diff --git a/drivers/block/xen-blkfront.c b/drivers/block/xen-blkfront.c
index 7d1487760283..8bf0cb7b2565 100644
--- a/drivers/block/xen-blkfront.c
+++ b/drivers/block/xen-blkfront.c
@@ -380,7 +380,9 @@ static void do_blkif_request(struct request_queue *rq)
 
 		blk_start_request(req);
 
-		if (req->cmd_type != REQ_TYPE_FS) {
+		if ((req->cmd_type != REQ_TYPE_FS) ||
+		    ((req->cmd_flags & (REQ_FLUSH | REQ_FUA)) &&
+		    !info->flush_op)) {
 			__blk_end_request_all(req, -EIO);
 			continue;
 		}