diff --git a/block/blk-merge.c b/block/blk-merge.c
index 993300e0d470..1ffd87335004 100644
--- a/block/blk-merge.c
+++ b/block/blk-merge.c
@@ -830,11 +830,9 @@ static struct request *attempt_merge(struct request_queue *q,
 	if (rq_data_dir(req) != rq_data_dir(next))
 		return NULL;
 
-	if (req->bio && next->bio) {
-		/* Don't merge requests with different write hints. */
-		if (req->bio->bi_write_hint != next->bio->bi_write_hint)
-			return NULL;
-	}
+	/* Don't merge requests with different write hints. */
+	if (req->write_hint != next->write_hint)
+		return NULL;
 
 	if (req->ioprio != next->ioprio)
 		return NULL;
@@ -966,11 +964,9 @@ bool blk_rq_merge_ok(struct request *rq, struct bio *bio)
 	if (!bio_crypt_rq_ctx_compatible(rq, bio))
 		return false;
 
-	if (rq->bio) {
-		/* Don't merge requests with different write hints. */
-		if (rq->bio->bi_write_hint != bio->bi_write_hint)
-			return false;
-	}
+	/* Don't merge requests with different write hints. */
+	if (rq->write_hint != bio->bi_write_hint)
+		return false;
 
 	if (rq->ioprio != bio_prio(bio))
 		return false;
diff --git a/block/blk-mq.c b/block/blk-mq.c
index e7ec16e5bea7..15ab7521e249 100644
--- a/block/blk-mq.c
+++ b/block/blk-mq.c
@@ -2678,6 +2678,7 @@ static void blk_mq_bio_to_request(struct request *rq, struct bio *bio,
 		rq->cmd_flags |= REQ_FAILFAST_MASK;
 
 	rq->__sector = bio->bi_iter.bi_sector;
+	rq->write_hint = bio->bi_write_hint;
 	blk_rq_bio_prep(rq, bio, nr_segs);
 	if (bio_integrity(bio))
 		rq->nr_integrity_segments = blk_rq_count_integrity_sg(rq->q,
@@ -3331,6 +3332,7 @@ int blk_rq_prep_clone(struct request *rq, struct request *rq_src,
 	}
 	rq->nr_phys_segments = rq_src->nr_phys_segments;
 	rq->ioprio = rq_src->ioprio;
+	rq->write_hint = rq_src->write_hint;
 
 	if (rq->bio && blk_crypto_rq_bio_prep(rq, rq->bio, gfp_mask) < 0)
 		goto free_and_out;
diff --git a/drivers/scsi/sd.c b/drivers/scsi/sd.c
index af62a8ed8620..585a5c9b1930 100644
--- a/drivers/scsi/sd.c
+++ b/drivers/scsi/sd.c
@@ -1185,8 +1185,8 @@ static u8 sd_group_number(struct scsi_cmnd *cmd)
 	if (!sdkp->rscs)
 		return 0;
 
-	return min3((u32)rq->bio->bi_write_hint,
-		    (u32)sdkp->permanent_stream_count, 0x3fu);
+	return min3((u32)rq->write_hint, (u32)sdkp->permanent_stream_count,
+		    0x3fu);
 }
 
 static blk_status_t sd_setup_rw32_cmnd(struct scsi_cmnd *cmd, bool write,
@@ -1384,7 +1384,7 @@ static blk_status_t sd_setup_read_write_cmnd(struct scsi_cmnd *cmd)
 		ret = sd_setup_rw16_cmnd(cmd, write, lba, nr_blocks,
 					 protect | fua, dld);
 	} else if ((nr_blocks > 0xff) || (lba > 0x1fffff) ||
-		   sdp->use_10_for_rw || protect || rq->bio->bi_write_hint) {
+		   sdp->use_10_for_rw || protect || rq->write_hint) {
 		ret = sd_setup_rw10_cmnd(cmd, write, lba, nr_blocks,
 					 protect | fua);
 	} else {
diff --git a/include/linux/blk-mq.h b/include/linux/blk-mq.h
index 1f66c6329c35..374e8639539a 100644
--- a/include/linux/blk-mq.h
+++ b/include/linux/blk-mq.h
@@ -157,6 +157,7 @@ struct request {
 	struct blk_crypto_keyslot *crypt_keyslot;
 #endif
 
+	enum rw_hint write_hint;
 	unsigned short ioprio;
 
 	enum mq_rq_state state;