diff --git a/drivers/block/virtio_blk.c b/drivers/block/virtio_blk.c
index b1cb3f4c4db45543c653fd86ce28e75b67522430..a2db9ed288f200c3c594f039f1cba59a3dce9baf 100644
--- a/drivers/block/virtio_blk.c
+++ b/drivers/block/virtio_blk.c
@@ -158,6 +158,7 @@ static int virtio_queue_rq(struct blk_mq_hw_ctx *hctx, struct request *req)
 	unsigned long flags;
 	unsigned int num;
 	const bool last = (req->cmd_flags & REQ_END) != 0;
+	int err;
 
 	BUG_ON(req->nr_phys_segments + 2 > vblk->sg_elems);
 
@@ -198,11 +199,16 @@ static int virtio_queue_rq(struct blk_mq_hw_ctx *hctx, struct request *req)
 	}
 
 	spin_lock_irqsave(&vblk->vq_lock, flags);
-	if (__virtblk_add_req(vblk->vq, vbr, vbr->sg, num) < 0) {
+	err = __virtblk_add_req(vblk->vq, vbr, vbr->sg, num);
+	if (err) {
 		virtqueue_kick(vblk->vq);
 		spin_unlock_irqrestore(&vblk->vq_lock, flags);
 		blk_mq_stop_hw_queue(hctx);
-		return BLK_MQ_RQ_QUEUE_BUSY;
+		/* Out of mem doesn't actually happen, since we fall back
+		 * to direct descriptors */
+		if (err == -ENOMEM || err == -ENOSPC)
+			return BLK_MQ_RQ_QUEUE_BUSY;
+		return BLK_MQ_RQ_QUEUE_ERROR;
 	}
 
 	if (last)