diff --git a/block/blk-merge.c b/block/blk-merge.c
index 77b7c26..74bc4a7 100644
--- a/block/blk-merge.c
+++ b/block/blk-merge.c
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@
 		return 0;
 
 	fbio = bio;
-	cluster = test_bit(QUEUE_FLAG_CLUSTER, &q->queue_flags);
+	cluster = blk_queue_cluster(q);
 	seg_size = 0;
 	nr_phys_segs = 0;
 	for_each_bio(bio) {
@@ -87,7 +87,7 @@
 static int blk_phys_contig_segment(struct request_queue *q, struct bio *bio,
 				   struct bio *nxt)
 {
-	if (!test_bit(QUEUE_FLAG_CLUSTER, &q->queue_flags))
+	if (!blk_queue_cluster(q))
 		return 0;
 
 	if (bio->bi_seg_back_size + nxt->bi_seg_front_size >
@@ -123,7 +123,7 @@
 	int nsegs, cluster;
 
 	nsegs = 0;
-	cluster = test_bit(QUEUE_FLAG_CLUSTER, &q->queue_flags);
+	cluster = blk_queue_cluster(q);
 
 	/*
 	 * for each bio in rq
diff --git a/block/blk-settings.c b/block/blk-settings.c
index 701859f..e55f5fc 100644
--- a/block/blk-settings.c
+++ b/block/blk-settings.c
@@ -126,7 +126,7 @@
 	lim->alignment_offset = 0;
 	lim->io_opt = 0;
 	lim->misaligned = 0;
-	lim->no_cluster = 0;
+	lim->cluster = 1;
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(blk_set_default_limits);
 
@@ -464,15 +464,6 @@
 void blk_queue_stack_limits(struct request_queue *t, struct request_queue *b)
 {
 	blk_stack_limits(&t->limits, &b->limits, 0);
-
-	if (!t->queue_lock)
-		WARN_ON_ONCE(1);
-	else if (!test_bit(QUEUE_FLAG_CLUSTER, &b->queue_flags)) {
-		unsigned long flags;
-		spin_lock_irqsave(t->queue_lock, flags);
-		queue_flag_clear(QUEUE_FLAG_CLUSTER, t);
-		spin_unlock_irqrestore(t->queue_lock, flags);
-	}
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(blk_queue_stack_limits);
 
@@ -545,7 +536,7 @@
 	t->io_min = max(t->io_min, b->io_min);
 	t->io_opt = lcm(t->io_opt, b->io_opt);
 
-	t->no_cluster |= b->no_cluster;
+	t->cluster &= b->cluster;
 	t->discard_zeroes_data &= b->discard_zeroes_data;
 
 	/* Physical block size a multiple of the logical block size? */
@@ -641,7 +632,6 @@
 		       sector_t offset)
 {
 	struct request_queue *t = disk->queue;
-	struct request_queue *b = bdev_get_queue(bdev);
 
 	if (bdev_stack_limits(&t->limits, bdev, offset >> 9) < 0) {
 		char top[BDEVNAME_SIZE], bottom[BDEVNAME_SIZE];
@@ -652,17 +642,6 @@
 		printk(KERN_NOTICE "%s: Warning: Device %s is misaligned\n",
 		       top, bottom);
 	}
-
-	if (!t->queue_lock)
-		WARN_ON_ONCE(1);
-	else if (!test_bit(QUEUE_FLAG_CLUSTER, &b->queue_flags)) {
-		unsigned long flags;
-
-		spin_lock_irqsave(t->queue_lock, flags);
-		if (!test_bit(QUEUE_FLAG_CLUSTER, &b->queue_flags))
-			queue_flag_clear(QUEUE_FLAG_CLUSTER, t);
-		spin_unlock_irqrestore(t->queue_lock, flags);
-	}
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(disk_stack_limits);
 
diff --git a/block/blk-sysfs.c b/block/blk-sysfs.c
index 013457f..41fb691 100644
--- a/block/blk-sysfs.c
+++ b/block/blk-sysfs.c
@@ -119,7 +119,7 @@
 
