diff --git a/block/blk-mq-tag.c b/block/blk-mq-tag.c
index 9753747a34a2f411b7bc54bac4e59ac006df3787..5504eb7ed10b287645a7411e6142e6dad2c04fd3 100644
--- a/block/blk-mq-tag.c
+++ b/block/blk-mq-tag.c
@@ -136,11 +136,9 @@ unsigned int blk_mq_get_tag(struct blk_mq_alloc_data *data)
 		/*
 		 * We're out of tags on this hardware queue, kick any
 		 * pending IO submits before going to sleep waiting for
-		 * some to complete. Note that hctx can be NULL here for
-		 * reserved tag allocation.
+		 * some to complete.
 		 */
-		if (data->hctx)
-			blk_mq_run_hw_queue(data->hctx, false);
+		blk_mq_run_hw_queue(data->hctx, false);
 
 		/*
 		 * Retry tag allocation after running the hardware queue,