diff --git a/block/blk-core.c b/block/blk-core.c
index 580eee5743e5a1d23feb83f15e6ffd904a84698c..40725b9091f15a4191e3e5fd247bcfbfa8be32bf 100644
--- a/block/blk-core.c
+++ b/block/blk-core.c
@@ -303,15 +303,7 @@ void __blk_run_queue(struct request_queue *q)
 	if (unlikely(blk_queue_stopped(q)))
 		return;
 
-	/*
-	 * Only recurse once to avoid overrunning the stack, let the unplug
-	 * handling reinvoke the handler shortly if we already got there.
-	 */
-	if (!queue_flag_test_and_set(QUEUE_FLAG_REENTER, q)) {
-		q->request_fn(q);
-		queue_flag_clear(QUEUE_FLAG_REENTER, q);
-	} else
-		queue_delayed_work(kblockd_workqueue, &q->delay_work, 0);
+	q->request_fn(q);
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(__blk_run_queue);
 
@@ -328,6 +320,7 @@ void blk_run_queue_async(struct request_queue *q)
 	if (likely(!blk_queue_stopped(q)))
 		queue_delayed_work(kblockd_workqueue, &q->delay_work, 0);
 }
+EXPORT_SYMBOL(blk_run_queue_async);
 
 /**
  * blk_run_queue - run a single device queue
diff --git a/block/blk.h b/block/blk.h
index c9df8fc3c99979de8fe21f439b82989d1361e859..61263463e38e17be7c7f742f0bbe9233eec2ecd2 100644
--- a/block/blk.h
+++ b/block/blk.h
@@ -22,7 +22,6 @@ void blk_rq_timed_out_timer(unsigned long data);
 void blk_delete_timer(struct request *);
 void blk_add_timer(struct request *);
 void __generic_unplug_device(struct request_queue *);
-void blk_run_queue_async(struct request_queue *q);
 
 /*
  * Internal atomic flags for request handling
diff --git a/drivers/scsi/scsi_lib.c b/drivers/scsi/scsi_lib.c
index ab55c2fa7ce209563f99691a7201122fb619fdd9..e9901b8f8443ec3cf6b75487cf36d57584bccd17 100644
--- a/drivers/scsi/scsi_lib.c
+++ b/drivers/scsi/scsi_lib.c
@@ -411,8 +411,6 @@ static void scsi_run_queue(struct request_queue *q)
 	list_splice_init(&shost->starved_list, &starved_list);
 
 	while (!list_empty(&starved_list)) {
-		int flagset;
-
 		/*
 		 * As long as shost is accepting commands and we have
 		 * starved queues, call blk_run_queue. scsi_request_fn
@@ -435,20 +433,7 @@ static void scsi_run_queue(struct request_queue *q)
 			continue;
 		}
 
-		spin_unlock(shost->host_lock);
-
-		spin_lock(sdev->request_queue->queue_lock);
-		flagset = test_bit(QUEUE_FLAG_REENTER, &q->queue_flags) &&
-				!test_bit(QUEUE_FLAG_REENTER,
-					&sdev->request_queue->queue_flags);
-		if (flagset)
-			queue_flag_set(QUEUE_FLAG_REENTER, sdev->request_queue);
-		__blk_run_queue(sdev->request_queue);
-		if (flagset)
-			queue_flag_clear(QUEUE_FLAG_REENTER, sdev->request_queue);
-		spin_unlock(sdev->request_queue->queue_lock);
-
-		spin_lock(shost->host_lock);
+		blk_run_queue_async(sdev->request_queue);
 	}
 	/* put any unprocessed entries back */
 	list_splice(&starved_list, &shost->starved_list);
diff --git a/drivers/scsi/scsi_transport_fc.c b/drivers/scsi/scsi_transport_fc.c
index 28c33506e4ada98b560f020410f9bcff803a074e..815069d13f9b57edc5ddaf22dbb223c452d74811 100644
--- a/drivers/scsi/scsi_transport_fc.c
+++ b/drivers/scsi/scsi_transport_fc.c
@@ -3816,28 +3816,17 @@ fail_host_msg:
 static void
 fc_bsg_goose_queue(struct fc_rport *rport)
 {
-	int flagset;
-	unsigned long flags;
-
 	if (!rport->rqst_q)
 		return;
 
