#define ALUA_FAILOVER_TIMEOUT          60
 #define ALUA_FAILOVER_RETRIES          5
 
-/* flags passed from user level */
+/* device handler flags */
 #define ALUA_OPTIMIZE_STPG             1
+#define ALUA_RTPG_EXT_HDR_UNSUPP       2
 
 struct alua_dh_data {
        int                     group_id;
  * submit_rtpg - Issue a REPORT TARGET GROUP STATES command
  * @sdev: sdev the command should be sent to
  */
-static unsigned submit_rtpg(struct scsi_device *sdev, struct alua_dh_data *h,
-                           bool rtpg_ext_hdr_req)
+static unsigned submit_rtpg(struct scsi_device *sdev, struct alua_dh_data *h)
 {
        struct request *rq;
        int err = 0;
 
        /* Prepare the command. */
        rq->cmd[0] = MAINTENANCE_IN;
-       if (rtpg_ext_hdr_req)
+       if (!(h->flags & ALUA_RTPG_EXT_HDR_UNSUPP))
                rq->cmd[1] = MI_REPORT_TARGET_PGS | MI_EXT_HDR_PARAM_FMT;
        else
                rq->cmd[1] = MI_REPORT_TARGET_PGS;
        int len, k, off, valid_states = 0;
        unsigned char *ucp;
        unsigned err, retval;
-       bool rtpg_ext_hdr_req = 1;
        unsigned long expiry, interval = 0;
        unsigned int tpg_desc_tbl_off;
        unsigned char orig_transition_tmo;
                expiry = round_jiffies_up(jiffies + h->transition_tmo * HZ);
 
  retry:
-       retval = submit_rtpg(sdev, h, rtpg_ext_hdr_req);
+       retval = submit_rtpg(sdev, h);
        if (retval) {
                if (!scsi_normalize_sense(h->sense, SCSI_SENSE_BUFFERSIZE,
                                          &sense_hdr)) {
                 * The retry without rtpg_ext_hdr_req set
                 * handles this.
                 */
-               if (rtpg_ext_hdr_req == 1 &&
+               if (!(h->flags & ALUA_RTPG_EXT_HDR_UNSUPP) &&
                    sense_hdr.sense_key == ILLEGAL_REQUEST &&
                    sense_hdr.asc == 0x24 && sense_hdr.ascq == 0) {
-                       rtpg_ext_hdr_req = 0;
+                       h->flags |= ALUA_RTPG_EXT_HDR_UNSUPP;
                        goto retry;
                }