diff --git a/arch/m68k/emu/nfblock.c b/arch/m68k/emu/nfblock.c
index 642fb80c5c4e..8eea7ef91151 100644
--- a/arch/m68k/emu/nfblock.c
+++ b/arch/m68k/emu/nfblock.c
@@ -98,6 +98,7 @@ static int __init nfhd_init_one(int id, u32 blocks, u32 bsize)
 {
 	struct queue_limits lim = {
 		.logical_block_size	= bsize,
+		.features		= BLK_FEAT_ROTATIONAL,
 	};
 	struct nfhd_device *dev;
 	int dev_id = id - NFHD_DEV_OFFSET;
diff --git a/arch/um/drivers/ubd_kern.c b/arch/um/drivers/ubd_kern.c
index 19e01691ea0e..9f1e76ddda5a 100644
--- a/arch/um/drivers/ubd_kern.c
+++ b/arch/um/drivers/ubd_kern.c
@@ -882,7 +882,6 @@ static int ubd_add(int n, char **error_out)
 		goto out_cleanup_tags;
 	}
 
-	blk_queue_flag_set(QUEUE_FLAG_NONROT, disk->queue);
 	disk->major = UBD_MAJOR;
 	disk->first_minor = n << UBD_SHIFT;
 	disk->minors = 1 << UBD_SHIFT;
diff --git a/arch/xtensa/platforms/iss/simdisk.c b/arch/xtensa/platforms/iss/simdisk.c
index defc67909a9c..d6d2b533a574 100644
--- a/arch/xtensa/platforms/iss/simdisk.c
+++ b/arch/xtensa/platforms/iss/simdisk.c
@@ -263,6 +263,9 @@ static const struct proc_ops simdisk_proc_ops = {
 static int __init simdisk_setup(struct simdisk *dev, int which,
 		struct proc_dir_entry *procdir)
 {
+	struct queue_limits lim = {
+		.features		= BLK_FEAT_ROTATIONAL,
+	};
 	char tmp[2] = { '0' + which, 0 };
 	int err;
 
@@ -271,7 +274,7 @@ static int __init simdisk_setup(struct simdisk *dev, int which,
 	spin_lock_init(&dev->lock);
 	dev->users = 0;
 
-	dev->gd = blk_alloc_disk(NULL, NUMA_NO_NODE);
+	dev->gd = blk_alloc_disk(&lim, NUMA_NO_NODE);
 	if (IS_ERR(dev->gd)) {
 		err = PTR_ERR(dev->gd);
 		goto out;
diff --git a/block/blk-mq-debugfs.c b/block/blk-mq-debugfs.c
index e8b9db7c30c4..4d0e62ec88f0 100644
--- a/block/blk-mq-debugfs.c
+++ b/block/blk-mq-debugfs.c
@@ -84,7 +84,6 @@ static const char *const blk_queue_flag_name[] = {
 	QUEUE_FLAG_NAME(NOMERGES),
 	QUEUE_FLAG_NAME(SAME_COMP),
 	QUEUE_FLAG_NAME(FAIL_IO),
-	QUEUE_FLAG_NAME(NONROT),
 	QUEUE_FLAG_NAME(IO_STAT),
 	QUEUE_FLAG_NAME(NOXMERGES),
 	QUEUE_FLAG_NAME(ADD_RANDOM),
diff --git a/block/blk-sysfs.c b/block/blk-sysfs.c
index 4f524c1d5e08..637ed3bbbfb4 100644
--- a/block/blk-sysfs.c
+++ b/block/blk-sysfs.c
@@ -263,6 +263,39 @@ static ssize_t queue_dma_alignment_show(struct request_queue *q, char *page)
 	return queue_var_show(queue_dma_alignment(q), page);
 }
 
+static ssize_t queue_feature_store(struct request_queue *q, const char *page,
+		size_t count, unsigned int feature)
+{
+	struct queue_limits lim;
+	unsigned long val;
+	ssize_t ret;
+
+	ret = queue_var_store(&val, page, count);
+	if (ret < 0)
+		return ret;
+
+	lim = queue_limits_start_update(q);
+	if (val)
+		lim.features |= feature;
+	else
+		lim.features &= ~feature;
+	ret = queue_limits_commit_update(q, &lim);
+	if (ret)
+		return ret;
+	return count;
+}
+
+#define QUEUE_SYSFS_FEATURE(_name, _feature)				 \
+static ssize_t queue_##_name##_show(struct request_queue *q, char *page) \
+{									 \
+	return sprintf(page, "%u\n", !!(q->limits.features & _feature)); \
+}									 \
+static ssize_t queue_##_name##_store(struct request_queue *q,		 \
+		const char *page, size_t count)				 \
+{									 \
+	return queue_feature_store(q, page, count, _feature);		 \
+}
+
 #define QUEUE_SYSFS_BIT_FNS(name, flag, neg)				\
 static ssize_t								\
 queue_##name##_show(struct request_queue *q, char *page)		\
@@ -289,7 +322,7 @@ queue_##name##_store(struct request_queue *q, const char *page, size_t count) \
 	return ret;							\
 }
 
