diff --git a/block/blk-core.c b/block/blk-core.c
index 21f6f10203038ee0f5446f3a261c7d34f803c151..09989028616ffd5a790a6aaf47d2b6c81dc58e3f 100644
--- a/block/blk-core.c
+++ b/block/blk-core.c
@@ -1372,12 +1372,21 @@ static struct request *blk_old_get_request(struct request_queue *q,
 struct request *blk_get_request(struct request_queue *q, unsigned int op,
 				gfp_t gfp_mask)
 {
-	if (q->mq_ops)
-		return blk_mq_alloc_request(q, op,
+	struct request *req;
+
+	if (q->mq_ops) {
+		req = blk_mq_alloc_request(q, op,
 			(gfp_mask & __GFP_DIRECT_RECLAIM) ?
 				0 : BLK_MQ_REQ_NOWAIT);
-	else
-		return blk_old_get_request(q, op, gfp_mask);
+		if (!IS_ERR(req) && q->mq_ops->initialize_rq_fn)
+			q->mq_ops->initialize_rq_fn(req);
+	} else {
+		req = blk_old_get_request(q, op, gfp_mask);
+		if (!IS_ERR(req) && q->initialize_rq_fn)
+			q->initialize_rq_fn(req);
+	}
+
+	return req;
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(blk_get_request);
 
diff --git a/include/linux/blk-mq.h b/include/linux/blk-mq.h
index 3077714250ce7b19516aa69584555cc4cfb3d0a6..366b83cee9550e1b490317ba758938b13ebf520e 100644
--- a/include/linux/blk-mq.h
+++ b/include/linux/blk-mq.h
@@ -144,6 +144,8 @@ struct blk_mq_ops {
 	init_request_fn		*init_request;
 	exit_request_fn		*exit_request;
 	reinit_request_fn	*reinit_request;
+	/* Called from inside blk_get_request() */
+	void (*initialize_rq_fn)(struct request *rq);
 
 	map_queues_fn		*map_queues;
 
diff --git a/include/linux/blkdev.h b/include/linux/blkdev.h
index e21dd893ee86cca629f9c16c3c1fd2e392e18f6a..9a36164487d086901dae9d773890eccbe421dfcc 100644
--- a/include/linux/blkdev.h
+++ b/include/linux/blkdev.h
@@ -410,8 +410,12 @@ struct request_queue {
 	rq_timed_out_fn		*rq_timed_out_fn;
 	dma_drain_needed_fn	*dma_drain_needed;
 	lld_busy_fn		*lld_busy_fn;
+	/* Called just after a request is allocated */
 	init_rq_fn		*init_rq_fn;
+	/* Called just before a request is freed */
 	exit_rq_fn		*exit_rq_fn;
+	/* Called from inside blk_get_request() */
+	void (*initialize_rq_fn)(struct request *rq);
 
 	const struct blk_mq_ops	*mq_ops;