diff --git a/block/blk-integrity.c b/block/blk-integrity.c
index c03705cbb9c9..2b36a8f9b813 100644
--- a/block/blk-integrity.c
+++ b/block/blk-integrity.c
@@ -408,7 +408,7 @@ void blk_integrity_register(struct gendisk *disk, struct blk_integrity *template
 	bi->tuple_size = template->tuple_size;
 	bi->tag_size = template->tag_size;
 
-	disk->queue->backing_dev_info->capabilities |= BDI_CAP_STABLE_WRITES;
+	blk_queue_flag_set(QUEUE_FLAG_STABLE_WRITES, disk->queue);
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_BLK_INLINE_ENCRYPTION
 	if (disk->queue->ksm) {
@@ -428,7 +428,7 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL(blk_integrity_register);
  */
 void blk_integrity_unregister(struct gendisk *disk)
 {
-	disk->queue->backing_dev_info->capabilities &= ~BDI_CAP_STABLE_WRITES;
+	blk_queue_flag_clear(QUEUE_FLAG_STABLE_WRITES, disk->queue);
 	memset(&disk->queue->integrity, 0, sizeof(struct blk_integrity));
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(blk_integrity_unregister);
diff --git a/block/blk-mq-debugfs.c b/block/blk-mq-debugfs.c
index 645b7f800cb8..3094542e12ae 100644
--- a/block/blk-mq-debugfs.c
+++ b/block/blk-mq-debugfs.c
@@ -116,6 +116,7 @@ static const char *const blk_queue_flag_name[] = {
 	QUEUE_FLAG_NAME(SAME_FORCE),
 	QUEUE_FLAG_NAME(DEAD),
 	QUEUE_FLAG_NAME(INIT_DONE),
+	QUEUE_FLAG_NAME(STABLE_WRITES),
 	QUEUE_FLAG_NAME(POLL),
 	QUEUE_FLAG_NAME(WC),
 	QUEUE_FLAG_NAME(FUA),
diff --git a/block/blk-sysfs.c b/block/blk-sysfs.c
index 869ed21a9edc..76b54c7750b0 100644
--- a/block/blk-sysfs.c
+++ b/block/blk-sysfs.c
@@ -287,6 +287,7 @@ queue_##name##_store(struct request_queue *q, const char *page, size_t count) \
 QUEUE_SYSFS_BIT_FNS(nonrot, NONROT, 1);
 QUEUE_SYSFS_BIT_FNS(random, ADD_RANDOM, 0);
 QUEUE_SYSFS_BIT_FNS(iostats, IO_STAT, 0);
+QUEUE_SYSFS_BIT_FNS(stable_writes, STABLE_WRITES, 0);
 #undef QUEUE_SYSFS_BIT_FNS
 
 static ssize_t queue_zoned_show(struct request_queue *q, char *page)
@@ -613,6 +614,7 @@ static struct queue_sysfs_entry queue_hw_sector_size_entry = {
 QUEUE_RW_ENTRY(queue_nonrot, "rotational");
 QUEUE_RW_ENTRY(queue_iostats, "iostats");
 QUEUE_RW_ENTRY(queue_random, "add_random");
+QUEUE_RW_ENTRY(queue_stable_writes, "stable_writes");
 
 static struct attribute *queue_attrs[] = {
 	&queue_requests_entry.attr,
@@ -645,6 +647,7 @@ static struct attribute *queue_attrs[] = {
 	&queue_nomerges_entry.attr,
 	&queue_rq_affinity_entry.attr,
 	&queue_iostats_entry.attr,
+	&queue_stable_writes_entry.attr,
 	&queue_random_entry.attr,
 	&queue_poll_entry.attr,
 	&queue_wc_entry.attr,
diff --git a/drivers/block/rbd.c b/drivers/block/rbd.c
index 5d3923c0997c..cf5b016358cd 100644
--- a/drivers/block/rbd.c
+++ b/drivers/block/rbd.c
@@ -5022,7 +5022,7 @@ static int rbd_init_disk(struct rbd_device *rbd_dev)
 	}
 
 	if (!ceph_test_opt(rbd_dev->rbd_client->client, NOCRC))
-		q->backing_dev_info->capabilities |= BDI_CAP_STABLE_WRITES;
+		blk_queue_flag_set(QUEUE_FLAG_STABLE_WRITES, q);
 