-QUEUE_SYSFS_BIT_FNS(nonrot, NONROT, 1);
+QUEUE_SYSFS_FEATURE(rotational, BLK_FEAT_ROTATIONAL)
 QUEUE_SYSFS_BIT_FNS(random, ADD_RANDOM, 0);
 QUEUE_SYSFS_BIT_FNS(iostats, IO_STAT, 0);
 QUEUE_SYSFS_BIT_FNS(stable_writes, STABLE_WRITES, 0);
@@ -526,7 +559,7 @@ static struct queue_sysfs_entry queue_hw_sector_size_entry = {
 	.show = queue_logical_block_size_show,
 };
 
-QUEUE_RW_ENTRY(queue_nonrot, "rotational");
+QUEUE_RW_ENTRY(queue_rotational, "rotational");
 QUEUE_RW_ENTRY(queue_iostats, "iostats");
 QUEUE_RW_ENTRY(queue_random, "add_random");
 QUEUE_RW_ENTRY(queue_stable_writes, "stable_writes");
@@ -624,7 +657,7 @@ static struct attribute *queue_attrs[] = {
 	&queue_write_zeroes_max_entry.attr,
 	&queue_zone_append_max_entry.attr,
 	&queue_zone_write_granularity_entry.attr,
-	&queue_nonrot_entry.attr,
+	&queue_rotational_entry.attr,
 	&queue_zoned_entry.attr,
 	&queue_nr_zones_entry.attr,
 	&queue_max_open_zones_entry.attr,
diff --git a/drivers/block/amiflop.c b/drivers/block/amiflop.c
index a25414228e47..ff45701f7a5e 100644
--- a/drivers/block/amiflop.c
+++ b/drivers/block/amiflop.c
@@ -1776,10 +1776,13 @@ static const struct blk_mq_ops amiflop_mq_ops = {
 
 static int fd_alloc_disk(int drive, int system)
 {
+	struct queue_limits lim = {
+		.features		= BLK_FEAT_ROTATIONAL,
+	};
 	struct gendisk *disk;
 	int err;
 
-	disk = blk_mq_alloc_disk(&unit[drive].tag_set, NULL, NULL);
+	disk = blk_mq_alloc_disk(&unit[drive].tag_set, &lim, NULL);
 	if (IS_ERR(disk))
 		return PTR_ERR(disk);
 
diff --git a/drivers/block/aoe/aoeblk.c b/drivers/block/aoe/aoeblk.c
index b6dac8cee70f..2028795ec61c 100644
--- a/drivers/block/aoe/aoeblk.c
+++ b/drivers/block/aoe/aoeblk.c
@@ -337,6 +337,7 @@ aoeblk_gdalloc(void *vp)
 	struct queue_limits lim = {
 		.max_hw_sectors		= aoe_maxsectors,
 		.io_opt			= SZ_2M,
+		.features		= BLK_FEAT_ROTATIONAL,
 	};
 	ulong flags;
 	int late = 0;
diff --git a/drivers/block/ataflop.c b/drivers/block/ataflop.c
index cacc4ba942a8..4ee10a742bdb 100644
--- a/drivers/block/ataflop.c
+++ b/drivers/block/ataflop.c
@@ -1992,9 +1992,12 @@ static const struct blk_mq_ops ataflop_mq_ops = {
 
 static int ataflop_alloc_disk(unsigned int drive, unsigned int type)
 {
+	struct queue_limits lim = {
+		.features		= BLK_FEAT_ROTATIONAL,
+	};
 	struct gendisk *disk;
 
-	disk = blk_mq_alloc_disk(&unit[drive].tag_set, NULL, NULL);
+	disk = blk_mq_alloc_disk(&unit[drive].tag_set, &lim, NULL);
 	if (IS_ERR(disk))
 		return PTR_ERR(disk);
 
diff --git a/drivers/block/brd.c b/drivers/block/brd.c
index 558d8e670566..b25dc463b5e3 100644
--- a/drivers/block/brd.c
+++ b/drivers/block/brd.c
@@ -366,8 +366,6 @@ static int brd_alloc(int i)
 	strscpy(disk->disk_name, buf, DISK_NAME_LEN);
 	set_capacity(disk, rd_size * 2);
 	