 static ssize_t queue_max_segment_size_show(struct request_queue *q, char *page)
 {
-	if (test_bit(QUEUE_FLAG_CLUSTER, &q->queue_flags))
+	if (blk_queue_cluster(q))
 		return queue_var_show(queue_max_segment_size(q), (page));
 
 	return queue_var_show(PAGE_CACHE_SIZE, (page));
diff --git a/drivers/md/dm-table.c b/drivers/md/dm-table.c
index 90267f8..e2da191 100644
--- a/drivers/md/dm-table.c
+++ b/drivers/md/dm-table.c
@@ -1131,11 +1131,6 @@
 	 */
 	q->limits = *limits;
 
-	if (limits->no_cluster)
-		queue_flag_clear_unlocked(QUEUE_FLAG_CLUSTER, q);
-	else
-		queue_flag_set_unlocked(QUEUE_FLAG_CLUSTER, q);
-
 	if (!dm_table_supports_discards(t))
 		queue_flag_clear_unlocked(QUEUE_FLAG_DISCARD, q);
 	else
diff --git a/drivers/md/md.c b/drivers/md/md.c
index 84c46a1..52694d2 100644
--- a/drivers/md/md.c
+++ b/drivers/md/md.c
@@ -4296,9 +4296,6 @@
 		goto abort;
 	mddev->queue->queuedata = mddev;
 
-	/* Can be unlocked because the queue is new: no concurrency */
-	queue_flag_set_unlocked(QUEUE_FLAG_CLUSTER, mddev->queue);
-
 	blk_queue_make_request(mddev->queue, md_make_request);
 
 	disk = alloc_disk(1 << shift);
diff --git a/drivers/scsi/scsi_lib.c b/drivers/scsi/scsi_lib.c
index eafeeda..9d7ba07 100644
--- a/drivers/scsi/scsi_lib.c
+++ b/drivers/scsi/scsi_lib.c
@@ -1642,9 +1642,8 @@
 
 	blk_queue_max_segment_size(q, dma_get_max_seg_size(dev));
 
-	/* New queue, no concurrency on queue_flags */
 	if (!shost->use_clustering)
-		queue_flag_clear_unlocked(QUEUE_FLAG_CLUSTER, q);
+		q->limits.cluster = 0;
 
 	/*
 	 * set a reasonable default alignment on word boundaries: the
diff --git a/include/linux/blkdev.h b/include/linux/blkdev.h
index aae86fd..95aeeeb 100644
--- a/include/linux/blkdev.h
+++ b/include/linux/blkdev.h
@@ -250,7 +250,7 @@
 
 	unsigned char		misaligned;
 	unsigned char		discard_misaligned;
-	unsigned char		no_cluster;
+	unsigned char		cluster;
 	signed char		discard_zeroes_data;
 };
 
@@ -380,7 +380,6 @@
 #endif
 };
 
-#define QUEUE_FLAG_CLUSTER	0	/* cluster several segments into 1 */
 #define QUEUE_FLAG_QUEUED	1	/* uses generic tag queueing */
 #define QUEUE_FLAG_STOPPED	2	/* queue is stopped */
 #define	QUEUE_FLAG_SYNCFULL	3	/* read queue has been filled */
@@ -403,7 +402,6 @@
 #define QUEUE_FLAG_SECDISCARD  19	/* supports SECDISCARD */
 
 #define QUEUE_FLAG_DEFAULT	((1 << QUEUE_FLAG_IO_STAT) |		\
-				 (1 << QUEUE_FLAG_CLUSTER) |		\
 				 (1 << QUEUE_FLAG_STACKABLE)	|	\
 				 (1 << QUEUE_FLAG_SAME_COMP)	|	\
 				 (1 << QUEUE_FLAG_ADD_RANDOM))
@@ -510,6 +508,11 @@
 
 #define rq_data_dir(rq)		((rq)->cmd_flags & 1)
 
+static inline unsigned int blk_queue_cluster(struct request_queue *q)
+{
+	return q->limits.cluster;
+}
+
 /*
  * We regard a request as sync, if either a read or a sync write
  */