diff --git a/drivers/md/dm-crypt.c b/drivers/md/dm-crypt.c
index 2ae151e..13c1548 100644
--- a/drivers/md/dm-crypt.c
+++ b/drivers/md/dm-crypt.c
@@ -1637,7 +1637,7 @@
 
 		if (opt_params == 1 && opt_string &&
 		    !strcasecmp(opt_string, "allow_discards"))
-			ti->num_discard_requests = 1;
+			ti->num_discard_bios = 1;
 		else if (opt_params) {
 			ret = -EINVAL;
 			ti->error = "Invalid feature arguments";
@@ -1665,7 +1665,7 @@
 		goto bad;
 	}
 
-	ti->num_flush_requests = 1;
+	ti->num_flush_bios = 1;
 	ti->discard_zeroes_data_unsupported = true;
 
 	return 0;
@@ -1726,7 +1726,7 @@
 		DMEMIT(" %llu %s %llu", (unsigned long long)cc->iv_offset,
 				cc->dev->name, (unsigned long long)cc->start);
 
-		if (ti->num_discard_requests)
+		if (ti->num_discard_bios)
 			DMEMIT(" 1 allow_discards");
 
 		break;
diff --git a/drivers/md/dm-delay.c b/drivers/md/dm-delay.c
index c0d03b0..496d5f3 100644
--- a/drivers/md/dm-delay.c
+++ b/drivers/md/dm-delay.c
@@ -198,8 +198,8 @@
 	mutex_init(&dc->timer_lock);
 	atomic_set(&dc->may_delay, 1);
 
-	ti->num_flush_requests = 1;
-	ti->num_discard_requests = 1;
+	ti->num_flush_bios = 1;
+	ti->num_discard_bios = 1;
 	ti->private = dc;
 	return 0;
 
diff --git a/drivers/md/dm-flakey.c b/drivers/md/dm-flakey.c
index 5d6c04c..7fcf21c 100644
--- a/drivers/md/dm-flakey.c
+++ b/drivers/md/dm-flakey.c
@@ -216,8 +216,8 @@
 		goto bad;
 	}
 
-	ti->num_flush_requests = 1;
-	ti->num_discard_requests = 1;
+	ti->num_flush_bios = 1;
+	ti->num_discard_bios = 1;
 	ti->per_bio_data_size = sizeof(struct per_bio_data);
 	ti->private = fc;
 	return 0;
diff --git a/drivers/md/dm-linear.c b/drivers/md/dm-linear.c
index 5be301c..4f99d26 100644
--- a/drivers/md/dm-linear.c
+++ b/drivers/md/dm-linear.c
@@ -53,9 +53,9 @@
 		goto bad;
 	}
 
-	ti->num_flush_requests = 1;
-	ti->num_discard_requests = 1;
-	ti->num_write_same_requests = 1;
+	ti->num_flush_bios = 1;
+	ti->num_discard_bios = 1;
+	ti->num_write_same_bios = 1;
 	ti->private = lc;
 	return 0;
 
diff --git a/drivers/md/dm-mpath.c b/drivers/md/dm-mpath.c
index d267bb5..51bb816 100644
--- a/drivers/md/dm-mpath.c
+++ b/drivers/md/dm-mpath.c
@@ -905,8 +905,8 @@
 		goto bad;
 	}
 
-	ti->num_flush_requests = 1;
-	ti->num_discard_requests = 1;
+	ti->num_flush_bios = 1;
+	ti->num_discard_bios = 1;
 
 	return 0;
 
diff --git a/drivers/md/dm-raid.c b/drivers/md/dm-raid.c
index 5a578d8..9a01d1e 100644
--- a/drivers/md/dm-raid.c
+++ b/drivers/md/dm-raid.c
@@ -1151,7 +1151,7 @@
 
 	INIT_WORK(&rs->md.event_work, do_table_event);
 	ti->private = rs;
-	ti->num_flush_requests = 1;
+	ti->num_flush_bios = 1;
 
 	mutex_lock(&rs->md.reconfig_mutex);
 	ret = md_run(&rs->md);
diff --git a/drivers/md/dm-raid1.c b/drivers/md/dm-raid1.c
index 7f24190..e2ea977 100644
--- a/drivers/md/dm-raid1.c
+++ b/drivers/md/dm-raid1.c
@@ -1072,8 +1072,8 @@
 	if (r)
 		goto err_free_context;
 