-	/* Tell the block layer that this is not a rotational device */
-	blk_queue_flag_set(QUEUE_FLAG_NONROT, disk->queue);
 	blk_queue_flag_set(QUEUE_FLAG_SYNCHRONOUS, disk->queue);
 	blk_queue_flag_set(QUEUE_FLAG_NOWAIT, disk->queue);
 	err = add_disk(disk);
diff --git a/drivers/block/drbd/drbd_main.c b/drivers/block/drbd/drbd_main.c
index bf42a46781fa..2ef29a478075 100644
--- a/drivers/block/drbd/drbd_main.c
+++ b/drivers/block/drbd/drbd_main.c
@@ -2697,7 +2697,8 @@ enum drbd_ret_code drbd_create_device(struct drbd_config_context *adm_ctx, unsig
 		 * connect.
 		 */
 		.max_hw_sectors		= DRBD_MAX_BIO_SIZE_SAFE >> 8,
-		.features		= BLK_FEAT_WRITE_CACHE | BLK_FEAT_FUA,
+		.features		= BLK_FEAT_WRITE_CACHE | BLK_FEAT_FUA |
+					  BLK_FEAT_ROTATIONAL,
 	};
 
 	device = minor_to_device(minor);
diff --git a/drivers/block/floppy.c b/drivers/block/floppy.c
index 25c9d85667f1..6d7f7df97c3a 100644
--- a/drivers/block/floppy.c
+++ b/drivers/block/floppy.c
@@ -4516,7 +4516,8 @@ static bool floppy_available(int drive)
 static int floppy_alloc_disk(unsigned int drive, unsigned int type)
 {
 	struct queue_limits lim = {
-		.max_hw_sectors = 64,
+		.max_hw_sectors		= 64,
+		.features		= BLK_FEAT_ROTATIONAL,
 	};
 	struct gendisk *disk;
 
diff --git a/drivers/block/loop.c b/drivers/block/loop.c
index 08d0fc7f17b7..86b5d956dc4e 100644
--- a/drivers/block/loop.c
+++ b/drivers/block/loop.c
@@ -985,13 +985,11 @@ static int loop_reconfigure_limits(struct loop_device *lo, unsigned short bsize)
 	lim.logical_block_size = bsize;
 	lim.physical_block_size = bsize;
 	lim.io_min = bsize;
-	lim.features &= ~BLK_FEAT_WRITE_CACHE;
+	lim.features &= ~(BLK_FEAT_WRITE_CACHE | BLK_FEAT_ROTATIONAL);
 	if (file->f_op->fsync && !(lo->lo_flags & LO_FLAGS_READ_ONLY))
 		lim.features |= BLK_FEAT_WRITE_CACHE;
-	if (!backing_bdev || bdev_nonrot(backing_bdev))
-		blk_queue_flag_set(QUEUE_FLAG_NONROT, lo->lo_queue);
-	else
-		blk_queue_flag_clear(QUEUE_FLAG_NONROT, lo->lo_queue);
+	if (backing_bdev && !bdev_nonrot(backing_bdev))
+		lim.features |= BLK_FEAT_ROTATIONAL;
 	loop_config_discard(lo, &lim);
 	return queue_limits_commit_update(lo->lo_queue, &lim);
 }
diff --git a/drivers/block/mtip32xx/mtip32xx.c b/drivers/block/mtip32xx/mtip32xx.c
index 43a187609ef7..1dbbf72659d5 100644
--- a/drivers/block/mtip32xx/mtip32xx.c
+++ b/drivers/block/mtip32xx/mtip32xx.c
@@ -3485,7 +3485,6 @@ skip_create_disk:
 		goto start_service_thread;
 
 	/* Set device limits. */
-	blk_queue_flag_set(QUEUE_FLAG_NONROT, dd->queue);
 	blk_queue_flag_clear(QUEUE_FLAG_ADD_RANDOM, dd->queue);
 	dma_set_max_seg_size(&dd->pdev->dev, 0x400000);
 
diff --git a/drivers/block/n64cart.c b/drivers/block/n64cart.c
index 27b2187e7a6d..b9fdeff31caf 100644
--- a/drivers/block/n64cart.c
+++ b/drivers/block/n64cart.c
@@ -150,8 +150,6 @@ static int __init n64cart_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
 	set_capacity(disk, size >> SECTOR_SHIFT);
 	set_disk_ro(disk, 1);
 
-	blk_queue_flag_set(QUEUE_FLAG_NONROT, disk->queue);
-
 	err = add_disk(disk);
 	if (err)
 		goto out_cleanup_disk;
diff --git a/drivers/block/nbd.c b/drivers/block/nbd.c
index cb1c86a6a3fb..6cddf5baffe0 100644
--- a/drivers/block/nbd.c
+++ b/drivers/block/nbd.c
@@ -1867,11 +1867,6 @@ static struct nbd_device *nbd_dev_add(int index, unsigned int refs)
 		goto out_err_disk;
 	}
 