 	/*
 	 * disk_release() expects a queue ref from add_disk() and will
diff --git a/drivers/block/zram/zram_drv.c b/drivers/block/zram/zram_drv.c
index e21ca844d7c2..bff3d4021c18 100644
--- a/drivers/block/zram/zram_drv.c
+++ b/drivers/block/zram/zram_drv.c
@@ -1955,7 +1955,7 @@ static int zram_add(void)
 	if (ZRAM_LOGICAL_BLOCK_SIZE == PAGE_SIZE)
 		blk_queue_max_write_zeroes_sectors(zram->disk->queue, UINT_MAX);
 
-	zram->disk->queue->backing_dev_info->capabilities |= BDI_CAP_STABLE_WRITES;
+	blk_queue_flag_set(QUEUE_FLAG_STABLE_WRITES, zram->disk->queue);
 	device_add_disk(NULL, zram->disk, zram_disk_attr_groups);
 
 	strlcpy(zram->compressor, default_compressor, sizeof(zram->compressor));
diff --git a/drivers/md/dm-table.c b/drivers/md/dm-table.c
index ef2757012f59..405d7cf10eb9 100644
--- a/drivers/md/dm-table.c
+++ b/drivers/md/dm-table.c
@@ -1815,7 +1815,7 @@ static int device_requires_stable_pages(struct dm_target *ti,
 {
 	struct request_queue *q = bdev_get_queue(dev->bdev);
 
-	return q && bdi_cap_stable_pages_required(q->backing_dev_info);
+	return q && blk_queue_stable_writes(q);
 }
 
 /*
@@ -1900,9 +1900,9 @@ void dm_table_set_restrictions(struct dm_table *t, struct request_queue *q,
 	 * because they do their own checksumming.
 	 */
 	if (dm_table_requires_stable_pages(t))
-		q->backing_dev_info->capabilities |= BDI_CAP_STABLE_WRITES;
+		blk_queue_flag_set(QUEUE_FLAG_STABLE_WRITES, q);
 	else
-		q->backing_dev_info->capabilities &= ~BDI_CAP_STABLE_WRITES;
+		blk_queue_flag_clear(QUEUE_FLAG_STABLE_WRITES, q);
 
 	/*
 	 * Determine whether or not this queue's I/O timings contribute
diff --git a/drivers/md/raid5.c b/drivers/md/raid5.c
index 7ace1f76b147..d589d26c86ea 100644
--- a/drivers/md/raid5.c
+++ b/drivers/md/raid5.c
@@ -6638,14 +6638,14 @@ raid5_store_skip_copy(struct mddev *mddev, const char *page, size_t len)
 	if (!conf)
 		err = -ENODEV;
 	else if (new != conf->skip_copy) {
+		struct request_queue *q = mddev->queue;
+
 		mddev_suspend(mddev);
 		conf->skip_copy = new;
 		if (new)
-			mddev->queue->backing_dev_info->capabilities |=
-				BDI_CAP_STABLE_WRITES;
+			blk_queue_flag_set(QUEUE_FLAG_STABLE_WRITES, q);
 		else
-			mddev->queue->backing_dev_info->capabilities &=
-				~BDI_CAP_STABLE_WRITES;
+			blk_queue_flag_clear(QUEUE_FLAG_STABLE_WRITES, q);
 		mddev_resume(mddev);
 	}
 	mddev_unlock(mddev);
diff --git a/drivers/mmc/core/queue.c b/drivers/mmc/core/queue.c
index 6c022ef0f84d..80fe3852ce0f 100644
--- a/drivers/mmc/core/queue.c
+++ b/drivers/mmc/core/queue.c
@@ -472,8 +472,7 @@ int mmc_init_queue(struct mmc_queue *mq, struct mmc_card *card)
 	}
 
 	if (mmc_host_is_spi(host) && host->use_spi_crc)
-		mq->queue->backing_dev_info->capabilities |=
-			BDI_CAP_STABLE_WRITES;
+		blk_queue_flag_set(QUEUE_FLAG_STABLE_WRITES, mq->queue);
 
 	mq->queue->queuedata = mq;
 	blk_queue_rq_timeout(mq->queue, 60 * HZ);
diff --git a/drivers/nvme/host/core.c b/drivers/nvme/host/core.c
index 741c9bfa8e14..c190c56bf702 100644
--- a/drivers/nvme/host/core.c
+++ b/drivers/nvme/host/core.c
@@ -3926,8 +3926,7 @@ static void nvme_alloc_ns(struct nvme_ctrl *ctrl, unsigned nsid)
 		goto out_free_ns;
 
