diff --git a/block/blk-mq.c b/block/blk-mq.c
index 6b6e7bc041dbf3c4699ca9bfa8e36c58a8f119d0..935f2cc7c8c3ae8b58d75e29c576bb7e88eb587a 100644
--- a/block/blk-mq.c
+++ b/block/blk-mq.c
@@ -321,7 +321,6 @@ struct request *blk_mq_alloc_request_hctx(struct request_queue *q, int rw,
 
 	rq = blk_mq_sched_get_request(q, NULL, rw, &alloc_data);
 
-	blk_mq_put_ctx(alloc_data.ctx);
 	blk_queue_exit(q);
 
 	if (!rq)