-	/*
-	 * Tell the block layer that we are not a rotational device
-	 */
-	blk_queue_flag_set(QUEUE_FLAG_NONROT, disk->queue);
-
 	mutex_init(&nbd->config_lock);
 	refcount_set(&nbd->config_refs, 0);
 	/*
diff --git a/drivers/block/null_blk/main.c b/drivers/block/null_blk/main.c
index 21f9d256e884..83a4ebe4763a 100644
--- a/drivers/block/null_blk/main.c
+++ b/drivers/block/null_blk/main.c
@@ -1948,7 +1948,6 @@ static int null_add_dev(struct nullb_device *dev)
 	}
 
 	nullb->q->queuedata = nullb;
-	blk_queue_flag_set(QUEUE_FLAG_NONROT, nullb->q);
 
 	rv = ida_alloc(&nullb_indexes, GFP_KERNEL);
 	if (rv < 0)
diff --git a/drivers/block/pktcdvd.c b/drivers/block/pktcdvd.c
index 8a2ce8070010..7cece5884b9c 100644
--- a/drivers/block/pktcdvd.c
+++ b/drivers/block/pktcdvd.c
@@ -2622,6 +2622,7 @@ static int pkt_setup_dev(dev_t dev, dev_t* pkt_dev)
 	struct queue_limits lim = {
 		.max_hw_sectors		= PACKET_MAX_SECTORS,
 		.logical_block_size	= CD_FRAMESIZE,
+		.features		= BLK_FEAT_ROTATIONAL,
 	};
 	int idx;
 	int ret = -ENOMEM;
diff --git a/drivers/block/ps3disk.c b/drivers/block/ps3disk.c
index 8b73cf459b59..ff45ed766469 100644
--- a/drivers/block/ps3disk.c
+++ b/drivers/block/ps3disk.c
@@ -388,7 +388,8 @@ static int ps3disk_probe(struct ps3_system_bus_device *_dev)
 		.max_segments		= -1,
 		.max_segment_size	= dev->bounce_size,
 		.dma_alignment		= dev->blk_size - 1,
-		.features		= BLK_FEAT_WRITE_CACHE,
+		.features		= BLK_FEAT_WRITE_CACHE |
+					  BLK_FEAT_ROTATIONAL,
 	};
 	struct gendisk *gendisk;
 
diff --git a/drivers/block/rbd.c b/drivers/block/rbd.c
index 22ad704f81d8..ec1f1c7d4275 100644
--- a/drivers/block/rbd.c
+++ b/drivers/block/rbd.c
@@ -4997,9 +4997,6 @@ static int rbd_init_disk(struct rbd_device *rbd_dev)
 	disk->fops = &rbd_bd_ops;
 	disk->private_data = rbd_dev;
 
-	blk_queue_flag_set(QUEUE_FLAG_NONROT, q);
-	/* QUEUE_FLAG_ADD_RANDOM is off by default for blk-mq */
-
 	if (!ceph_test_opt(rbd_dev->rbd_client->client, NOCRC))
 		blk_queue_flag_set(QUEUE_FLAG_STABLE_WRITES, q);
 
diff --git a/drivers/block/rnbd/rnbd-clt.c b/drivers/block/rnbd/rnbd-clt.c
index 02c4b1731827..4918b0f68b46 100644
--- a/drivers/block/rnbd/rnbd-clt.c
+++ b/drivers/block/rnbd/rnbd-clt.c
@@ -1352,10 +1352,6 @@ static int rnbd_clt_setup_gen_disk(struct rnbd_clt_dev *dev,
 	if (dev->access_mode == RNBD_ACCESS_RO)
 		set_disk_ro(dev->gd, true);
 
-	/*
-	 * Network device does not need rotational
-	 */
-	blk_queue_flag_set(QUEUE_FLAG_NONROT, dev->queue);
 	err = add_disk(dev->gd);
 	if (err)
 		put_disk(dev->gd);
diff --git a/drivers/block/sunvdc.c b/drivers/block/sunvdc.c
index 5286cb8e0824..2d38331ee667 100644
--- a/drivers/block/sunvdc.c
+++ b/drivers/block/sunvdc.c
@@ -791,6 +791,7 @@ static int probe_disk(struct vdc_port *port)
 		.seg_boundary_mask		= PAGE_SIZE - 1,
 		.max_segment_size		= PAGE_SIZE,
 		.max_segments			= port->ring_cookies,
+		.features			= BLK_FEAT_ROTATIONAL,
 	};
 	struct request_queue *q;
 	struct gendisk *g;
diff --git a/drivers/block/swim.c b/drivers/block/swim.c
index 6731678f3a41..126f151c4f2c 100644
--- a/drivers/block/swim.c
+++ b/drivers/block/swim.c
@@ -787,6 +787,9 @@ static void swim_cleanup_floppy_disk(struct floppy_state *fs)
 