 	if (ctrl->opts && ctrl->opts->data_digest)
-		ns->queue->backing_dev_info->capabilities
-			|= BDI_CAP_STABLE_WRITES;
+		blk_queue_flag_set(QUEUE_FLAG_STABLE_WRITES, ns->queue);
 
 	blk_queue_flag_set(QUEUE_FLAG_NONROT, ns->queue);
 	if (ctrl->ops->flags & NVME_F_PCI_P2PDMA)
diff --git a/drivers/nvme/host/multipath.c b/drivers/nvme/host/multipath.c
index d4ba736c6c89..74896be40c17 100644
--- a/drivers/nvme/host/multipath.c
+++ b/drivers/nvme/host/multipath.c
@@ -673,13 +673,9 @@ void nvme_mpath_add_disk(struct nvme_ns *ns, struct nvme_id_ns *id)
 		nvme_mpath_set_live(ns);
 	}
 
-	if (bdi_cap_stable_pages_required(ns->queue->backing_dev_info)) {
-		struct gendisk *disk = ns->head->disk;
-
-		if (disk)
-			disk->queue->backing_dev_info->capabilities |=
-					BDI_CAP_STABLE_WRITES;
-	}
+	if (blk_queue_stable_writes(ns->queue) && ns->head->disk)
+		blk_queue_flag_set(QUEUE_FLAG_STABLE_WRITES,
+				   ns->head->disk->queue);
 }
 
 void nvme_mpath_remove_disk(struct nvme_ns_head *head)
diff --git a/drivers/scsi/iscsi_tcp.c b/drivers/scsi/iscsi_tcp.c
index b5dd1caae5e9..a622f334c933 100644
--- a/drivers/scsi/iscsi_tcp.c
+++ b/drivers/scsi/iscsi_tcp.c
@@ -962,8 +962,8 @@ static int iscsi_sw_tcp_slave_configure(struct scsi_device *sdev)
 	struct iscsi_conn *conn = session->leadconn;
 
 	if (conn->datadgst_en)
-		sdev->request_queue->backing_dev_info->capabilities
-			|= BDI_CAP_STABLE_WRITES;
+		blk_queue_flag_set(QUEUE_FLAG_STABLE_WRITES,
+				   sdev->request_queue);
 	blk_queue_dma_alignment(sdev->request_queue, 0);
 	return 0;
 }
diff --git a/fs/super.c b/fs/super.c
index 904459b35119..a51c2083cd6b 100644
--- a/fs/super.c
+++ b/fs/super.c
@@ -1256,6 +1256,8 @@ static int set_bdev_super(struct super_block *s, void *data)
 	s->s_dev = s->s_bdev->bd_dev;
 	s->s_bdi = bdi_get(s->s_bdev->bd_bdi);
 
+	if (blk_queue_stable_writes(s->s_bdev->bd_disk->queue))
+		s->s_iflags |= SB_I_STABLE_WRITES;
 	return 0;
 }
 
diff --git a/include/linux/backing-dev.h b/include/linux/backing-dev.h
index 860ea33571bc..5da4ea3dd0cc 100644
--- a/include/linux/backing-dev.h
+++ b/include/linux/backing-dev.h
@@ -126,7 +126,6 @@ int bdi_set_max_ratio(struct backing_dev_info *bdi, unsigned int max_ratio);
 #define BDI_CAP_NO_ACCT_DIRTY	0x00000001
 #define BDI_CAP_NO_WRITEBACK	0x00000002
 #define BDI_CAP_NO_ACCT_WB	0x00000004
-#define BDI_CAP_STABLE_WRITES	0x00000008
 #define BDI_CAP_STRICTLIMIT	0x00000010
 #define BDI_CAP_CGROUP_WRITEBACK 0x00000020
 
@@ -170,11 +169,6 @@ static inline int wb_congested(struct bdi_writeback *wb, int cong_bits)
 long congestion_wait(int sync, long timeout);
 long wait_iff_congested(int sync, long timeout);
 
