diff --git a/drivers/scsi/scsi_lib.c b/drivers/scsi/scsi_lib.c
index c31187d..86d5220 100644
--- a/drivers/scsi/scsi_lib.c
+++ b/drivers/scsi/scsi_lib.c
@@ -276,11 +276,10 @@
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(scsi_execute);
 
-
-int scsi_execute_req(struct scsi_device *sdev, const unsigned char *cmd,
+int scsi_execute_req_flags(struct scsi_device *sdev, const unsigned char *cmd,
 		     int data_direction, void *buffer, unsigned bufflen,
 		     struct scsi_sense_hdr *sshdr, int timeout, int retries,
-		     int *resid)
+		     int *resid, int flags)
 {
 	char *sense = NULL;
 	int result;
@@ -291,14 +290,14 @@
 			return DRIVER_ERROR << 24;
 	}
 	result = scsi_execute(sdev, cmd, data_direction, buffer, bufflen,
-			      sense, timeout, retries, 0, resid);
+			      sense, timeout, retries, flags, resid);
 	if (sshdr)
 		scsi_normalize_sense(sense, SCSI_SENSE_BUFFERSIZE, sshdr);
 
 	kfree(sense);
 	return result;
 }
-EXPORT_SYMBOL(scsi_execute_req);
+EXPORT_SYMBOL(scsi_execute_req_flags);
 
 /*
  * Function:    scsi_init_cmd_errh()
diff --git a/drivers/scsi/sd.c b/drivers/scsi/sd.c
index 7992635..c6e2b34 100644
--- a/drivers/scsi/sd.c
+++ b/drivers/scsi/sd.c
@@ -1424,8 +1424,9 @@
 		 * Leave the rest of the command zero to indicate
 		 * flush everything.
 		 */
-		res = scsi_execute_req(sdp, cmd, DMA_NONE, NULL, 0, &sshdr,
-				       SD_FLUSH_TIMEOUT, SD_MAX_RETRIES, NULL);
+		res = scsi_execute_req_flags(sdp, cmd, DMA_NONE, NULL, 0,
+					     &sshdr, SD_FLUSH_TIMEOUT,
+					     SD_MAX_RETRIES, NULL, REQ_PM);
 		if (res == 0)
 			break;
 	}
@@ -3021,8 +3022,8 @@
 	if (!scsi_device_online(sdp))
 		return -ENODEV;
 
-	res = scsi_execute_req(sdp, cmd, DMA_NONE, NULL, 0, &sshdr,
-			       SD_TIMEOUT, SD_MAX_RETRIES, NULL);
+	res = scsi_execute_req_flags(sdp, cmd, DMA_NONE, NULL, 0, &sshdr,
+			       SD_TIMEOUT, SD_MAX_RETRIES, NULL, REQ_PM);
 	if (res) {
 		sd_printk(KERN_WARNING, sdkp, "START_STOP FAILED\n");
 		sd_print_result(sdkp, res);
diff --git a/include/scsi/scsi_device.h b/include/scsi/scsi_device.h
index a7f9cba..cc64587 100644
--- a/include/scsi/scsi_device.h
+++ b/include/scsi/scsi_device.h
@@ -394,10 +394,18 @@
 			int data_direction, void *buffer, unsigned bufflen,
 			unsigned char *sense, int timeout, int retries,
 			int flag, int *resid);
-extern int scsi_execute_req(struct scsi_device *sdev, const unsigned char *cmd,
-			    int data_direction, void *buffer, unsigned bufflen,
-			    struct scsi_sense_hdr *, int timeout, int retries,
-			    int *resid);
+extern int scsi_execute_req_flags(struct scsi_device *sdev,
+	const unsigned char *cmd, int data_direction, void *buffer,
+	unsigned bufflen, struct scsi_sense_hdr *sshdr, int timeout,
+	int retries, int *resid, int flags);
+static inline int scsi_execute_req(struct scsi_device *sdev,
+	const unsigned char *cmd, int data_direction, void *buffer,
+	unsigned bufflen, struct scsi_sense_hdr *sshdr, int timeout,
+	int retries, int *resid)
+{
+	return scsi_execute_req_flags(sdev, cmd, data_direction, buffer,
+		bufflen, sshdr, timeout, retries, resid, 0);
+}
 extern void sdev_disable_disk_events(struct scsi_device *sdev);
 extern void sdev_enable_disk_events(struct scsi_device *sdev);