 static int swim_floppy_init(struct swim_priv *swd)
 {
+	struct queue_limits lim = {
+		.features		= BLK_FEAT_ROTATIONAL,
+	};
 	int err;
 	int drive;
 	struct swim __iomem *base = swd->base;
@@ -820,7 +823,7 @@ static int swim_floppy_init(struct swim_priv *swd)
 			goto exit_put_disks;
 
 		swd->unit[drive].disk =
-			blk_mq_alloc_disk(&swd->unit[drive].tag_set, NULL,
+			blk_mq_alloc_disk(&swd->unit[drive].tag_set, &lim,
 					  &swd->unit[drive]);
 		if (IS_ERR(swd->unit[drive].disk)) {
 			blk_mq_free_tag_set(&swd->unit[drive].tag_set);
diff --git a/drivers/block/swim3.c b/drivers/block/swim3.c
index a04756ac778e..90be1017f7bf 100644
--- a/drivers/block/swim3.c
+++ b/drivers/block/swim3.c
@@ -1189,6 +1189,9 @@ static int swim3_add_device(struct macio_dev *mdev, int index)
 static int swim3_attach(struct macio_dev *mdev,
 			const struct of_device_id *match)
 {
+	struct queue_limits lim = {
+		.features		= BLK_FEAT_ROTATIONAL,
+	};
 	struct floppy_state *fs;
 	struct gendisk *disk;
 	int rc;
@@ -1210,7 +1213,7 @@ static int swim3_attach(struct macio_dev *mdev,
 	if (rc)
 		goto out_unregister;
 
-	disk = blk_mq_alloc_disk(&fs->tag_set, NULL, fs);
+	disk = blk_mq_alloc_disk(&fs->tag_set, &lim, fs);
 	if (IS_ERR(disk)) {
 		rc = PTR_ERR(disk);
 		goto out_free_tag_set;
diff --git a/drivers/block/ublk_drv.c b/drivers/block/ublk_drv.c
index e45c65c1848d..4fcde0999358 100644
--- a/drivers/block/ublk_drv.c
+++ b/drivers/block/ublk_drv.c
@@ -484,14 +484,8 @@ static inline unsigned ublk_pos_to_tag(loff_t pos)
 
 static void ublk_dev_param_basic_apply(struct ublk_device *ub)
 {
-	struct request_queue *q = ub->ub_disk->queue;
 	const struct ublk_param_basic *p = &ub->params.basic;
 
-	if (p->attrs & UBLK_ATTR_ROTATIONAL)
-		blk_queue_flag_clear(QUEUE_FLAG_NONROT, q);
-	else
-		blk_queue_flag_set(QUEUE_FLAG_NONROT, q);
-
 	if (p->attrs & UBLK_ATTR_READ_ONLY)
 		set_disk_ro(ub->ub_disk, true);
 
@@ -2214,6 +2208,9 @@ static int ublk_ctrl_start_dev(struct ublk_device *ub, struct io_uring_cmd *cmd)
 			lim.features |= BLK_FEAT_FUA;
 	}
 
+	if (ub->params.basic.attrs & UBLK_ATTR_ROTATIONAL)
+		lim.features |= BLK_FEAT_ROTATIONAL;
+
 	if (wait_for_completion_interruptible(&ub->completion) != 0)
 		return -EINTR;
 
diff --git a/drivers/block/virtio_blk.c b/drivers/block/virtio_blk.c
index b1a3c2935285..13a2f24f1766 100644
--- a/drivers/block/virtio_blk.c
+++ b/drivers/block/virtio_blk.c
@@ -1451,7 +1451,9 @@ static int virtblk_read_limits(struct virtio_blk *vblk,
 static int virtblk_probe(struct virtio_device *vdev)
 {
 	struct virtio_blk *vblk;
-	struct queue_limits lim = { };
+	struct queue_limits lim = {
+		.features		= BLK_FEAT_ROTATIONAL,
+	};
 	int err, index;
 	unsigned int queue_depth;
 
diff --git a/drivers/block/xen-blkfront.c b/drivers/block/xen-blkfront.c
index 9aafce3e5987..fa3a2ba52545 100644
--- a/drivers/block/xen-blkfront.c
+++ b/drivers/block/xen-blkfront.c
@@ -1146,7 +1146,6 @@ static int xlvbd_alloc_gendisk(blkif_sector_t capacity,
 		err = PTR_ERR(gd);
 		goto out_free_tag_set;
 	}
-	blk_queue_flag_set(QUEUE_FLAG_VIRT, gd->queue);
 
 	strcpy(gd->disk_name, DEV_NAME);
 	ptr = encode_disk_name(gd->disk_name + sizeof(DEV_NAME) - 1, offset);
diff --git a/drivers/block/zram/zram_drv.c b/drivers/block/zram/zram_drv.c
index 3acd7006ad2c..aad840fc7e18 100644
--- a/drivers/block/zram/zram_drv.c
+++ b/drivers/block/zram/zram_drv.c
@@ -2245,8 +2245,6 @@ static int zram_add(void)
 
