diff --git a/block/blk-core.c b/block/blk-core.c
index 33488b1426b7bea98300e3e9845488d99109a515..6eed5d84c2efd4da30cd95f09af26d70d6730e16 100644
--- a/block/blk-core.c
+++ b/block/blk-core.c
@@ -411,7 +411,6 @@ void blk_sync_queue(struct request_queue *q)
 		struct blk_mq_hw_ctx *hctx;
 		int i;
 
-		cancel_delayed_work_sync(&q->requeue_work);
 		queue_for_each_hw_ctx(q, hctx, i)
 			cancel_delayed_work_sync(&hctx->run_work);
 	} else {
diff --git a/block/blk-mq.c b/block/blk-mq.c
index 4e563ee462cb6527d792e5c912d981b0c2f35eaa..70d839b9c3b09cdde54bf3606d0dd638cc7c97cc 100644
--- a/block/blk-mq.c
+++ b/block/blk-mq.c
@@ -2465,6 +2465,8 @@ void blk_mq_release(struct request_queue *q)
 	struct blk_mq_hw_ctx *hctx;
 	unsigned int i;
 
+	cancel_delayed_work_sync(&q->requeue_work);
+
 	/* hctx kobj stays in hctx */
 	queue_for_each_hw_ctx(q, hctx, i) {
 		if (!hctx)