diff --git a/block/blk-core.c b/block/blk-core.c
index d34433ae791781b5799edfa838f058922443e78d..795154e54a75f83103085d04ffa0151b4f7ee8e3 100644
--- a/block/blk-core.c
+++ b/block/blk-core.c
@@ -1725,6 +1725,8 @@ int blk_insert_cloned_request(struct request_queue *q, struct request *rq)
 		where = ELEVATOR_INSERT_FLUSH;
 
 	add_acct_request(q, rq, where);
+	if (where == ELEVATOR_INSERT_FLUSH)
+		__blk_run_queue(q);
 	spin_unlock_irqrestore(q->queue_lock, flags);
 
 	return 0;
diff --git a/block/blk-flush.c b/block/blk-flush.c
index 89ae3b9bf7ca7515eec7b36d5c71ba6501a26a53..720ad607ff91c31de69a888001399132f5eaad01 100644
--- a/block/blk-flush.c
+++ b/block/blk-flush.c
@@ -330,7 +330,6 @@ void blk_insert_flush(struct request *rq)
 	if ((policy & REQ_FSEQ_DATA) &&
 	    !(policy & (REQ_FSEQ_PREFLUSH | REQ_FSEQ_POSTFLUSH))) {
 		list_add_tail(&rq->queuelist, &q->queue_head);
-		blk_run_queue_async(q);
 		return;
 	}