diff --git a/drivers/block/nvme-core.c b/drivers/block/nvme-core.c
index ac695b336a98..4cd525ee5f4a 100644
--- a/drivers/block/nvme-core.c
+++ b/drivers/block/nvme-core.c
@@ -513,35 +513,6 @@ static void nvme_submit_flush(struct nvme_queue *nvmeq, struct nvme_ns *ns,
 	writel(nvmeq->sq_tail, nvmeq->q_db);
 }
 
-static int nvme_submit_flush_sync(struct nvme_queue *nvmeq, struct nvme_ns *ns)
-{
-	struct request *req;
-	struct nvme_command cmnd;
-
-	req = blk_mq_alloc_request(ns->queue, WRITE, GFP_KERNEL, false);
-	if (!req)
-		return -ENOMEM;
-
-	nvme_setup_flush(&cmnd, ns, req->tag);
-	nvme_submit_sync_cmd(req, &cmnd, NULL, NVME_IO_TIMEOUT);
-
-	return 0;
-}
-
-struct flush_cmd_info {
-	struct nvme_ns *ns;
-	struct nvme_iod *iod;
-};
-
-static void req_flush_completion(struct nvme_queue *nvmeq, void *ctx,
-						struct nvme_completion *cqe)
-{
-	struct flush_cmd_info *flush_cmd = ctx;
-	nvme_submit_flush_sync(nvmeq, flush_cmd->ns);
-	req_completion(nvmeq, flush_cmd->iod, cqe);
-	kfree(flush_cmd);
-}
-
 static int nvme_submit_iod(struct nvme_queue *nvmeq, struct nvme_iod *iod,
 							struct nvme_ns *ns)
 {
@@ -560,7 +531,7 @@ static int nvme_submit_iod(struct nvme_queue *nvmeq, struct nvme_iod *iod,
 		nvme_submit_discard(nvmeq, ns, req, iod);
 		goto end_submit;
 	}
-	if (req->cmd_flags & REQ_FLUSH && !iod->nents) {
+	if (req->cmd_flags & REQ_FLUSH) {
 		nvme_submit_flush(nvmeq, ns, req->tag);
 		goto end_submit;
 	}
@@ -615,16 +586,6 @@ static int nvme_submit_req_queue(struct nvme_queue *nvmeq, struct nvme_ns *ns,
 
 	nvme_set_info(cmd, iod, req_completion);
 
-	if ((req->cmd_flags & REQ_FLUSH) && psegs) {
-		struct flush_cmd_info *flush_cmd = kmalloc(
-				sizeof(struct flush_cmd_info), GFP_KERNEL);
-		if (!flush_cmd)
-			goto free_iod;
-		flush_cmd->ns = ns;
-		flush_cmd->iod = iod;
-		nvme_set_info(cmd, flush_cmd, req_flush_completion);
-	}
-
 	if (req->cmd_flags & REQ_DISCARD) {
 		void *range;
 		/*
@@ -655,7 +616,6 @@ static int nvme_submit_req_queue(struct nvme_queue *nvmeq, struct nvme_ns *ns,
 
  finish_cmd:
 	nvme_finish_cmd(nvmeq, req->tag, NULL);
- free_iod:
 	nvme_free_iod(nvmeq->dev, iod);
 	return BLK_MQ_RQ_QUEUE_ERROR;
 }