diff --git a/block/blk-core.c b/block/blk-core.c
index 1feeb1a8aad9..6f6e21821d2d 100644
--- a/block/blk-core.c
+++ b/block/blk-core.c
@@ -3150,6 +3150,10 @@ static void __blk_rq_prep_clone(struct request *dst, struct request *src)
 	dst->cpu = src->cpu;
 	dst->__sector = blk_rq_pos(src);
 	dst->__data_len = blk_rq_bytes(src);
+	if (src->rq_flags & RQF_SPECIAL_PAYLOAD) {
+		dst->rq_flags |= RQF_SPECIAL_PAYLOAD;
+		dst->special_vec = src->special_vec;
+	}
 	dst->nr_phys_segments = src->nr_phys_segments;
 	dst->ioprio = src->ioprio;
 	dst->extra_len = src->extra_len;