+	/*
+	 * This get/put dance makes no sense
+	 */
 	get_device(&rport->dev);
-
-	spin_lock_irqsave(rport->rqst_q->queue_lock, flags);
-	flagset = test_bit(QUEUE_FLAG_REENTER, &rport->rqst_q->queue_flags) &&
-		  !test_bit(QUEUE_FLAG_REENTER, &rport->rqst_q->queue_flags);
-	if (flagset)
-		queue_flag_set(QUEUE_FLAG_REENTER, rport->rqst_q);
-	__blk_run_queue(rport->rqst_q);
-	if (flagset)
-		queue_flag_clear(QUEUE_FLAG_REENTER, rport->rqst_q);
-	spin_unlock_irqrestore(rport->rqst_q->queue_lock, flags);
-
+	blk_run_queue_async(rport->rqst_q);
 	put_device(&rport->dev);
 }
 
-
 /**
  * fc_bsg_rport_dispatch - process rport bsg requests and dispatch to LLDD
  * @q:		rport request queue
diff --git a/include/linux/blkdev.h b/include/linux/blkdev.h
index cbbfd98ad4a3f73f9f088a996236f0ae015eef7a..2ad95fa1d130f8c8f5cfd68e5fe7a0108aec31d9 100644
--- a/include/linux/blkdev.h
+++ b/include/linux/blkdev.h
@@ -388,20 +388,19 @@ struct request_queue
 #define	QUEUE_FLAG_SYNCFULL	3	/* read queue has been filled */
 #define QUEUE_FLAG_ASYNCFULL	4	/* write queue has been filled */
 #define QUEUE_FLAG_DEAD		5	/* queue being torn down */
-#define QUEUE_FLAG_REENTER	6	/* Re-entrancy avoidance */
-#define QUEUE_FLAG_ELVSWITCH	7	/* don't use elevator, just do FIFO */
-#define QUEUE_FLAG_BIDI		8	/* queue supports bidi requests */
-#define QUEUE_FLAG_NOMERGES     9	/* disable merge attempts */
-#define QUEUE_FLAG_SAME_COMP   10	/* force complete on same CPU */
-#define QUEUE_FLAG_FAIL_IO     11	/* fake timeout */
-#define QUEUE_FLAG_STACKABLE   12	/* supports request stacking */
-#define QUEUE_FLAG_NONROT      13	/* non-rotational device (SSD) */
+#define QUEUE_FLAG_ELVSWITCH	6	/* don't use elevator, just do FIFO */
+#define QUEUE_FLAG_BIDI		7	/* queue supports bidi requests */
+#define QUEUE_FLAG_NOMERGES     8	/* disable merge attempts */
+#define QUEUE_FLAG_SAME_COMP	9	/* force complete on same CPU */
+#define QUEUE_FLAG_FAIL_IO     10	/* fake timeout */
+#define QUEUE_FLAG_STACKABLE   11	/* supports request stacking */
+#define QUEUE_FLAG_NONROT      12	/* non-rotational device (SSD) */
 #define QUEUE_FLAG_VIRT        QUEUE_FLAG_NONROT /* paravirt device */
-#define QUEUE_FLAG_IO_STAT     15	/* do IO stats */
-#define QUEUE_FLAG_DISCARD     16	/* supports DISCARD */
-#define QUEUE_FLAG_NOXMERGES   17	/* No extended merges */
-#define QUEUE_FLAG_ADD_RANDOM  18	/* Contributes to random pool */
-#define QUEUE_FLAG_SECDISCARD  19	/* supports SECDISCARD */
+#define QUEUE_FLAG_IO_STAT     13	/* do IO stats */
+#define QUEUE_FLAG_DISCARD     14	/* supports DISCARD */
+#define QUEUE_FLAG_NOXMERGES   15	/* No extended merges */
+#define QUEUE_FLAG_ADD_RANDOM  16	/* Contributes to random pool */
+#define QUEUE_FLAG_SECDISCARD  17	/* supports SECDISCARD */
 
 #define QUEUE_FLAG_DEFAULT	((1 << QUEUE_FLAG_IO_STAT) |		\
 				 (1 << QUEUE_FLAG_STACKABLE)	|	\
@@ -699,6 +698,7 @@ extern void blk_sync_queue(struct request_queue *q);
 extern void __blk_stop_queue(struct request_queue *q);
 extern void __blk_run_queue(struct request_queue *q);
 extern void blk_run_queue(struct request_queue *);
+extern void blk_run_queue_async(struct request_queue *q);
 extern int blk_rq_map_user(struct request_queue *, struct request *,
 			   struct rq_map_data *, void __user *, unsigned long,
 			   gfp_t);