diff --git a/include/linux/blkdev_compat.h b/include/linux/blkdev_compat.h
index 3bf1f4574036..0a7c985d8ad5 100644
--- a/include/linux/blkdev_compat.h
+++ b/include/linux/blkdev_compat.h
@@ -338,6 +338,20 @@ bio_set_flags_failfast(struct block_device *bdev, int *flags)
 # define vdev_bdev_block_size(bdev)	bdev_hardsect_size(bdev)
 #endif
 
+/*
+ * 2.6.37 API change
+ * The WRITE_FLUSH, WRITE_FUA, and WRITE_FLUSH_FUA flags have been
+ * introduced as a replacement for WRITE_BARRIER.  This was done to
+ * allow richer semantics to be expressed to the block layer.  It is
+ * the block layers responsibility to choose the correct way to
+ * implement these semantics.
+ */
+#ifdef WRITE_FLUSH_FUA
+# define VDEV_WRITE_FLUSH_FUA		WRITE_FLUSH_FUA
+#else
+# define VDEV_WRITE_FLUSH_FUA		WRITE_BARRIER
+#endif
+
 /*
  * Default Linux IO Scheduler,
  * Setting the scheduler to noop will allow the Linux IO scheduler to
diff --git a/module/zfs/vdev_disk.c b/module/zfs/vdev_disk.c
index 4145dec4aef1..28a4861abd72 100644
--- a/module/zfs/vdev_disk.c
+++ b/module/zfs/vdev_disk.c
@@ -559,7 +559,7 @@ vdev_disk_io_flush(struct block_device *bdev, zio_t *zio)
 	bio->bi_private = zio;
 	bio->bi_bdev = bdev;
 	zio->io_delay = jiffies_64;
-	submit_bio(WRITE_BARRIER, bio);
+	submit_bio(VDEV_WRITE_FLUSH_FUA, bio);
 
 	return 0;
 }