diff --git a/drivers/s390/block/dasd_int.h b/drivers/s390/block/dasd_int.h
index ed73ce5..a91d4a9 100644
--- a/drivers/s390/block/dasd_int.h
+++ b/drivers/s390/block/dasd_int.h
@@ -436,6 +436,10 @@
 #define DASD_FLAG_OFFLINE	3	/* device is in offline processing */
 #define DASD_FLAG_EER_SNSS	4	/* A SNSS is required */
 #define DASD_FLAG_EER_IN_USE	5	/* A SNSS request is running */
+#define DASD_FLAG_DEVICE_RO	6	/* The device itself is read-only. Don't
+					 * confuse this with the user specified
+					 * read-only feature.
+					 */
 
 void dasd_put_device_wake(struct dasd_device *);
 
@@ -609,6 +613,9 @@
 void dasd_device_set_stop_bits(struct dasd_device *, int);
 void dasd_device_remove_stop_bits(struct dasd_device *, int);
 
+int dasd_device_is_ro(struct dasd_device *);
+
+
 /* externals in dasd_devmap.c */
 extern int dasd_max_devindex;
 extern int dasd_probeonly;