diff --git a/block/bfq-iosched.c b/block/bfq-iosched.c
index 3ebdec40e758..44746f4c0b89 100644
--- a/block/bfq-iosched.c
+++ b/block/bfq-iosched.c
@@ -697,7 +697,7 @@ static void bfq_limit_depth(blk_opf_t opf, struct blk_mq_alloc_data *data)
 	unsigned int limit, act_idx;
 
 	/* Sync reads have full depth available */
-	if (op_is_sync(opf) && !op_is_write(opf))
+	if (blk_mq_is_sync_read(opf))
 		limit = data->q->nr_requests;
 	else
 		limit = bfqd->async_depths[!!bfqd->wr_busy_queues][op_is_sync(opf)];
diff --git a/block/blk-mq-sched.h b/block/blk-mq-sched.h
index 02c40a72e959..5678e15bd33c 100644
--- a/block/blk-mq-sched.h
+++ b/block/blk-mq-sched.h
@@ -137,4 +137,9 @@ static inline void blk_mq_set_min_shallow_depth(struct request_queue *q,
 						depth);
 }
 
+static inline bool blk_mq_is_sync_read(blk_opf_t opf)
+{
+	return op_is_sync(opf) && !op_is_write(opf);
+}
+
 #endif
diff --git a/block/kyber-iosched.c b/block/kyber-iosched.c
index c1b36ffd19ce..2b3f5b8959af 100644
--- a/block/kyber-iosched.c
+++ b/block/kyber-iosched.c
@@ -556,7 +556,7 @@ static void kyber_limit_depth(blk_opf_t opf, struct blk_mq_alloc_data *data)
 	 * We use the scheduler tags as per-hardware queue queueing tokens.
 	 * Async requests can be limited at this stage.
 	 */
-	if (!op_is_sync(opf)) {
+	if (!blk_mq_is_sync_read(opf)) {
 		struct kyber_queue_data *kqd = data->q->elevator->elevator_data;
 
 		data->shallow_depth = kqd->async_depth;
diff --git a/block/mq-deadline.c b/block/mq-deadline.c
index 3e3719093aec..29d00221fbea 100644
--- a/block/mq-deadline.c
+++ b/block/mq-deadline.c
@@ -495,7 +495,7 @@ static void dd_limit_depth(blk_opf_t opf, struct blk_mq_alloc_data *data)
 	struct deadline_data *dd = data->q->elevator->elevator_data;
 
 	/* Do not throttle synchronous reads. */
-	if (op_is_sync(opf) && !op_is_write(opf))
+	if (blk_mq_is_sync_read(opf))
 		return;
 
 	/*