diff --git a/drivers/acpi/nfit/core.c b/drivers/acpi/nfit/core.c
index 14e68f202f81..afbd5e2b2ea8 100644
--- a/drivers/acpi/nfit/core.c
+++ b/drivers/acpi/nfit/core.c
@@ -2426,7 +2426,7 @@ static void write_blk_ctl(struct nfit_blk *nfit_blk, unsigned int bw,
 		offset = to_interleave_offset(offset, mmio);
 
 	writeq(cmd, mmio->addr.base + offset);
-	nvdimm_flush(nfit_blk->nd_region, NULL);
+	nvdimm_flush(nfit_blk->nd_region);
 
 	if (nfit_blk->dimm_flags & NFIT_BLK_DCR_LATCH)
 		readq(mmio->addr.base + offset);
@@ -2475,7 +2475,7 @@ static int acpi_nfit_blk_single_io(struct nfit_blk *nfit_blk,
 	}
 
 	if (rw)
-		nvdimm_flush(nfit_blk->nd_region, NULL);
+		nvdimm_flush(nfit_blk->nd_region);
 
 	rc = read_blk_stat(nfit_blk, lane) ? -EIO : 0;
 	return rc;
diff --git a/drivers/nvdimm/claim.c b/drivers/nvdimm/claim.c
index 2985ca949912..0fedb2fbfcbe 100644
--- a/drivers/nvdimm/claim.c
+++ b/drivers/nvdimm/claim.c
@@ -293,7 +293,7 @@ static int nsio_rw_bytes(struct nd_namespace_common *ndns,
 	}
 
 	memcpy_flushcache(nsio->addr + offset, buf, size);
-	ret = nvdimm_flush(to_nd_region(ndns->dev.parent), NULL);
+	ret = nvdimm_flush(to_nd_region(ndns->dev.parent));
 	if (ret)
 		rc = ret;
 
diff --git a/drivers/nvdimm/nd.h b/drivers/nvdimm/nd.h
index ee5c04070ef9..77d8b9f0c34a 100644
--- a/drivers/nvdimm/nd.h
+++ b/drivers/nvdimm/nd.h
@@ -155,7 +155,7 @@ struct nd_region {
 	struct badblocks bb;
 	struct nd_interleave_set *nd_set;
 	struct nd_percpu_lane __percpu *lane;
-	int (*flush)(struct nd_region *nd_region, struct bio *bio);
+	int (*flush)(struct nd_region *nd_region);
 	struct nd_mapping mapping[0];
 };
 
diff --git a/drivers/nvdimm/nd_virtio.c b/drivers/nvdimm/nd_virtio.c
index 10351d5b49fa..9604ba08a68a 100644
--- a/drivers/nvdimm/nd_virtio.c
+++ b/drivers/nvdimm/nd_virtio.c
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ void virtio_pmem_host_ack(struct virtqueue *vq)
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(virtio_pmem_host_ack);
 
  /* The request submission function */
-static int virtio_pmem_flush(struct nd_region *nd_region)
+int virtio_pmem_flush(struct nd_region *nd_region)
 {
 	struct virtio_device *vdev = nd_region->provider_data;
 	struct virtio_pmem *vpmem  = vdev->priv;
@@ -96,30 +96,5 @@ static int virtio_pmem_flush(struct nd_region *nd_region)
 	kfree(req_data);
 	return err;
 };
-
-/* The asynchronous flush callback function */
-int async_pmem_flush(struct nd_region *nd_region, struct bio *bio)
-{
-	/*
-	 * Create child bio for asynchronous flush and chain with
-	 * parent bio. Otherwise directly call nd_region flush.
-	 */
-	if (bio && bio->bi_iter.bi_sector != -1) {
-		struct bio *child = bio_alloc(GFP_ATOMIC, 0);
-
-		if (!child)
-			return -ENOMEM;
-		bio_copy_dev(child, bio);
-		child->bi_opf = REQ_PREFLUSH;
-		child->bi_iter.bi_sector = -1;
-		bio_chain(child, bio);
-		submit_bio(child);
-		return 0;
-	}
-	if (virtio_pmem_flush(nd_region))
-		return -EIO;
-
-	return 0;
-};
-EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(async_pmem_flush);
+EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(virtio_pmem_flush);
 MODULE_LICENSE("GPL");
diff --git a/drivers/nvdimm/pmem.c b/drivers/nvdimm/pmem.c
index f9f76f6ba07b..b3ca641668a2 100644
--- a/drivers/nvdimm/pmem.c
+++ b/drivers/nvdimm/pmem.c
@@ -194,7 +194,13 @@ static blk_qc_t pmem_make_request(struct request_queue *q, struct bio *bio)
 	struct nd_region *nd_region = to_region(pmem);
 
 	if (bio->bi_opf & REQ_PREFLUSH)
-		ret = nvdimm_flush(nd_region, bio);
+		ret = nvdimm_flush(nd_region);
+
+	if (ret) {
+		bio->bi_status = errno_to_blk_status(ret);
+		bio_endio(bio);
+		return BLK_QC_T_NONE;
+	}
 