 	/* Actual capacity set using sysfs (/sys/block/zram<id>/disksize */
 	set_capacity(zram->disk, 0);
-	/* zram devices sort of resembles non-rotational disks */
-	blk_queue_flag_set(QUEUE_FLAG_NONROT, zram->disk->queue);
 	blk_queue_flag_set(QUEUE_FLAG_SYNCHRONOUS, zram->disk->queue);
 	blk_queue_flag_set(QUEUE_FLAG_STABLE_WRITES, zram->disk->queue);
 	ret = device_add_disk(NULL, zram->disk, zram_disk_groups);
diff --git a/drivers/cdrom/gdrom.c b/drivers/cdrom/gdrom.c
index eefdd422ad8e..71cfe7a85913 100644
--- a/drivers/cdrom/gdrom.c
+++ b/drivers/cdrom/gdrom.c
@@ -744,6 +744,7 @@ static int probe_gdrom(struct platform_device *devptr)
 		.max_segments			= 1,
 		/* set a large max size to get most from DMA */
 		.max_segment_size		= 0x40000,
+		.features			= BLK_FEAT_ROTATIONAL,
 	};
 	int err;
 
diff --git a/drivers/md/bcache/super.c b/drivers/md/bcache/super.c
index cb6595c8b551..baa364eedd00 100644
--- a/drivers/md/bcache/super.c
+++ b/drivers/md/bcache/super.c
@@ -974,8 +974,6 @@ static int bcache_device_init(struct bcache_device *d, unsigned int block_size,
 	d->disk->minors		= BCACHE_MINORS;
 	d->disk->fops		= ops;
 	d->disk->private_data	= d;
-
-	blk_queue_flag_set(QUEUE_FLAG_NONROT, d->disk->queue);
 	return 0;
 
 out_bioset_exit:
diff --git a/drivers/md/dm-table.c b/drivers/md/dm-table.c
index 03abdae64682..c062af329709 100644
--- a/drivers/md/dm-table.c
+++ b/drivers/md/dm-table.c
@@ -1716,12 +1716,6 @@ static int device_dax_write_cache_enabled(struct dm_target *ti,
 	return false;
 }
 
-static int device_is_rotational(struct dm_target *ti, struct dm_dev *dev,
-				sector_t start, sector_t len, void *data)
-{
-	return !bdev_nonrot(dev->bdev);
-}
-
 static int device_is_not_random(struct dm_target *ti, struct dm_dev *dev,
 			     sector_t start, sector_t len, void *data)
 {
@@ -1870,12 +1864,6 @@ int dm_table_set_restrictions(struct dm_table *t, struct request_queue *q,
 	if (dm_table_any_dev_attr(t, device_dax_write_cache_enabled, NULL))
 		dax_write_cache(t->md->dax_dev, true);
 
-	/* Ensure that all underlying devices are non-rotational. */
-	if (dm_table_any_dev_attr(t, device_is_rotational, NULL))
-		blk_queue_flag_clear(QUEUE_FLAG_NONROT, q);
-	else
-		blk_queue_flag_set(QUEUE_FLAG_NONROT, q);
-
 	/*
 	 * Some devices don't use blk_integrity but still want stable pages
 	 * because they do their own checksumming.
diff --git a/drivers/md/md.c b/drivers/md/md.c
index 2f4c5d1755d8..c23423c51fb7 100644
--- a/drivers/md/md.c
+++ b/drivers/md/md.c
@@ -6151,20 +6151,7 @@ int md_run(struct mddev *mddev)
 
 	if (!mddev_is_dm(mddev)) {
 		struct request_queue *q = mddev->gendisk->queue;
-		bool nonrot = true;
 
-		rdev_for_each(rdev, mddev) {
-			if (rdev->raid_disk >= 0 && !bdev_nonrot(rdev->bdev)) {
-				nonrot = false;
-				break;
-			}
-		}
-		if (mddev->degraded)
-			nonrot = false;
-		if (nonrot)
-			blk_queue_flag_set(QUEUE_FLAG_NONROT, q);
-		else
-			blk_queue_flag_clear(QUEUE_FLAG_NONROT, q);
 		blk_queue_flag_set(QUEUE_FLAG_IO_STAT, q);
 
 		/* Set the NOWAIT flags if all underlying devices support it */
diff --git a/drivers/mmc/core/queue.c b/drivers/mmc/core/queue.c
index 97ff993d3157..b4f62fa84586 100644
--- a/drivers/mmc/core/queue.c
+++ b/drivers/mmc/core/queue.c
@@ -387,7 +387,6 @@ static struct gendisk *mmc_alloc_disk(struct mmc_queue *mq,
 		blk_queue_flag_set(QUEUE_FLAG_STABLE_WRITES, mq->queue);
 	blk_queue_rq_timeout(mq->queue, 60 * HZ);
 
