diff --git a/block/blk-mq.c b/block/blk-mq.c
index ea01c23b58a3d8bdd102786e43b0c956a0e1a8d7..76a3f78c566abc172396ccbca94a686089975b62 100644
--- a/block/blk-mq.c
+++ b/block/blk-mq.c
@@ -2856,7 +2856,7 @@ struct request_queue *blk_mq_init_allocated_queue(struct blk_mq_tag_set *set,
 	/*
 	 * Default to classic polling
 	 */
-	q->poll_nsec = -1;
+	q->poll_nsec = BLK_MQ_POLL_CLASSIC;
 
 	blk_mq_init_cpu_queues(q, set->nr_hw_queues);
 	blk_mq_add_queue_tag_set(set, q);
@@ -3391,7 +3391,7 @@ static bool blk_mq_poll_hybrid(struct request_queue *q,
 {
 	struct request *rq;
 
-	if (q->poll_nsec == -1)
+	if (q->poll_nsec == BLK_MQ_POLL_CLASSIC)
 		return false;
 
 	if (!blk_qc_t_is_internal(cookie))
diff --git a/block/blk-sysfs.c b/block/blk-sysfs.c
index 59685918167e51d80a2808861b3f2f7744dec3a7..422327089e0fd963dbfaf346be68f7951da15df2 100644
--- a/block/blk-sysfs.c
+++ b/block/blk-sysfs.c
@@ -360,8 +360,8 @@ static ssize_t queue_poll_delay_show(struct request_queue *q, char *page)
 {
 	int val;
 
-	if (q->poll_nsec == -1)
-		val = -1;
+	if (q->poll_nsec == BLK_MQ_POLL_CLASSIC)
+		val = BLK_MQ_POLL_CLASSIC;
 	else
 		val = q->poll_nsec / 1000;
 
@@ -380,10 +380,12 @@ static ssize_t queue_poll_delay_store(struct request_queue *q, const char *page,
 	if (err < 0)
 		return err;
 
-	if (val == -1)
-		q->poll_nsec = -1;
-	else
+	if (val == BLK_MQ_POLL_CLASSIC)
+		q->poll_nsec = BLK_MQ_POLL_CLASSIC;
+	else if (val >= 0)
 		q->poll_nsec = val * 1000;
+	else
+		return -EINVAL;
 
 	return count;
 }
diff --git a/include/linux/blkdev.h b/include/linux/blkdev.h
index 0de92b29f589c949307ef716a750fb7f7a671ae7..5c58a3b2bf0038083b9dc2b88293349fa8afb22b 100644
--- a/include/linux/blkdev.h
+++ b/include/linux/blkdev.h
@@ -50,6 +50,9 @@ struct blk_stat_callback;
 /* Must be consistent with blk_mq_poll_stats_bkt() */
 #define BLK_MQ_POLL_STATS_BKTS 16
 
+/* Doing classic polling */
+#define BLK_MQ_POLL_CLASSIC -1
+
 /*
  * Maximum number of blkcg policies allowed to be registered concurrently.
  * Defined here to simplify include dependency.