 	do_acct = nd_iostat_start(bio, &start);
 	bio_for_each_segment(bvec, bio, iter) {
@@ -209,7 +215,7 @@ static blk_qc_t pmem_make_request(struct request_queue *q, struct bio *bio)
 		nd_iostat_end(bio, start);
 
 	if (bio->bi_opf & REQ_FUA)
-		ret = nvdimm_flush(nd_region, bio);
+		ret = nvdimm_flush(nd_region);
 
 	if (ret)
 		bio->bi_status = errno_to_blk_status(ret);
@@ -549,14 +555,14 @@ static int nd_pmem_remove(struct device *dev)
 		sysfs_put(pmem->bb_state);
 		pmem->bb_state = NULL;
 	}
-	nvdimm_flush(to_nd_region(dev->parent), NULL);
+	nvdimm_flush(to_nd_region(dev->parent));
 
 	return 0;
 }
 
 static void nd_pmem_shutdown(struct device *dev)
 {
-	nvdimm_flush(to_nd_region(dev->parent), NULL);
+	nvdimm_flush(to_nd_region(dev->parent));
 }
 
 static void nd_pmem_notify(struct device *dev, enum nvdimm_event event)
diff --git a/drivers/nvdimm/region_devs.c b/drivers/nvdimm/region_devs.c
index ef423ba1a711..cfd96a0d52f2 100644
--- a/drivers/nvdimm/region_devs.c
+++ b/drivers/nvdimm/region_devs.c
@@ -287,7 +287,7 @@ static ssize_t deep_flush_store(struct device *dev, struct device_attribute *att
 		return rc;
 	if (!flush)
 		return -EINVAL;
-	rc = nvdimm_flush(nd_region, NULL);
+	rc = nvdimm_flush(nd_region);
 	if (rc)
 		return rc;
 
@@ -1079,14 +1079,14 @@ struct nd_region *nvdimm_volatile_region_create(struct nvdimm_bus *nvdimm_bus,
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(nvdimm_volatile_region_create);
 
-int nvdimm_flush(struct nd_region *nd_region, struct bio *bio)
+int nvdimm_flush(struct nd_region *nd_region)
 {
 	int rc = 0;
 
 	if (!nd_region->flush)
 		rc = generic_nvdimm_flush(nd_region);
 	else {
-		if (nd_region->flush(nd_region, bio))
+		if (nd_region->flush(nd_region))
 			rc = -EIO;
 	}
 
diff --git a/drivers/nvdimm/virtio_pmem.c b/drivers/nvdimm/virtio_pmem.c
index 5e3d07b47e0c..a6234466674d 100644
--- a/drivers/nvdimm/virtio_pmem.c
+++ b/drivers/nvdimm/virtio_pmem.c
@@ -80,7 +80,7 @@ static int virtio_pmem_probe(struct virtio_device *vdev)
 
 	ndr_desc.res = &res;
 	ndr_desc.numa_node = nid;
-	ndr_desc.flush = async_pmem_flush;
+	ndr_desc.flush = virtio_pmem_flush;
 	set_bit(ND_REGION_PAGEMAP, &ndr_desc.flags);
 	set_bit(ND_REGION_ASYNC, &ndr_desc.flags);
 	nd_region = nvdimm_pmem_region_create(vpmem->nvdimm_bus, &ndr_desc);
diff --git a/drivers/nvdimm/virtio_pmem.h b/drivers/nvdimm/virtio_pmem.h
index 0dddefe594c4..4f9ee19aad90 100644
--- a/drivers/nvdimm/virtio_pmem.h
+++ b/drivers/nvdimm/virtio_pmem.h
@@ -51,5 +51,5 @@ struct virtio_pmem {
 };
 
 void virtio_pmem_host_ack(struct virtqueue *vq);
-int async_pmem_flush(struct nd_region *nd_region, struct bio *bio);
+int virtio_pmem_flush(struct nd_region *nd_region);
 #endif
diff --git a/include/linux/libnvdimm.h b/include/linux/libnvdimm.h
index b6eddf912568..211c87edb4eb 100644
--- a/include/linux/libnvdimm.h
+++ b/include/linux/libnvdimm.h
@@ -130,7 +130,7 @@ struct nd_region_desc {
 	int target_node;
 	unsigned long flags;
 	struct device_node *of_node;
-	int (*flush)(struct nd_region *nd_region, struct bio *bio);
+	int (*flush)(struct nd_region *nd_region);
 };
 
 struct device;
@@ -261,7 +261,7 @@ unsigned long nd_blk_memremap_flags(struct nd_blk_region *ndbr);
 unsigned int nd_region_acquire_lane(struct nd_region *nd_region);
 void nd_region_release_lane(struct nd_region *nd_region, unsigned int lane);
 u64 nd_fletcher64(void *addr, size_t len, bool le);
-int nvdimm_flush(struct nd_region *nd_region, struct bio *bio);
+int nvdimm_flush(struct nd_region *nd_region);
 int generic_nvdimm_flush(struct nd_region *nd_region);
 int nvdimm_has_flush(struct nd_region *nd_region);
 int nvdimm_has_cache(struct nd_region *nd_region);
