diff --git a/include/linux/blkdev.h b/include/linux/blkdev.h
index 5ec1f14f78cc..3fd1e6f65a64 100644
--- a/include/linux/blkdev.h
+++ b/include/linux/blkdev.h
@@ -162,23 +162,19 @@ struct request {
 	};
 
 	/*
-	 * Three pointers are available for the IO schedulers, if they need
-	 * more they have to dynamically allocate it.  Flush requests are
-	 * never put on the IO scheduler. So let the flush fields share
-	 * space with the elevator data.
+	 * Three pointers are available for IO schedulers. If they need
+	 * more private data they have to allocate it dynamically.
 	 */
-	union {
-		struct {
-			struct io_cq		*icq;
-			void			*priv[2];
-		} elv;
+	struct {
+		struct io_cq		*icq;
+		void			*priv[2];
+	} elv;
 
-		struct {
-			unsigned int		seq;
-			struct list_head	list;
-			rq_end_io_fn		*saved_end_io;
-		} flush;
-	};
+	struct {
+		unsigned int		seq;
+		struct list_head	list;
+		rq_end_io_fn		*saved_end_io;
+	} flush;
 
 	struct gendisk *rq_disk;
 	struct block_device *part;