diff --git a/fs/block_dev.c b/fs/block_dev.c
index a80b4f0ee7c4..c039abfb2052 100644
--- a/fs/block_dev.c
+++ b/fs/block_dev.c
@@ -232,6 +232,8 @@ __blkdev_direct_IO_simple(struct kiocb *iocb, struct iov_iter *iter,
 		bio.bi_opf = dio_bio_write_op(iocb);
 		task_io_account_write(ret);
 	}
+	if (iocb->ki_flags & IOCB_HIPRI)
+		bio.bi_opf |= REQ_HIPRI;
 
 	qc = submit_bio(&bio);
 	for (;;) {
diff --git a/fs/direct-io.c b/fs/direct-io.c
index 722d17c88edb..ea07d5a34317 100644
--- a/fs/direct-io.c
+++ b/fs/direct-io.c
@@ -1265,6 +1265,8 @@ do_blockdev_direct_IO(struct kiocb *iocb, struct inode *inode,
 	} else {
 		dio->op = REQ_OP_READ;
 	}
+	if (iocb->ki_flags & IOCB_HIPRI)
+		dio->op_flags |= REQ_HIPRI;
 
 	/*
 	 * For AIO O_(D)SYNC writes we need to defer completions to a workqueue
diff --git a/fs/iomap.c b/fs/iomap.c
index 64ce240217a1..f61d13dfdf09 100644
--- a/fs/iomap.c
+++ b/fs/iomap.c
@@ -1553,6 +1553,7 @@ iomap_dio_zero(struct iomap_dio *dio, struct iomap *iomap, loff_t pos,
 		unsigned len)
 {
 	struct page *page = ZERO_PAGE(0);
+	int flags = REQ_SYNC | REQ_IDLE;
 	struct bio *bio;
 
 	bio = bio_alloc(GFP_KERNEL, 1);
@@ -1561,9 +1562,12 @@ iomap_dio_zero(struct iomap_dio *dio, struct iomap *iomap, loff_t pos,
 	bio->bi_private = dio;
 	bio->bi_end_io = iomap_dio_bio_end_io;
 
+	if (dio->iocb->ki_flags & IOCB_HIPRI)
+		flags |= REQ_HIPRI;
+
 	get_page(page);
 	__bio_add_page(bio, page, len, 0);
-	bio_set_op_attrs(bio, REQ_OP_WRITE, REQ_SYNC | REQ_IDLE);
+	bio_set_op_attrs(bio, REQ_OP_WRITE, flags);
 
 	atomic_inc(&dio->ref);
 	return submit_bio(bio);
@@ -1662,6 +1666,9 @@ iomap_dio_bio_actor(struct inode *inode, loff_t pos, loff_t length,
 				bio_set_pages_dirty(bio);
 		}
 
+		if (dio->iocb->ki_flags & IOCB_HIPRI)
+			bio->bi_opf |= REQ_HIPRI;
+
 		iov_iter_advance(dio->submit.iter, n);
 
 		dio->size += n;
diff --git a/include/linux/blk_types.h b/include/linux/blk_types.h
index 1dcf652ba0aa..dbdbfbd6a987 100644
--- a/include/linux/blk_types.h
+++ b/include/linux/blk_types.h
@@ -323,6 +323,8 @@ enum req_flag_bits {
 	/* command specific flags for REQ_OP_WRITE_ZEROES: */
 	__REQ_NOUNMAP,		/* do not free blocks when zeroing */
 
+	__REQ_HIPRI,
+
 	/* for driver use */
 	__REQ_DRV,
 	__REQ_SWAP,		/* swapping request. */
@@ -343,8 +345,8 @@ enum req_flag_bits {
 #define REQ_RAHEAD		(1ULL << __REQ_RAHEAD)
 #define REQ_BACKGROUND		(1ULL << __REQ_BACKGROUND)
 #define REQ_NOWAIT		(1ULL << __REQ_NOWAIT)
-
 #define REQ_NOUNMAP		(1ULL << __REQ_NOUNMAP)
+#define REQ_HIPRI		(1ULL << __REQ_HIPRI)
 
 #define REQ_DRV			(1ULL << __REQ_DRV)
 #define REQ_SWAP		(1ULL << __REQ_SWAP)