diff --git a/block/blk-mq.h b/block/blk-mq.h
index bb8aabbc5c57954a7bb5d855333c86cf98c9c4a5..b3540d62c541e43fee1ef63355681f20e49596e5 100644
--- a/block/blk-mq.h
+++ b/block/blk-mq.h
@@ -228,7 +228,7 @@ static inline void blk_mq_free_requests(struct list_head *list)
 		struct request *rq = list_entry_rq(list->next);
 
 		list_del_init(&rq->queuelist);
-		blk_mq_free_request(rq);
+		__blk_put_request(rq->q, rq);
 	}
 }