-	ti->num_flush_requests = 1;
-	ti->num_discard_requests = 1;
+	ti->num_flush_bios = 1;
+	ti->num_discard_bios = 1;
 	ti->per_bio_data_size = sizeof(struct dm_raid1_bio_record);
 	ti->discard_zeroes_data_unsupported = true;
 
diff --git a/drivers/md/dm-snap.c b/drivers/md/dm-snap.c
index 6e45e37..5d78027 100644
--- a/drivers/md/dm-snap.c
+++ b/drivers/md/dm-snap.c
@@ -1037,7 +1037,7 @@
 	int i;
 	int r = -EINVAL;
 	char *origin_path, *cow_path;
-	unsigned args_used, num_flush_requests = 1;
+	unsigned args_used, num_flush_bios = 1;
 	fmode_t origin_mode = FMODE_READ;
 
 	if (argc != 4) {
@@ -1047,7 +1047,7 @@
 	}
 
 	if (dm_target_is_snapshot_merge(ti)) {
-		num_flush_requests = 2;
+		num_flush_bios = 2;
 		origin_mode = FMODE_WRITE;
 	}
 
@@ -1127,7 +1127,7 @@
 	spin_lock_init(&s->tracked_chunk_lock);
 
 	ti->private = s;
-	ti->num_flush_requests = num_flush_requests;
+	ti->num_flush_bios = num_flush_bios;
 	ti->per_bio_data_size = sizeof(struct dm_snap_tracked_chunk);
 
 	/* Add snapshot to the list of snapshots for this origin */
@@ -1691,7 +1691,7 @@
 	init_tracked_chunk(bio);
 
 	if (bio->bi_rw & REQ_FLUSH) {
-		if (!dm_bio_get_target_request_nr(bio))
+		if (!dm_bio_get_target_bio_nr(bio))
 			bio->bi_bdev = s->origin->bdev;
 		else
 			bio->bi_bdev = s->cow->bdev;
@@ -2102,7 +2102,7 @@
 	}
 
 	ti->private = dev;
-	ti->num_flush_requests = 1;
+	ti->num_flush_bios = 1;
 
 	return 0;
 }
diff --git a/drivers/md/dm-stripe.c b/drivers/md/dm-stripe.c
index aaecefa..d8837d3 100644
--- a/drivers/md/dm-stripe.c
+++ b/drivers/md/dm-stripe.c
@@ -160,9 +160,9 @@
 	if (r)
 		return r;
 
-	ti->num_flush_requests = stripes;
-	ti->num_discard_requests = stripes;
-	ti->num_write_same_requests = stripes;
+	ti->num_flush_bios = stripes;
+	ti->num_discard_bios = stripes;
+	ti->num_write_same_bios = stripes;
 
 	sc->chunk_size = chunk_size;
 	if (chunk_size & (chunk_size - 1))
@@ -276,19 +276,19 @@
 {
 	struct stripe_c *sc = ti->private;
 	uint32_t stripe;
-	unsigned target_request_nr;
+	unsigned target_bio_nr;
 
 	if (bio->bi_rw & REQ_FLUSH) {
-		target_request_nr = dm_bio_get_target_request_nr(bio);
-		BUG_ON(target_request_nr >= sc->stripes);
-		bio->bi_bdev = sc->stripe[target_request_nr].dev->bdev;
+		target_bio_nr = dm_bio_get_target_bio_nr(bio);
+		BUG_ON(target_bio_nr >= sc->stripes);
+		bio->bi_bdev = sc->stripe[target_bio_nr].dev->bdev;
 		return DM_MAPIO_REMAPPED;
 	}
 	if (unlikely(bio->bi_rw & REQ_DISCARD) ||
 	    unlikely(bio->bi_rw & REQ_WRITE_SAME)) {
-		target_request_nr = dm_bio_get_target_request_nr(bio);
-		BUG_ON(target_request_nr >= sc->stripes);
-		return stripe_map_range(sc, bio, target_request_nr);
+		target_bio_nr = dm_bio_get_target_bio_nr(bio);
+		BUG_ON(target_bio_nr >= sc->stripes);
+		return stripe_map_range(sc, bio, target_bio_nr);
 	}
 
 	stripe_map_sector(sc, bio->bi_sector, &stripe, &bio->bi_sector);
diff --git a/drivers/md/dm-table.c b/drivers/md/dm-table.c
index c95405d..e50dad0c 100644
--- a/drivers/md/dm-table.c
+++ b/drivers/md/dm-table.c
@@ -822,8 +822,8 @@
 
 	t->highs[t->num_targets++] = tgt->begin + tgt->len - 1;
 
