diff --git a/sys/compat/linux/linux_emul.c b/sys/compat/linux/linux_emul.c
index 31de4dd0ee42..69f1d08aac33 100644
--- a/sys/compat/linux/linux_emul.c
+++ b/sys/compat/linux/linux_emul.c
@@ -87,7 +87,7 @@ linux_proc_init(struct thread *td, pid_t child, int flags)
 		em = malloc(sizeof *em, M_LINUX, M_WAITOK | M_ZERO);
 		em->pid = child;
 		em->pdeath_signal = 0;
-		em->used_requeue = 0;
+		em->flags = 0;
 		em->robust_futexes = NULL;
 		if (flags & LINUX_CLONE_THREAD) {
 			/* handled later in the code */
diff --git a/sys/compat/linux/linux_emul.h b/sys/compat/linux/linux_emul.h
index 43034ff1d4c3..d517bfd0cd7c 100644
--- a/sys/compat/linux/linux_emul.h
+++ b/sys/compat/linux/linux_emul.h
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@ struct linux_emuldata {
 	struct linux_emuldata_shared *shared;
 
 	int	pdeath_signal;		/* parent death signal */
-	int	used_requeue;		/* uses deprecated futex op */
+	int	flags;			/* different emuldata flags */
 
 	struct	linux_robust_list_head	*robust_futexes;
 
@@ -76,6 +76,10 @@ struct linux_emuldata	*em_find(struct proc *, int locked);
 #define	EMUL_DOLOCK		1
 #define	EMUL_DONTLOCK		0
 
+/* emuldata flags */
+#define	LINUX_XDEPR_REQUEUEOP	0x00000001	/* uses deprecated
+						   futex REQUEUE op*/
+
 int	linux_proc_init(struct thread *, pid_t, int);
 void	linux_proc_exit(void *, struct proc *);
 void	linux_schedtail(void *, struct proc *);
diff --git a/sys/compat/linux/linux_futex.c b/sys/compat/linux/linux_futex.c
index bdc379a57b6c..f2955b085bc4 100644
--- a/sys/compat/linux/linux_futex.c
+++ b/sys/compat/linux/linux_futex.c
@@ -678,11 +678,11 @@ linux_sys_futex(struct thread *td, struct linux_sys_futex_args *args)
 		 * FUTEX_REQUEUE returned EINVAL.
 		 */
 		em = em_find(td->td_proc, EMUL_DONTLOCK);
-		if (em->used_requeue == 0) {
+		if ((em->flags & LINUX_XDEPR_REQUEUEOP) == 0) {
 			linux_msg(td,
 				  "linux_sys_futex: "
 				  "unsupported futex_requeue op\n");
-			em->used_requeue = 1;
+			em->flags |= LINUX_XDEPR_REQUEUEOP;
 		}
 		return (EINVAL);