, n, &ioc->icq_list, ioc_node)
-		set_bit(which, &icq->changed);
+		icq->flags |= flags;
 }
 
 /**
@@ -387,7 +387,7 @@
 
 	spin_lock_irqsave(&ioc->lock, flags);
 	ioc->ioprio = ioprio;
-	ioc_set_changed(ioc, ICQ_IOPRIO_CHANGED);
+	ioc_set_icq_flags(ioc, ICQ_IOPRIO_CHANGED);
 	spin_unlock_irqrestore(&ioc->lock, flags);
 }
 
@@ -404,11 +404,33 @@
 	unsigned long flags;
 
 	spin_lock_irqsave(&ioc->lock, flags);
-	ioc_set_changed(ioc, ICQ_CGROUP_CHANGED);
+	ioc_set_icq_flags(ioc, ICQ_CGROUP_CHANGED);
 	spin_unlock_irqrestore(&ioc->lock, flags);
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(ioc_cgroup_changed);
 
+/**
+ * icq_get_changed - fetch and clear icq changed mask
+ * @icq: icq of interest
+ *
+ * Fetch and clear ICQ_*_CHANGED bits from @icq.  Grabs and releases
+ * @icq->ioc->lock.
+ */
+unsigned icq_get_changed(struct io_cq *icq)
+{
+	unsigned int changed = 0;
+	unsigned long flags;
+
+	if (unlikely(icq->flags & ICQ_CHANGED_MASK)) {
+		spin_lock_irqsave(&icq->ioc->lock, flags);
+		changed = icq->flags & ICQ_CHANGED_MASK;
+		icq->flags &= ~ICQ_CHANGED_MASK;
+		spin_unlock_irqrestore(&icq->ioc->lock, flags);
+	}
+	return changed;
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL(icq_get_changed);
+
 static int __init blk_ioc_init(void)
 {
 	iocontext_cachep = kmem_cache_create("blkdev_ioc",
diff --git a/block/cfq-iosched.c b/block/cfq-iosched.c
index d0ba505..4572952 100644
--- a/block/cfq-iosched.c
+++ b/block/cfq-iosched.c
@@ -3470,20 +3470,20 @@
 	const int rw = rq_data_dir(rq);
 	const bool is_sync = rq_is_sync(rq);
 	struct cfq_queue *cfqq;
+	unsigned int changed;
 
 	might_sleep_if(gfp_mask & __GFP_WAIT);
 
 	spin_lock_irq(q->queue_lock);
 
 	/* handle changed notifications */
-	if (unlikely(cic->icq.changed)) {
-		if (test_and_clear_bit(ICQ_IOPRIO_CHANGED, &cic->icq.changed))
-			changed_ioprio(cic);
+	changed = icq_get_changed(&cic->icq);
+	if (unlikely(changed & ICQ_IOPRIO_CHANGED))
+		changed_ioprio(cic);
 #ifdef CONFIG_CFQ_GROUP_IOSCHED
-		if (test_and_clear_bit(ICQ_CGROUP_CHANGED, &cic->icq.changed))
-			changed_cgroup(cic);
+	if (unlikely(changed & ICQ_CGROUP_CHANGED))
+		changed_cgroup(cic);
 #endif
-	}
 
 new_queue:
 	cfqq = cic_to_cfqq(cic, is_sync);
diff --git a/include/linux/iocontext.h b/include/linux/iocontext.h
index 119773e..17839c7 100644
--- a/include/linux/iocontext.h
+++ b/include/linux/iocontext.h
@@ -6,8 +6,10 @@
 #include <linux/workqueue.h>
 
 enum {
-	ICQ_IOPRIO_CHANGED,
-	ICQ_CGROUP_CHANGED,
+	ICQ_IOPRIO_CHANGED	= 1 << 0,
+	ICQ_CGROUP_CHANGED	= 1 << 1,
+
+	ICQ_CHANGED_MASK	= ICQ_IOPRIO_CHANGED | ICQ_CGROUP_CHANGED,
 };
 
 /*
@@ -88,7 +90,7 @@
 		struct rcu_head		__rcu_head;
 	};
 
-	unsigned long		changed;
+	unsigned int		flags;
 };
 
 /*
@@ -139,6 +141,7 @@
 				       gfp_t gfp_flags, int node);
 void ioc_ioprio_changed(struct io_context *ioc, int ioprio);
 void ioc_cgroup_changed(struct io_context *ioc);
+unsigned int icq_get_changed(struct io_cq *icq);
 #else
 struct io_context;
 static inline void put_io_context(struct io_context *ioc) { }