-	if (!tgt->num_discard_requests && tgt->discards_supported)
-		DMWARN("%s: %s: ignoring discards_supported because num_discard_requests is zero.",
+	if (!tgt->num_discard_bios && tgt->discards_supported)
+		DMWARN("%s: %s: ignoring discards_supported because num_discard_bios is zero.",
 		       dm_device_name(t->md), type);
 
 	return 0;
@@ -1359,7 +1359,7 @@
 	while (i < dm_table_get_num_targets(t)) {
 		ti = dm_table_get_target(t, i++);
 
-		if (!ti->num_flush_requests)
+		if (!ti->num_flush_bios)
 			continue;
 
 		if (ti->flush_supported)
@@ -1438,7 +1438,7 @@
 	while (i < dm_table_get_num_targets(t)) {
 		ti = dm_table_get_target(t, i++);
 
-		if (!ti->num_write_same_requests)
+		if (!ti->num_write_same_bios)
 			return false;
 
 		if (!ti->type->iterate_devices ||
@@ -1656,7 +1656,7 @@
 	while (i < dm_table_get_num_targets(t)) {
 		ti = dm_table_get_target(t, i++);
 
-		if (!ti->num_discard_requests)
+		if (!ti->num_discard_bios)
 			continue;
 
 		if (ti->discards_supported)
diff --git a/drivers/md/dm-target.c b/drivers/md/dm-target.c
index 617d21a..37ba5db 100644
--- a/drivers/md/dm-target.c
+++ b/drivers/md/dm-target.c
@@ -116,7 +116,7 @@
 	/*
 	 * Return error for discards instead of -EOPNOTSUPP
 	 */
-	tt->num_discard_requests = 1;
+	tt->num_discard_bios = 1;
 
 	return 0;
 }
diff --git a/drivers/md/dm-thin.c b/drivers/md/dm-thin.c
index 088f6b3..303e11d 100644
--- a/drivers/md/dm-thin.c
+++ b/drivers/md/dm-thin.c
@@ -1944,7 +1944,7 @@
 	pt->data_dev = data_dev;
 	pt->low_water_blocks = low_water_blocks;
 	pt->adjusted_pf = pt->requested_pf = pf;
-	ti->num_flush_requests = 1;
+	ti->num_flush_bios = 1;
 
 	/*
 	 * Only need to enable discards if the pool should pass
@@ -1952,7 +1952,7 @@
 	 * processing will cause mappings to be removed from the btree.
 	 */
 	if (pf.discard_enabled && pf.discard_passdown) {
-		ti->num_discard_requests = 1;
+		ti->num_discard_bios = 1;
 
 		/*
 		 * Setting 'discards_supported' circumvents the normal
@@ -2593,17 +2593,17 @@
 	if (r)
 		goto bad_thin_open;
 
-	ti->num_flush_requests = 1;
+	ti->num_flush_bios = 1;
 	ti->flush_supported = true;
 	ti->per_bio_data_size = sizeof(struct dm_thin_endio_hook);
 
 	/* In case the pool supports discards, pass them on. */
 	if (tc->pool->pf.discard_enabled) {
 		ti->discards_supported = true;
-		ti->num_discard_requests = 1;
+		ti->num_discard_bios = 1;
 		ti->discard_zeroes_data_unsupported = true;
-		/* Discard requests must be split on a block boundary */
-		ti->split_discard_requests = true;
+		/* Discard bios must be split on a block boundary */
+		ti->split_discard_bios = true;
 	}
 
 	dm_put(pool_md);
diff --git a/drivers/md/dm-zero.c b/drivers/md/dm-zero.c
index 69a5c3b..c99003e 100644
--- a/drivers/md/dm-zero.c
+++ b/drivers/md/dm-zero.c
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@
 	/*
 	 * Silently drop discards, avoiding -EOPNOTSUPP.
 	 */
-	ti->num_discard_requests = 1;
+	ti->num_discard_bios = 1;
 
