diff --git a/block/blk-mq-cpu.c b/block/blk-mq-cpu.c
index 0045ace9bdf0301f724463c2e37ae8b62e9902cb..20576e3476e9f9fdb7c951c197223cbb58c4ee05 100644
--- a/block/blk-mq-cpu.c
+++ b/block/blk-mq-cpu.c
@@ -28,32 +28,6 @@ static int blk_mq_main_cpu_notify(struct notifier_block *self,
 	return NOTIFY_OK;
 }
 
-static void blk_mq_cpu_notify(void *data, unsigned long action,
-			      unsigned int cpu)
-{
-	if (action == CPU_DEAD || action == CPU_DEAD_FROZEN) {
-		/*
-		 * If the CPU goes away, ensure that we run any pending
-		 * completions.
-		 */
-		struct llist_node *node;
-		struct request *rq;
-
-		local_irq_disable();
-
-		node = llist_del_all(&per_cpu(ipi_lists, cpu));
-		while (node) {
-			struct llist_node *next = node->next;
-
-			rq = llist_entry(node, struct request, ll_list);
-			__blk_mq_end_io(rq, rq->errors);
-			node = next;
-		}
-
-		local_irq_enable();
-	}
-}
-
 static struct notifier_block __cpuinitdata blk_mq_main_cpu_notifier = {
 	.notifier_call	= blk_mq_main_cpu_notify,
 };
@@ -82,12 +56,7 @@ void blk_mq_init_cpu_notifier(struct blk_mq_cpu_notifier *notifier,
 	notifier->data = data;
 }
 
-static struct blk_mq_cpu_notifier __cpuinitdata cpu_notifier = {
-	.notify = blk_mq_cpu_notify,
-};
-
 void __init blk_mq_cpu_init(void)
 {
 	register_hotcpu_notifier(&blk_mq_main_cpu_notifier);
-	blk_mq_register_cpu_notifier(&cpu_notifier);
 }
diff --git a/block/blk-mq.c b/block/blk-mq.c
index 473ce403906055f56d81b99641cf9181d99ba71e..68734f87f1daf0e5ae846ffe7f8577f47257d505 100644
--- a/block/blk-mq.c
+++ b/block/blk-mq.c
@@ -27,8 +27,6 @@ static LIST_HEAD(all_q_list);
 
 static void __blk_mq_run_hw_queue(struct blk_mq_hw_ctx *hctx);
 
-DEFINE_PER_CPU(struct llist_head, ipi_lists);
-
 static struct blk_mq_ctx *__blk_mq_get_ctx(struct request_queue *q,
 					   unsigned int cpu)
 {
@@ -339,55 +337,12 @@ void __blk_mq_end_io(struct request *rq, int error)
 		blk_mq_complete_request(rq, error);
 }
 
-#if defined(CONFIG_SMP)
-
-/*
- * Called with interrupts disabled.
- */
-static void ipi_end_io(void *data)
+static void blk_mq_end_io_remote(void *data)
 {
-	struct llist_head *list = &per_cpu(ipi_lists, smp_processor_id());
-	struct llist_node *entry, *next;
-	struct request *rq;
-
-	entry = llist_del_all(list);
-
-	while (entry) {
-		next = entry->next;
-		rq = llist_entry(entry, struct request, ll_list);
-		__blk_mq_end_io(rq, rq->errors);
-		entry = next;
-	}
-}
-
-static int ipi_remote_cpu(struct blk_mq_ctx *ctx, const int cpu,
-			  struct request *rq, const int error)
-{
-	struct call_single_data *data = &rq->csd;
-
-	rq->errors = error;
-	rq->ll_list.next = NULL;
-
-	/*
-	 * If the list is non-empty, an existing IPI must already
-	 * be "in flight". If that is the case, we need not schedule
-	 * a new one.
-	 */
-	if (llist_add(&rq->ll_list, &per_cpu(ipi_lists, ctx->cpu))) {
-		data->func = ipi_end_io;
-		data->flags = 0;
-		__smp_call_function_single(ctx->cpu, data, 0);
-	}
+	struct request *rq = data;
 
-	return true;
+	__blk_mq_end_io(rq, rq->errors);
 }
-#else /* CONFIG_SMP */
-static int ipi_remote_cpu(struct blk_mq_ctx *ctx, const int cpu,
-			  struct request *rq, const int error)
-{
-	return false;
-}
-#endif
 
 /*
  * End IO on this request on a multiqueue enabled driver. We'll either do
@@ -403,11 +358,15 @@ void blk_mq_end_io(struct request *rq, int error)
 		return __blk_mq_end_io(rq, error);
 
 	cpu = get_cpu();
-
-	if (cpu == ctx->cpu || !cpu_online(ctx->cpu) ||
-	    !ipi_remote_cpu(ctx, cpu, rq, error))
+	if (cpu != ctx->cpu && cpu_online(ctx->cpu)) {
+		rq->errors = error;
+		rq->csd.func = blk_mq_end_io_remote;
+		rq->csd.info = rq;
+		rq->csd.flags = 0;
+		__smp_call_function_single(ctx->cpu, &rq->csd, 0);
+	} else {
 		__blk_mq_end_io(rq, error);
-
+	}
 	put_cpu();
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(blk_mq_end_io);
@@ -1506,11 +1465,6 @@ static int blk_mq_queue_reinit_notify(struct notifier_block *nb,
 
 static int __init blk_mq_init(void)
 {
-	unsigned int i;
-
-	for_each_possible_cpu(i)
-		init_llist_head(&per_cpu(ipi_lists, i));
-
 	blk_mq_cpu_init();
 
 	/* Must be called after percpu_counter_hotcpu_callback() */
diff --git a/block/blk-mq.h b/block/blk-mq.h
index e151a2f4f171ca93e521a1cddbd557615f53f37b..5c3917984b005f13ea35254074744ec91f2e5bd3 100644
--- a/block/blk-mq.h
+++ b/block/blk-mq.h
@@ -40,7 +40,6 @@ void blk_mq_init_cpu_notifier(struct blk_mq_cpu_notifier *notifier,
 void blk_mq_register_cpu_notifier(struct blk_mq_cpu_notifier *notifier);
 void blk_mq_unregister_cpu_notifier(struct blk_mq_cpu_notifier *notifier);
 void blk_mq_cpu_init(void);
-DECLARE_PER_CPU(struct llist_head, ipi_lists);
 
 /*
  * CPU -> queue mappings