-	blk_queue_flag_set(QUEUE_FLAG_NONROT, mq->queue);
 	blk_queue_flag_clear(QUEUE_FLAG_ADD_RANDOM, mq->queue);
 
 	dma_set_max_seg_size(mmc_dev(host), queue_max_segment_size(mq->queue));
diff --git a/drivers/mtd/mtd_blkdevs.c b/drivers/mtd/mtd_blkdevs.c
index 1b9f57f231e8..bf8369ce7ddf 100644
--- a/drivers/mtd/mtd_blkdevs.c
+++ b/drivers/mtd/mtd_blkdevs.c
@@ -375,7 +375,6 @@ int add_mtd_blktrans_dev(struct mtd_blktrans_dev *new)
 	spin_lock_init(&new->queue_lock);
 	INIT_LIST_HEAD(&new->rq_list);
 
-	blk_queue_flag_set(QUEUE_FLAG_NONROT, new->rq);
 	blk_queue_flag_clear(QUEUE_FLAG_ADD_RANDOM, new->rq);
 
 	gd->queue = new->rq;
diff --git a/drivers/nvdimm/btt.c b/drivers/nvdimm/btt.c
index c5f8451b494d..e474afa8e9f6 100644
--- a/drivers/nvdimm/btt.c
+++ b/drivers/nvdimm/btt.c
@@ -1518,7 +1518,6 @@ static int btt_blk_init(struct btt *btt)
 	btt->btt_disk->fops = &btt_fops;
 	btt->btt_disk->private_data = btt;
 
-	blk_queue_flag_set(QUEUE_FLAG_NONROT, btt->btt_disk->queue);
 	blk_queue_flag_set(QUEUE_FLAG_SYNCHRONOUS, btt->btt_disk->queue);
 
 	set_capacity(btt->btt_disk, btt->nlba * btt->sector_size >> 9);
diff --git a/drivers/nvdimm/pmem.c b/drivers/nvdimm/pmem.c
index aff818469c11..501cf226df01 100644
--- a/drivers/nvdimm/pmem.c
+++ b/drivers/nvdimm/pmem.c
@@ -546,7 +546,6 @@ static int pmem_attach_disk(struct device *dev,
 	}
 	pmem->virt_addr = addr;
 
-	blk_queue_flag_set(QUEUE_FLAG_NONROT, q);
 	blk_queue_flag_set(QUEUE_FLAG_SYNCHRONOUS, q);
 	if (pmem->pfn_flags & PFN_MAP)
 		blk_queue_flag_set(QUEUE_FLAG_DAX, q);
diff --git a/drivers/nvme/host/core.c b/drivers/nvme/host/core.c
index 9fc5e36fe2e5..0d753fe71f35 100644
--- a/drivers/nvme/host/core.c
+++ b/drivers/nvme/host/core.c
@@ -3744,7 +3744,6 @@ static void nvme_alloc_ns(struct nvme_ctrl *ctrl, struct nvme_ns_info *info)
 	if (ctrl->opts && ctrl->opts->data_digest)
 		blk_queue_flag_set(QUEUE_FLAG_STABLE_WRITES, ns->queue);
 
-	blk_queue_flag_set(QUEUE_FLAG_NONROT, ns->queue);
 	if (ctrl->ops->supports_pci_p2pdma &&
 	    ctrl->ops->supports_pci_p2pdma(ctrl))
 		blk_queue_flag_set(QUEUE_FLAG_PCI_P2PDMA, ns->queue);
diff --git a/drivers/nvme/host/multipath.c b/drivers/nvme/host/multipath.c
index 3d0e23a0a4dd..58c13304e558 100644
--- a/drivers/nvme/host/multipath.c
+++ b/drivers/nvme/host/multipath.c
@@ -549,7 +549,6 @@ int nvme_mpath_alloc_disk(struct nvme_ctrl *ctrl, struct nvme_ns_head *head)
 	sprintf(head->disk->disk_name, "nvme%dn%d",
 			ctrl->subsys->instance, head->instance);
 
-	blk_queue_flag_set(QUEUE_FLAG_NONROT, head->disk->queue);
 	blk_queue_flag_set(QUEUE_FLAG_NOWAIT, head->disk->queue);
 	blk_queue_flag_set(QUEUE_FLAG_IO_STAT, head->disk->queue);
 	/*
diff --git a/drivers/s390/block/dasd_genhd.c b/drivers/s390/block/dasd_genhd.c
index 4533dd055ca8..1aa426b1dedd 100644
--- a/drivers/s390/block/dasd_genhd.c
+++ b/drivers/s390/block/dasd_genhd.c
@@ -68,7 +68,6 @@ int dasd_gendisk_alloc(struct dasd_block *block)
 		blk_mq_free_tag_set(&block->tag_set);
 		return PTR_ERR(gdp);
 	}
-	blk_queue_flag_set(QUEUE_FLAG_NONROT, gdp->queue);
 
