diff --git a/block/blk-core.c b/block/blk-core.c
index 826d0707890238acd91c52234d3e1550bd264552..f84cce42fc58da2dc0bc48186cbd9f6bd1d7dfc3 100644
--- a/block/blk-core.c
+++ b/block/blk-core.c
@@ -467,6 +467,9 @@ static int blk_init_free_list(struct request_queue *q)
 {
 	struct request_list *rl = &q->rq;
 
+	if (unlikely(rl->rq_pool))
+		return 0;
+
 	rl->count[BLK_RW_SYNC] = rl->count[BLK_RW_ASYNC] = 0;
 	rl->starved[BLK_RW_SYNC] = rl->starved[BLK_RW_ASYNC] = 0;
 	rl->elvpriv = 0;
diff --git a/block/elevator.c b/block/elevator.c
index 0abce473d60699ca74a96a8d67c8cc74154f272c..923a9139106c51cbdb63dca5d1c97ce81a30d316 100644
--- a/block/elevator.c
+++ b/block/elevator.c
@@ -242,9 +242,11 @@ int elevator_init(struct request_queue *q, char *name)
 {
 	struct elevator_type *e = NULL;
 	struct elevator_queue *eq;
-	int ret = 0;
 	void *data;
 
+	if (unlikely(q->elevator))
+		return 0;
+
 	INIT_LIST_HEAD(&q->queue_head);
 	q->last_merge = NULL;
 	q->end_sector = 0;
@@ -284,7 +286,7 @@ int elevator_init(struct request_queue *q, char *name)
 	}
 
 	elevator_attach(q, eq, data);
-	return ret;
+	return 0;
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(elevator_init);