diff --git a/drivers/scsi/device_handler/scsi_dh_alua.c b/drivers/scsi/device_handler/scsi_dh_alua.c
index cb8aa3b58c22c6524519c8e718203308d8cd6d61..e356b43753ff07230647dc7f3bede603dcc3dd98 100644
--- a/drivers/scsi/device_handler/scsi_dh_alua.c
+++ b/drivers/scsi/device_handler/scsi_dh_alua.c
@@ -110,7 +110,7 @@ static struct request *get_alua_req(struct scsi_device *sdev,
 
 	rq->cmd_type = REQ_TYPE_BLOCK_PC;
 	rq->cmd_flags |= REQ_FAILFAST_DEV | REQ_FAILFAST_TRANSPORT |
-			 REQ_FAILFAST_DRIVER | REQ_NOMERGE;
+			 REQ_FAILFAST_DRIVER;
 	rq->retries = ALUA_FAILOVER_RETRIES;
 	rq->timeout = ALUA_FAILOVER_TIMEOUT;