 	return 0;
 }
diff --git a/drivers/md/dm.c b/drivers/md/dm.c
index 4521d72..caef71b 100644
--- a/drivers/md/dm.c
+++ b/drivers/md/dm.c
@@ -1103,7 +1103,7 @@
 
 static struct dm_target_io *alloc_tio(struct clone_info *ci,
 				      struct dm_target *ti, int nr_iovecs,
-				      unsigned target_request_nr)
+				      unsigned target_bio_nr)
 {
 	struct dm_target_io *tio;
 	struct bio *clone;
@@ -1114,15 +1114,15 @@
 	tio->io = ci->io;
 	tio->ti = ti;
 	memset(&tio->info, 0, sizeof(tio->info));
-	tio->target_request_nr = target_request_nr;
+	tio->target_bio_nr = target_bio_nr;
 
 	return tio;
 }
 
 static void __issue_target_request(struct clone_info *ci, struct dm_target *ti,
-				   unsigned request_nr, sector_t len)
+				   unsigned target_bio_nr, sector_t len)
 {
-	struct dm_target_io *tio = alloc_tio(ci, ti, ci->bio->bi_max_vecs, request_nr);
+	struct dm_target_io *tio = alloc_tio(ci, ti, ci->bio->bi_max_vecs, target_bio_nr);
 	struct bio *clone = &tio->clone;
 
 	/*
@@ -1137,13 +1137,13 @@
 	__map_bio(tio);
 }
 
-static void __issue_target_requests(struct clone_info *ci, struct dm_target *ti,
-				    unsigned num_requests, sector_t len)
+static void __issue_target_bios(struct clone_info *ci, struct dm_target *ti,
+				unsigned num_bios, sector_t len)
 {
-	unsigned request_nr;
+	unsigned target_bio_nr;
 
-	for (request_nr = 0; request_nr < num_requests; request_nr++)
-		__issue_target_request(ci, ti, request_nr, len);
+	for (target_bio_nr = 0; target_bio_nr < num_bios; target_bio_nr++)
+		__issue_target_request(ci, ti, target_bio_nr, len);
 }
 
 static int __clone_and_map_empty_flush(struct clone_info *ci)
@@ -1153,7 +1153,7 @@
 
 	BUG_ON(bio_has_data(ci->bio));
 	while ((ti = dm_table_get_target(ci->map, target_nr++)))
-		__issue_target_requests(ci, ti, ti->num_flush_requests, 0);
+		__issue_target_bios(ci, ti, ti->num_flush_bios, 0);
 
 	return 0;
 }
@@ -1173,32 +1173,32 @@
 	ci->sector_count = 0;
 }
 
-typedef unsigned (*get_num_requests_fn)(struct dm_target *ti);
+typedef unsigned (*get_num_bios_fn)(struct dm_target *ti);
 
-static unsigned get_num_discard_requests(struct dm_target *ti)
+static unsigned get_num_discard_bios(struct dm_target *ti)
 {
-	return ti->num_discard_requests;
+	return ti->num_discard_bios;
 }
 
-static unsigned get_num_write_same_requests(struct dm_target *ti)
+static unsigned get_num_write_same_bios(struct dm_target *ti)
 {
-	return ti->num_write_same_requests;
+	return ti->num_write_same_bios;
 }
 
 typedef bool (*is_split_required_fn)(struct dm_target *ti);
 
 static bool is_split_required_for_discard(struct dm_target *ti)
 {
-	return ti->split_discard_requests;
+	return ti->split_discard_bios;
 }
 
 static int __clone_and_map_changing_extent_only(struct clone_info *ci,
-						get_num_requests_fn get_num_requests,
+						get_num_bios_fn get_num_bios,
 						is_split_required_fn is_split_required)
 {
 	struct dm_target *ti;
 	sector_t len;
-	unsigned num_requests;
+	unsigned num_bios;
 
 	do {
 		ti = dm_table_find_target(ci->map, ci->sector);
@@ -1211,8 +1211,8 @@
 		 * reconfiguration might also have changed that since the
 		 * check was performed.
 		 */
-		num_requests = get_num_requests ? get_num_requests(ti) : 0;
-		if (!num_requests)
+		num_bios = get_num_bios ? get_num_bios(ti) : 0;
+		if (!num_bios)
 			return -EOPNOTSUPP;
 
 		if (is_split_required && !is_split_required(ti))
@@ -1220,7 +1220,7 @@
 		else
 			len = min(ci->sector_count, max_io_len(ci->sector, ti));
 
-		__issue_target_requests(ci, ti, num_requests, len);
+		__issue_target_bios(ci, ti, num_bios, len);
 
 		ci->sector += len;
 	} while (ci->sector_count -= len);
@@ -1230,13 +1230,13 @@
 
 static int __clone_and_map_discard(struct clone_info *ci)
 {
-	return __clone_and_map_changing_extent_only(ci, get_num_discard_requests,
+	return __clone_and_map_changing_extent_only(ci, get_num_discard_bios,
 						    is_split_required_for_discard);
 }
 
 static int __clone_and_map_write_same(struct clone_info *ci)
 {
-	return __clone_and_map_changing_extent_only(ci, get_num_write_same_requests, NULL);
+	return __clone_and_map_changing_extent_only(ci, get_num_write_same_bios, NULL);
 }
 
 static int __clone_and_map(struct clone_info *ci)
diff --git a/include/linux/device-mapper.h b/include/linux/device-mapper.h
index a5cda3e..d5f984b 100644
--- a/include/linux/device-mapper.h
+++ b/include/linux/device-mapper.h
@@ -187,26 +187,26 @@
 	uint32_t max_io_len;
 
 	/*
-	 * A number of zero-length barrier requests that will be submitted
+	 * A number of zero-length barrier bios that will be submitted
 	 * to the target for the purpose of flushing cache.
 	 *
-	 * The request number can be accessed with dm_bio_get_target_request_nr.
-	 * It is a responsibility of the target driver to remap these requests
+	 * The bio number can be accessed with dm_bio_get_target_bio_nr.
+	 * It is a responsibility of the target driver to remap these bios
 	 * to the real underlying devices.
 	 */
-	unsigned num_flush_requests;
+	unsigned num_flush_bios;
 
 	/*
-	 * The number of discard requests that will be submitted to the target.
-	 * The request number can be accessed with dm_bio_get_target_request_nr.
+	 * The number of discard bios that will be submitted to the target.
+	 * The bio number can be accessed with dm_bio_get_target_bio_nr.
 	 */
-	unsigned num_discard_requests;
+	unsigned num_discard_bios;
 
 	/*
-	 * The number of WRITE SAME requests that will be submitted to the target.
-	 * The request number can be accessed with dm_bio_get_target_request_nr.
+	 * The number of WRITE SAME bios that will be submitted to the target.
+	 * The bio number can be accessed with dm_bio_get_target_bio_nr.
 	 */
-	unsigned num_write_same_requests;
+	unsigned num_write_same_bios;
 
 	/*
 	 * The minimum number of extra bytes allocated in each bio for the
@@ -233,10 +233,10 @@
 	bool discards_supported:1;
 
 	/*
-	 * Set if the target required discard request to be split
+	 * Set if the target required discard bios to be split
 	 * on max_io_len boundary.
 	 */
-	bool split_discard_requests:1;
+	bool split_discard_bios:1;
 
 	/*
 	 * Set if this target does not return zeroes on discarded blocks.
@@ -261,7 +261,7 @@
 	struct dm_io *io;
 	struct dm_target *ti;
 	union map_info info;
-	unsigned target_request_nr;
+	unsigned target_bio_nr;
 	struct bio clone;
 };
 
@@ -275,9 +275,9 @@
 	return (struct bio *)((char *)data + data_size + offsetof(struct dm_target_io, clone));
 }
 
-static inline unsigned dm_bio_get_target_request_nr(const struct bio *bio)
+static inline unsigned dm_bio_get_target_bio_nr(const struct bio *bio)
 {
-	return container_of(bio, struct dm_target_io, clone)->target_request_nr;
+	return container_of(bio, struct dm_target_io, clone)->target_bio_nr;
 }
 
 int dm_register_target(struct target_type *t);