diff --git a/block/blk-mq.c b/block/blk-mq.c
index 7d5650d75aef3fe92054bd95e7b3910c4a77962e..a84112c94e746075d5c6dafc90a0a7236a5305a1 100644
--- a/block/blk-mq.c
+++ b/block/blk-mq.c
@@ -378,7 +378,15 @@ static void blk_mq_start_request(struct request *rq, bool last)
 	 * REQ_ATOMIC_STARTED is seen.
 	 */
 	rq->deadline = jiffies + q->rq_timeout;
+
+	/*
+	 * Mark us as started and clear complete. Complete might have been
+	 * set if requeue raced with timeout, which then marked it as
+	 * complete. So be sure to clear complete again when we start
+	 * the request, otherwise we'll ignore the completion event.
+	 */
 	set_bit(REQ_ATOM_STARTED, &rq->atomic_flags);
+	clear_bit(REQ_ATOM_COMPLETE, &rq->atomic_flags);
 
 	if (q->dma_drain_size && blk_rq_bytes(rq)) {
 		/*
@@ -485,6 +493,28 @@ static void blk_mq_hw_ctx_check_timeout(struct blk_mq_hw_ctx *hctx,
 	blk_mq_tag_busy_iter(hctx->tags, blk_mq_timeout_check, &data);
 }
 
+static enum blk_eh_timer_return blk_mq_rq_timed_out(struct request *rq)
+{
+	struct request_queue *q = rq->q;
+
+	/*
+	 * We know that complete is set at this point. If STARTED isn't set
+	 * anymore, then the request isn't active and the "timeout" should
+	 * just be ignored. This can happen due to the bitflag ordering.
+	 * Timeout first checks if STARTED is set, and if it is, assumes
+	 * the request is active. But if we race with completion, then
+	 * we both flags will get cleared. So check here again, and ignore
+	 * a timeout event with a request that isn't active.
+	 */
+	if (!test_bit(REQ_ATOM_STARTED, &rq->atomic_flags))
+		return BLK_EH_NOT_HANDLED;
+
+	if (!q->mq_ops->timeout)
+		return BLK_EH_RESET_TIMER;
+
+	return q->mq_ops->timeout(rq);
+}
+
 static void blk_mq_rq_timer(unsigned long data)
 {
 	struct request_queue *q = (struct request_queue *) data;
@@ -538,11 +568,6 @@ static bool blk_mq_attempt_merge(struct request_queue *q,
 	return false;
 }
 
-void blk_mq_add_timer(struct request *rq)
-{
-	__blk_add_timer(rq, NULL);
-}
-
 /*
  * Run this hardware queue, pulling any software queues mapped to it in.
  * Note that this function currently has various problems around ordering
@@ -799,7 +824,7 @@ static void __blk_mq_insert_request(struct blk_mq_hw_ctx *hctx,
 	/*
 	 * We do this early, to ensure we are on the right CPU.
 	 */
-	blk_mq_add_timer(rq);
+	blk_add_timer(rq);
 }
 
 void blk_mq_insert_request(struct request *rq, bool at_head, bool run_queue,
@@ -1400,7 +1425,7 @@ struct request_queue *blk_mq_init_queue(struct blk_mq_tag_set *set)
 	q->sg_reserved_size = INT_MAX;
 
 	blk_queue_make_request(q, blk_mq_make_request);
-	blk_queue_rq_timed_out(q, set->ops->timeout);
+	blk_queue_rq_timed_out(q, blk_mq_rq_timed_out);
 	if (set->timeout)
 		blk_queue_rq_timeout(q, set->timeout);
 
diff --git a/block/blk-mq.h b/block/blk-mq.h
index 5fa14f19f7524edc585e35965675b97375c10d76..b41a784de50dfbfff4c504c671bbe3e2ff815f26 100644
--- a/block/blk-mq.h
+++ b/block/blk-mq.h
@@ -51,6 +51,4 @@ void blk_mq_disable_hotplug(void);
 extern unsigned int *blk_mq_make_queue_map(struct blk_mq_tag_set *set);
 extern int blk_mq_update_queue_map(unsigned int *map, unsigned int nr_queues);
 
-void blk_mq_add_timer(struct request *rq);
-
 #endif
diff --git a/block/blk-timeout.c b/block/blk-timeout.c
index a09e8af8186c8cb671ef29cbcbcfa41ab00c23f4..49988a3ca85c592e79b7f74b970983fa85bd3825 100644
--- a/block/blk-timeout.c
+++ b/block/blk-timeout.c
@@ -96,11 +96,7 @@ static void blk_rq_timed_out(struct request *req)
 			__blk_complete_request(req);
 		break;
 	case BLK_EH_RESET_TIMER:
-		if (q->mq_ops)
-			blk_mq_add_timer(req);
-		else
-			blk_add_timer(req);
-
+		blk_add_timer(req);
 		blk_clear_rq_complete(req);
 		break;
 	case BLK_EH_NOT_HANDLED:
@@ -170,7 +166,8 @@ void blk_abort_request(struct request *req)
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(blk_abort_request);
 
-void __blk_add_timer(struct request *req, struct list_head *timeout_list)
+static void __blk_add_timer(struct request *req,
+			    struct list_head *timeout_list)
 {
 	struct request_queue *q = req->q;
 	unsigned long expiry;
@@ -225,6 +222,11 @@ void __blk_add_timer(struct request *req, struct list_head *timeout_list)
  */
 void blk_add_timer(struct request *req)
 {
-	__blk_add_timer(req, &req->q->timeout_list);
+	struct request_queue *q = req->q;
+
+	if (q->mq_ops)
+		__blk_add_timer(req, NULL);
+	else
+		__blk_add_timer(req, &req->q->timeout_list);
 }
 
diff --git a/block/blk.h b/block/blk.h
index 1d880f1f957fe473fbb0f78ad8ad03a3726faa73..79be2cbce7fd371701c22744f5c200a4808490bc 100644
--- a/block/blk.h
+++ b/block/blk.h
@@ -37,9 +37,8 @@ bool __blk_end_bidi_request(struct request *rq, int error,
 void blk_rq_timed_out_timer(unsigned long data);
 void blk_rq_check_expired(struct request *rq, unsigned long *next_timeout,
 			  unsigned int *next_set);
-void __blk_add_timer(struct request *req, struct list_head *timeout_list);
+void blk_add_timer(struct request *req);
 void blk_delete_timer(struct request *);
-void blk_add_timer(struct request *);
 
 
 bool bio_attempt_front_merge(struct request_queue *q, struct request *req,