diff --git a/block/blk-merge.c b/block/blk-merge.c
index e199967..7c9ca01 100644
--- a/block/blk-merge.c
+++ b/block/blk-merge.c
@@ -311,6 +311,36 @@
 	return 1;
 }
 
+/**
+ * blk_rq_set_mixed_merge - mark a request as mixed merge
+ * @rq: request to mark as mixed merge
+ *
+ * Description:
+ *     @rq is about to be mixed merged.  Make sure the attributes
+ *     which can be mixed are set in each bio and mark @rq as mixed
+ *     merged.
+ */
+void blk_rq_set_mixed_merge(struct request *rq)
+{
+	unsigned int ff = rq->cmd_flags & REQ_FAILFAST_MASK;
+	struct bio *bio;
+
+	if (rq->cmd_flags & REQ_MIXED_MERGE)
+		return;
+
+	/*
+	 * @rq will no longer represent mixable attributes for all the
+	 * contained bios.  It will just track those of the first one.
+	 * Distributes the attributs to each bio.
+	 */
+	for (bio = rq->bio; bio; bio = bio->bi_next) {
+		WARN_ON_ONCE((bio->bi_rw & REQ_FAILFAST_MASK) &&
+			     (bio->bi_rw & REQ_FAILFAST_MASK) != ff);
+		bio->bi_rw |= ff;
+	}
+	rq->cmd_flags |= REQ_MIXED_MERGE;
+}
+
 static void blk_account_io_merge(struct request *req)
 {
 	if (blk_do_io_stat(req)) {
@@ -366,6 +396,19 @@
 		return 0;
 
 	/*
+	 * If failfast settings disagree or any of the two is already
+	 * a mixed merge, mark both as mixed before proceeding.  This
+	 * makes sure that all involved bios have mixable attributes
+	 * set properly.
+	 */
+	if ((req->cmd_flags | next->cmd_flags) & REQ_MIXED_MERGE ||
+	    (req->cmd_flags & REQ_FAILFAST_MASK) !=
+	    (next->cmd_flags & REQ_FAILFAST_MASK)) {
+		blk_rq_set_mixed_merge(req);
+		blk_rq_set_mixed_merge(next);
+	}
+
+	/*
 	 * At this point we have either done a back merge
 	 * or front merge. We need the smaller start_time of
 	 * the merged requests to be the current request