diff --git a/block/blk-mq.c b/block/blk-mq.c
index 1bf41f83737dcbad8d2c2d6e2d267d4ace452975..224c2c73cedf5ff58869d7b17a57bfed2fcc4d3b 100644
--- a/block/blk-mq.c
+++ b/block/blk-mq.c
@@ -1986,8 +1986,10 @@ static blk_qc_t blk_mq_make_request(struct request_queue *q, struct bio *bio)
 		 */
 		if (list_empty(&plug->mq_list))
 			same_queue_rq = NULL;
-		if (same_queue_rq)
+		if (same_queue_rq) {
 			list_del_init(&same_queue_rq->queuelist);
+			plug->rq_count--;
+		}
 		blk_add_rq_to_plug(plug, rq);
 
 		blk_mq_put_ctx(data.ctx);