diff --git a/fs/bcachefs/fs-io.c b/fs/bcachefs/fs-io.c
index dc52918d06ef3..8c70123b6a0c8 100644
--- a/fs/bcachefs/fs-io.c
+++ b/fs/bcachefs/fs-io.c
@@ -79,7 +79,7 @@ void bch2_inode_flush_nocow_writes_async(struct bch_fs *c,
 			continue;
 
 		bio = container_of(bio_alloc_bioset(ca->disk_sb.bdev, 0,
-						    REQ_OP_FLUSH,
+						    REQ_OP_WRITE|REQ_PREFLUSH,
 						    GFP_KERNEL,
 						    &c->nocow_flush_bioset),
 				   struct nocow_flush, bio);
diff --git a/fs/bcachefs/journal_io.c b/fs/bcachefs/journal_io.c
index 04a1e79a5ed39..bfd6585e746da 100644
--- a/fs/bcachefs/journal_io.c
+++ b/fs/bcachefs/journal_io.c
@@ -1988,7 +1988,8 @@ CLOSURE_CALLBACK(bch2_journal_write)
 			percpu_ref_get(&ca->io_ref);
 
 			bio = ca->journal.bio;
-			bio_reset(bio, ca->disk_sb.bdev, REQ_OP_FLUSH);
+			bio_reset(bio, ca->disk_sb.bdev,
+				  REQ_OP_WRITE|REQ_PREFLUSH);
 			bio->bi_end_io		= journal_write_endio;
 			bio->bi_private		= ca;
 			closure_bio_submit(bio, cl);