diff --git a/block/blk-mq.c b/block/blk-mq.c
index a9138235b87053c9d88a472f0d788cb08f80a229..fa77ce3ff6922be102dc3a99aed955653065444a 100644
--- a/block/blk-mq.c
+++ b/block/blk-mq.c
@@ -1154,8 +1154,10 @@ bool blk_mq_dispatch_rq_list(struct request_queue *q, struct list_head *list,
 		rq = list_first_entry(list, struct request, queuelist);
 
 		hctx = blk_mq_map_queue(rq->q, rq->mq_ctx->cpu);
-		if (!got_budget && !blk_mq_get_dispatch_budget(hctx))
+		if (!got_budget && !blk_mq_get_dispatch_budget(hctx)) {
+			blk_mq_put_driver_tag(rq);
 			break;
+		}
 
 		if (!blk_mq_get_driver_tag(rq)) {
 			/*