diff --git a/block/blk-mq.c b/block/blk-mq.c
index 1699baf39b78a8379c3cd5559b324d71da41f100..0c2ed831c926e89983a1a04c7462b1a1033e07bb 100644
--- a/block/blk-mq.c
+++ b/block/blk-mq.c
@@ -1122,8 +1122,7 @@ static void blk_mq_bio_to_request(struct request *rq, struct bio *bio)
 {
 	init_request_from_bio(rq, bio);
 
-	if (blk_do_io_stat(rq))
-		blk_account_io_start(rq, 1);
+	blk_account_io_start(rq, 1);
 }
 
 static inline bool hctx_allow_merges(struct blk_mq_hw_ctx *hctx)