diff --git a/block/blk-mq.c b/block/blk-mq.c
index 5ff66f203cd09d02744a9133cce4718079ce9ea0..998c041358f23169d386e69b92c0460d03d2cecc 100644
--- a/block/blk-mq.c
+++ b/block/blk-mq.c
@@ -1531,13 +1531,7 @@ static blk_qc_t blk_mq_make_request(struct request_queue *q, struct bio *bio)
 	}
 
 	plug = current->plug;
-	/*
-	 * If the driver supports defer issued based on 'last', then
-	 * queue it up like normal since we can potentially save some
-	 * CPU this way.
-	 */
-	if (((plug && !blk_queue_nomerges(q)) || is_sync) &&
-	    !(data.hctx->flags & BLK_MQ_F_DEFER_ISSUE)) {
+	if (((plug && !blk_queue_nomerges(q)) || is_sync)) {
 		struct request *old_rq = NULL;
 
 		blk_mq_bio_to_request(rq, bio);
diff --git a/include/linux/blk-mq.h b/include/linux/blk-mq.h
index b296a900611790e25639293fd51b0fa7a9beab41..5b3e201c8d4f4ae0b788dd986607690cd170ccb0 100644
--- a/include/linux/blk-mq.h
+++ b/include/linux/blk-mq.h
@@ -152,7 +152,6 @@ enum {
 	BLK_MQ_F_SHOULD_MERGE	= 1 << 0,
 	BLK_MQ_F_TAG_SHARED	= 1 << 1,
 	BLK_MQ_F_SG_MERGE	= 1 << 2,
-	BLK_MQ_F_DEFER_ISSUE	= 1 << 4,
 	BLK_MQ_F_BLOCKING	= 1 << 5,
 	BLK_MQ_F_NO_SCHED	= 1 << 6,
 	BLK_MQ_F_ALLOC_POLICY_START_BIT = 8,