-static inline bool bdi_cap_stable_pages_required(struct backing_dev_info *bdi)
-{
-	return bdi->capabilities & BDI_CAP_STABLE_WRITES;
-}
-
 static inline bool bdi_cap_writeback_dirty(struct backing_dev_info *bdi)
 {
 	return !(bdi->capabilities & BDI_CAP_NO_WRITEBACK);
diff --git a/include/linux/blkdev.h b/include/linux/blkdev.h
index 282f5ca424f1..8e77f12de522 100644
--- a/include/linux/blkdev.h
+++ b/include/linux/blkdev.h
@@ -606,6 +606,7 @@ struct request_queue {
 #define QUEUE_FLAG_SAME_FORCE	12	/* force complete on same CPU */
 #define QUEUE_FLAG_DEAD		13	/* queue tear-down finished */
 #define QUEUE_FLAG_INIT_DONE	14	/* queue is initialized */
+#define QUEUE_FLAG_STABLE_WRITES 15	/* don't modify blks until WB is done */
 #define QUEUE_FLAG_POLL		16	/* IO polling enabled if set */
 #define QUEUE_FLAG_WC		17	/* Write back caching */
 #define QUEUE_FLAG_FUA		18	/* device supports FUA writes */
@@ -635,6 +636,8 @@ bool blk_queue_flag_test_and_set(unsigned int flag, struct request_queue *q);
 #define blk_queue_noxmerges(q)	\
 	test_bit(QUEUE_FLAG_NOXMERGES, &(q)->queue_flags)
 #define blk_queue_nonrot(q)	test_bit(QUEUE_FLAG_NONROT, &(q)->queue_flags)
+#define blk_queue_stable_writes(q) \
+	test_bit(QUEUE_FLAG_STABLE_WRITES, &(q)->queue_flags)
 #define blk_queue_io_stat(q)	test_bit(QUEUE_FLAG_IO_STAT, &(q)->queue_flags)
 #define blk_queue_add_random(q)	test_bit(QUEUE_FLAG_ADD_RANDOM, &(q)->queue_flags)
 #define blk_queue_discard(q)	test_bit(QUEUE_FLAG_DISCARD, &(q)->queue_flags)
diff --git a/include/linux/fs.h b/include/linux/fs.h
index fbd74df5ce5f..222465b7cf41 100644
--- a/include/linux/fs.h
+++ b/include/linux/fs.h
@@ -1385,6 +1385,7 @@ extern int send_sigurg(struct fown_struct *fown);
 #define SB_I_CGROUPWB	0x00000001	/* cgroup-aware writeback enabled */
 #define SB_I_NOEXEC	0x00000002	/* Ignore executables on this fs */
 #define SB_I_NODEV	0x00000004	/* Ignore devices on this fs */
+#define SB_I_STABLE_WRITES 0x00000008	/* don't modify blks until WB is done */
 
 /* sb->s_iflags to limit user namespace mounts */
 #define SB_I_USERNS_VISIBLE		0x00000010 /* fstype already mounted */
diff --git a/mm/backing-dev.c b/mm/backing-dev.c
index 2dac3be61271..8e3802bf03a9 100644
--- a/mm/backing-dev.c
+++ b/mm/backing-dev.c
@@ -204,10 +204,9 @@ static ssize_t stable_pages_required_show(struct device *dev,
 					  struct device_attribute *attr,
 					  char *page)
 {
-	struct backing_dev_info *bdi = dev_get_drvdata(dev);
-
-	return snprintf(page, PAGE_SIZE-1, "%d\n",
-			bdi_cap_stable_pages_required(bdi) ? 1 : 0);
+	dev_warn_once(dev,
+		"the stable_pages_required attribute has been removed. Use the stable_writes queue attribute instead.\n");
+	return snprintf(page, PAGE_SIZE-1, "%d\n", 0);
 }
 static DEVICE_ATTR_RO(stable_pages_required);
 
diff --git a/mm/page-writeback.c b/mm/page-writeback.c
index 4e4ddd67b71e..e9c36521461a 100644
--- a/mm/page-writeback.c
+++ b/mm/page-writeback.c
@@ -2849,7 +2849,7 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(wait_on_page_writeback);
  */
 void wait_for_stable_page(struct page *page)
 {
-	if (bdi_cap_stable_pages_required(inode_to_bdi(page->mapping->host)))
+	if (page->mapping->host->i_sb->s_iflags & SB_I_STABLE_WRITES)
 		wait_on_page_writeback(page);
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(wait_for_stable_page);
diff --git a/mm/swapfile.c b/mm/swapfile.c
index 96a7c47dd533..65ef407512b5 100644
--- a/mm/swapfile.c
+++ b/mm/swapfile.c
@@ -3237,7 +3237,7 @@ SYSCALL_DEFINE2(swapon, const char __user *, specialfile, int, swap_flags)
 		goto bad_swap_unlock_inode;
 	}
 
-	if (bdi_cap_stable_pages_required(inode_to_bdi(inode)))
+	if (p->bdev && blk_queue_stable_writes(p->bdev->bd_disk->queue))
 		p->flags |= SWP_STABLE_WRITES;
 
 	if (p->bdev && p->bdev->bd_disk->fops->rw_page)