diff --git a/drivers/block/virtio_blk.c b/drivers/block/virtio_blk.c
index 28cff0d23d82..42758b52768c 100644
--- a/drivers/block/virtio_blk.c
+++ b/drivers/block/virtio_blk.c
@@ -493,11 +493,7 @@ static void virtblk_update_cache_mode(struct virtio_device *vdev)
 	u8 writeback = virtblk_get_cache_mode(vdev);
 	struct virtio_blk *vblk = vdev->priv;
 
-	if (writeback)
-		blk_queue_flush(vblk->disk->queue, REQ_FLUSH);
-	else
-		blk_queue_flush(vblk->disk->queue, 0);
-
+	blk_queue_write_cache(vblk->disk->queue, writeback, false);
 	revalidate_disk(vblk->disk);
 }