diff --git a/drivers/block/rbd.c b/drivers/block/rbd.c
index 43f6ef8d696f093f3ef28df4456c971a227f32c4..3475bb2e03ab497e289928f4d2bd3a2a46154050 100644
--- a/drivers/block/rbd.c
+++ b/drivers/block/rbd.c
@@ -1475,10 +1475,6 @@ static void rbd_rq_fn(struct request_queue *q)
 		struct rbd_req_coll *coll;
 		struct ceph_snap_context *snapc;
 
-		/* peek at request from block layer */
-		if (!rq)
-			break;
-
 		dout("fetched request\n");
 
 		/* filter out block requests we don't understand */