diff --git a/fs/fs-writeback.c b/fs/fs-writeback.c
index b5aae4bd0aca29ddacc8d7484589ee8fe5a77973..9e46aec10d1aaaec3a4f0fe968ebc99412f09713 100644
--- a/fs/fs-writeback.c
+++ b/fs/fs-writeback.c
@@ -794,7 +794,7 @@ int bdi_writeback_thread(void *data)
 	struct backing_dev_info *bdi = wb->bdi;
 	long pages_written;
 
-	current->flags |= PF_FLUSHER | PF_SWAPWRITE;
+	current->flags |= PF_SWAPWRITE;
 	set_freezable();
 	wb->last_active = jiffies;
 
diff --git a/include/linux/sched.h b/include/linux/sched.h
index 56154bbb8da9cf012f990d31448f741538201bcb..393ce94e54b77155227f5df48cf7e81e6b9ec09f 100644
--- a/include/linux/sched.h
+++ b/include/linux/sched.h
@@ -1706,7 +1706,6 @@ extern void thread_group_times(struct task_struct *p, cputime_t *ut, cputime_t *
 #define PF_DUMPCORE	0x00000200	/* dumped core */
 #define PF_SIGNALED	0x00000400	/* killed by a signal */
 #define PF_MEMALLOC	0x00000800	/* Allocating memory */
-#define PF_FLUSHER	0x00001000	/* responsible for disk writeback */
 #define PF_USED_MATH	0x00002000	/* if unset the fpu must be initialized before use */
 #define PF_FREEZING	0x00004000	/* freeze in progress. do not account to load */
 #define PF_NOFREEZE	0x00008000	/* this thread should not be frozen */
diff --git a/mm/backing-dev.c b/mm/backing-dev.c
index 5ad3c106606b5318437c46fb5fdc7b7bbc33451d..f2eb27884ffa88c99d4662fa2cdb3035f216289c 100644
--- a/mm/backing-dev.c
+++ b/mm/backing-dev.c
@@ -362,7 +362,7 @@ static int bdi_forker_thread(void *ptr)
 {
 	struct bdi_writeback *me = ptr;
 
-	current->flags |= PF_FLUSHER | PF_SWAPWRITE;
+	current->flags |= PF_SWAPWRITE;
 	set_freezable();
 
 	/*