 	/* Initialize gendisk structure. */
 	gdp->major = DASD_MAJOR;
diff --git a/drivers/s390/block/scm_blk.c b/drivers/s390/block/scm_blk.c
index 1d456a5a3bfb..2e2309fa9a0b 100644
--- a/drivers/s390/block/scm_blk.c
+++ b/drivers/s390/block/scm_blk.c
@@ -475,7 +475,6 @@ int scm_blk_dev_setup(struct scm_blk_dev *bdev, struct scm_device *scmdev)
 		goto out_tag;
 	}
 	rq = bdev->rq = bdev->gendisk->queue;
-	blk_queue_flag_set(QUEUE_FLAG_NONROT, rq);
 	blk_queue_flag_clear(QUEUE_FLAG_ADD_RANDOM, rq);
 
 	bdev->gendisk->private_data = scmdev;
diff --git a/drivers/scsi/sd.c b/drivers/scsi/sd.c
index d8ee4a4d4a62..a42c3c45e868 100644
--- a/drivers/scsi/sd.c
+++ b/drivers/scsi/sd.c
@@ -3318,7 +3318,7 @@ static void sd_read_block_characteristics(struct scsi_disk *sdkp,
 	rcu_read_unlock();
 
 	if (rot == 1) {
-		blk_queue_flag_set(QUEUE_FLAG_NONROT, q);
+		lim->features &= ~BLK_FEAT_ROTATIONAL;
 		blk_queue_flag_clear(QUEUE_FLAG_ADD_RANDOM, q);
 	}
 
@@ -3646,7 +3646,7 @@ static int sd_revalidate_disk(struct gendisk *disk)
 		 * cause this to be updated correctly and any device which
 		 * doesn't support it should be treated as rotational.
 		 */
-		blk_queue_flag_clear(QUEUE_FLAG_NONROT, q);
+		lim.features |= BLK_FEAT_ROTATIONAL;
 		blk_queue_flag_set(QUEUE_FLAG_ADD_RANDOM, q);
 
 		if (scsi_device_supports_vpd(sdp)) {
diff --git a/include/linux/blkdev.h b/include/linux/blkdev.h
index acdfe5122faa..988e3248cffe 100644
--- a/include/linux/blkdev.h
+++ b/include/linux/blkdev.h
@@ -289,14 +289,16 @@ enum {
 
 	/* supports passing on the FUA bit */
 	BLK_FEAT_FUA				= (1u << 1),
+
+	/* rotational device (hard drive or floppy) */
+	BLK_FEAT_ROTATIONAL			= (1u << 2),
 };
 
 /*
  * Flags automatically inherited when stacking limits.
  */
 #define BLK_FEAT_INHERIT_MASK \
-	(BLK_FEAT_WRITE_CACHE | BLK_FEAT_FUA)
-
+	(BLK_FEAT_WRITE_CACHE | BLK_FEAT_FUA | BLK_FEAT_ROTATIONAL)
 
 /* internal flags in queue_limits.flags */
 enum {
@@ -553,8 +555,6 @@ struct request_queue {
 #define QUEUE_FLAG_NOMERGES     3	/* disable merge attempts */
 #define QUEUE_FLAG_SAME_COMP	4	/* complete on same CPU-group */
 #define QUEUE_FLAG_FAIL_IO	5	/* fake timeout */
-#define QUEUE_FLAG_NONROT	6	/* non-rotational device (SSD) */
-#define QUEUE_FLAG_VIRT		QUEUE_FLAG_NONROT /* paravirt device */
 #define QUEUE_FLAG_IO_STAT	7	/* do disk/partitions IO accounting */
 #define QUEUE_FLAG_NOXMERGES	9	/* No extended merges */
 #define QUEUE_FLAG_ADD_RANDOM	10	/* Contributes to random pool */
@@ -589,7 +589,7 @@ bool blk_queue_flag_test_and_set(unsigned int flag, struct request_queue *q);
 #define blk_queue_nomerges(q)	test_bit(QUEUE_FLAG_NOMERGES, &(q)->queue_flags)
 #define blk_queue_noxmerges(q)	\
 	test_bit(QUEUE_FLAG_NOXMERGES, &(q)->queue_flags)
-#define blk_queue_nonrot(q)	test_bit(QUEUE_FLAG_NONROT, &(q)->queue_flags)
+#define blk_queue_nonrot(q)	((q)->limits.features & BLK_FEAT_ROTATIONAL)
 #define blk_queue_io_stat(q)	test_bit(QUEUE_FLAG_IO_STAT, &(q)->queue_flags)
 #define blk_queue_add_random(q)	test_bit(QUEUE_FLAG_ADD_RANDOM, &(q)->queue_flags)
 #define blk_queue_zone_resetall(q)	\