diff --git a/block/blk-mq.c b/block/blk-mq.c
index 08a49c69738bb5287530985c7294639b706ad25a..6b6e7bc041dbf3c4699ca9bfa8e36c58a8f119d0 100644
--- a/block/blk-mq.c
+++ b/block/blk-mq.c
@@ -969,7 +969,7 @@ bool blk_mq_dispatch_rq_list(struct blk_mq_hw_ctx *hctx, struct list_head *list)
 	struct request *rq;
 	LIST_HEAD(driver_list);
 	struct list_head *dptr;
-	int queued, ret = BLK_MQ_RQ_QUEUE_OK;
+	int errors, queued, ret = BLK_MQ_RQ_QUEUE_OK;
 
 	/*
 	 * Start off with dptr being NULL, so we start the first request
@@ -980,7 +980,7 @@ bool blk_mq_dispatch_rq_list(struct blk_mq_hw_ctx *hctx, struct list_head *list)
 	/*
 	 * Now process all the entries, sending them to the driver.
 	 */
-	queued = 0;
+	errors = queued = 0;
 	while (!list_empty(list)) {
 		struct blk_mq_queue_data bd;
 
@@ -1037,6 +1037,7 @@ bool blk_mq_dispatch_rq_list(struct blk_mq_hw_ctx *hctx, struct list_head *list)
 		default:
 			pr_err("blk-mq: bad return on queue: %d\n", ret);
 		case BLK_MQ_RQ_QUEUE_ERROR:
+			errors++;
 			rq->errors = -EIO;
 			blk_mq_end_request(rq, rq->errors);
 			break;
@@ -1088,7 +1089,7 @@ bool blk_mq_dispatch_rq_list(struct blk_mq_hw_ctx *hctx, struct list_head *list)
 			blk_mq_run_hw_queue(hctx, true);
 	}
 
-	return queued != 0;
+	return (queued + errors) != 0;
 }
 
 static void __blk_mq_run_hw_queue(struct blk_mq_hw_ctx *hctx)