diff --git a/include/linux/blk_types.h b/include/linux/blk_types.h
index 72aa9519167e..c5bae0a669d1 100644
--- a/include/linux/blk_types.h
+++ b/include/linux/blk_types.h
@@ -174,7 +174,7 @@ enum req_opf {
 	/* write the same sector many times */
 	REQ_OP_WRITE_SAME	= 7,
 	/* write the zero filled sector many times */
-	REQ_OP_WRITE_ZEROES	= 8,
+	REQ_OP_WRITE_ZEROES	= 9,
 
 	/* SCSI passthrough using struct scsi_request */
 	REQ_OP_SCSI_IN		= 32,