diff --git a/block/blk-mq-debugfs.c b/block/blk-mq-debugfs.c
index 34ed099c3429..5463697a8442 100644
--- a/block/blk-mq-debugfs.c
+++ b/block/blk-mq-debugfs.c
@@ -282,6 +282,7 @@ int __blk_mq_debugfs_rq_show(struct seq_file *m, struct request *rq)
 	const char *op_str = blk_op_str(op);
 
 	BUILD_BUG_ON(ARRAY_SIZE(cmd_flag_name) != __REQ_NR_BITS);
+	BUILD_BUG_ON(ARRAY_SIZE(rqf_name) != __RQF_BITS);
 
 	seq_printf(m, "%p {.op=", rq);
 	if (strcmp(op_str, "UNKNOWN") == 0)
diff --git a/include/linux/blk-mq.h b/include/linux/blk-mq.h
index af52ec6a1ed5..8d304b1d16b1 100644
--- a/include/linux/blk-mq.h
+++ b/include/linux/blk-mq.h
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@ typedef enum rq_end_io_ret (rq_end_io_fn)(struct request *, blk_status_t);
  * request flags */
 typedef __u32 __bitwise req_flags_t;
 
+/* Keep rqf_name[] in sync with the definitions below */
 enum {
 	/* drive already may have started this one */
 	__RQF_STARTED,