diff --git a/drivers/lightnvm/core.c b/drivers/lightnvm/core.c
index 5f84d2a418f6..a63b563b1a8a 100644
--- a/drivers/lightnvm/core.c
+++ b/drivers/lightnvm/core.c
@@ -280,7 +280,7 @@ static int nvm_create_tgt(struct nvm_dev *dev, struct nvm_ioctl_create *create)
 	tdisk->fops = &nvm_fops;
 	tdisk->queue = tqueue;
 
-	targetdata = tt->init(tgt_dev, tdisk);
+	targetdata = tt->init(tgt_dev, tdisk, create->flags);
 	if (IS_ERR(targetdata))
 		goto err_init;
 
@@ -1244,8 +1244,16 @@ static long nvm_ioctl_dev_create(struct file *file, void __user *arg)
 	create.tgtname[DISK_NAME_LEN - 1] = '\0';
 
 	if (create.flags != 0) {
-		pr_err("nvm: no flags supported\n");
-		return -EINVAL;
+		__u32 flags = create.flags;
+
+		/* Check for valid flags */
+		if (flags & NVM_TARGET_FACTORY)
+			flags &= ~NVM_TARGET_FACTORY;
+
+		if (flags) {
+			pr_err("nvm: flag not supported\n");
+			return -EINVAL;
+		}
 	}
 
 	return __nvm_configure_create(&create);
diff --git a/drivers/lightnvm/rrpc.c b/drivers/lightnvm/rrpc.c
index a8acf9e06401..5dba54470c2a 100644
--- a/drivers/lightnvm/rrpc.c
+++ b/drivers/lightnvm/rrpc.c
@@ -1506,7 +1506,8 @@ err:
 
 static struct nvm_tgt_type tt_rrpc;
 
-static void *rrpc_init(struct nvm_tgt_dev *dev, struct gendisk *tdisk)
+static void *rrpc_init(struct nvm_tgt_dev *dev, struct gendisk *tdisk,
+		       int flags)
 {
 	struct request_queue *bqueue = dev->q;
 	struct request_queue *tqueue = tdisk->queue;
diff --git a/include/linux/lightnvm.h b/include/linux/lightnvm.h
index eff7d1f312a8..7dfa56ebbc6d 100644
--- a/include/linux/lightnvm.h
+++ b/include/linux/lightnvm.h
@@ -436,7 +436,8 @@ static inline int ppa_cmp_blk(struct ppa_addr ppa1, struct ppa_addr ppa2)
 
 typedef blk_qc_t (nvm_tgt_make_rq_fn)(struct request_queue *, struct bio *);
 typedef sector_t (nvm_tgt_capacity_fn)(void *);
-typedef void *(nvm_tgt_init_fn)(struct nvm_tgt_dev *, struct gendisk *);
+typedef void *(nvm_tgt_init_fn)(struct nvm_tgt_dev *, struct gendisk *,
+				int flags);
 typedef void (nvm_tgt_exit_fn)(void *);
 typedef int (nvm_tgt_sysfs_init_fn)(struct gendisk *);
 typedef void (nvm_tgt_sysfs_exit_fn)(struct gendisk *);
diff --git a/include/uapi/linux/lightnvm.h b/include/uapi/linux/lightnvm.h
index fd19f36b3129..c8aec4b9e73b 100644
--- a/include/uapi/linux/lightnvm.h
+++ b/include/uapi/linux/lightnvm.h
@@ -85,6 +85,10 @@ struct nvm_ioctl_create_conf {
 	};
 };
 
+enum {
+	NVM_TARGET_FACTORY = 1 << 0,	/* Init target in factory mode */
+};
+
 struct nvm_ioctl_create {
 	char dev[DISK_NAME_LEN];		/* open-channel SSD device */
 	char tgttype[NVM_TTYPE_NAME_MAX];	/* target type name */