diff --git a/drivers/md/dm-mpath.c b/drivers/md/dm-mpath.c
index 92bdcbb7c9356c94d15ca8458168718415502fd6..f1cf8f7449d69b72a2b57e51d0dde3c4fd649d45 100644
--- a/drivers/md/dm-mpath.c
+++ b/drivers/md/dm-mpath.c
@@ -835,6 +835,8 @@ static int multipath_ctr(struct dm_target *ti, unsigned int argc,
 		goto bad;
 	}
 
+	ti->num_flush_requests = 1;
+
 	return 0;
 
  bad: