diff --git a/block/blk-core.c b/block/blk-core.c
index 98ddef43009333d1ad81413e267a776862c8530a..7713c73d9590454adccc3d6855007e58ea383f94 100644
--- a/block/blk-core.c
+++ b/block/blk-core.c
@@ -372,8 +372,7 @@ void blk_drain_queue(struct request_queue *q, bool drain_all)
 		if (q->elevator)
 			elv_drain_elevator(q);
 
-		if (drain_all)
-			blk_throtl_drain(q);
+		blk_throtl_drain(q);
 
 		/*
 		 * This function might be called on a queue which failed
@@ -415,8 +414,8 @@ void blk_drain_queue(struct request_queue *q, bool drain_all)
  *
  * In bypass mode, only the dispatch FIFO queue of @q is used.  This
  * function makes @q enter bypass mode and drains all requests which were
- * issued before.  On return, it's guaranteed that no request has ELVPRIV
- * set.
+ * throttled or issued before.  On return, it's guaranteed that no request
+ * is being throttled or has ELVPRIV set.
  */
 void blk_queue_bypass_start(struct request_queue *q)
 {
@@ -461,6 +460,11 @@ void blk_cleanup_queue(struct request_queue *q)
 	queue_flag_set_unlocked(QUEUE_FLAG_DEAD, q);
 
 	spin_lock_irq(lock);
+
+	/* dead queue is permanently in bypass mode till released */
+	q->bypass_depth++;
+	queue_flag_set(QUEUE_FLAG_BYPASS, q);
+
 	queue_flag_set(QUEUE_FLAG_NOMERGES, q);
 	queue_flag_set(QUEUE_FLAG_NOXMERGES, q);
 	queue_flag_set(QUEUE_FLAG_DEAD, q);
diff --git a/block/blk-throttle.c b/block/blk-throttle.c
index 5eed6a76721d1d78e8105f4bbde30e41f20a66cd..702c0e64e09fd00921b68006fc6cf5e6da9bf2e8 100644
--- a/block/blk-throttle.c
+++ b/block/blk-throttle.c
@@ -310,7 +310,7 @@ static struct throtl_grp * throtl_get_tg(struct throtl_data *td)
 	struct request_queue *q = td->queue;
 
 	/* no throttling for dead queue */
-	if (unlikely(blk_queue_dead(q)))
+	if (unlikely(blk_queue_bypass(q)))
 		return NULL;
 
 	rcu_read_lock();
@@ -335,7 +335,7 @@ static struct throtl_grp * throtl_get_tg(struct throtl_data *td)
 	spin_lock_irq(q->queue_lock);
 
 	/* Make sure @q is still alive */
-	if (unlikely(blk_queue_dead(q))) {
+	if (unlikely(blk_queue_bypass(q))) {
 		kfree(tg);
 		return NULL;
 	}