diff --git a/drivers/scsi/hosts.c b/drivers/scsi/hosts.c
index 2b6a03de5787a92841579b2bd872f5380bd71f89..593085a52275b33a3559228b9b7bf934748cc4d1 100644
--- a/drivers/scsi/hosts.c
+++ b/drivers/scsi/hosts.c
@@ -290,6 +290,7 @@ static void scsi_host_dev_release(struct device *dev)
 	struct Scsi_Host *shost = dev_to_shost(dev);
 	struct device *parent = dev->parent;
 	struct request_queue *q;
+	void *queuedata;
 
 	scsi_proc_hostdir_rm(shost->hostt);
 
@@ -299,9 +300,9 @@ static void scsi_host_dev_release(struct device *dev)
 		destroy_workqueue(shost->work_q);
 	q = shost->uspace_req_q;
 	if (q) {
-		kfree(q->queuedata);
-		q->queuedata = NULL;
-		scsi_free_queue(q);
+		queuedata = q->queuedata;
+		blk_cleanup_queue(q);
+		kfree(queuedata);
 	}
 
 	scsi_destroy_command_freelist(shost);
diff --git a/drivers/scsi/scsi_lib.c b/drivers/scsi/scsi_lib.c
index 9f00c128e4d1d291123d7f9420b955cee6ddda86..4acf5c284c2e54e0de2b4bf5195b0ce6cb583d42 100644
--- a/drivers/scsi/scsi_lib.c
+++ b/drivers/scsi/scsi_lib.c
@@ -406,10 +406,6 @@ static void scsi_run_queue(struct request_queue *q)
 	LIST_HEAD(starved_list);
 	unsigned long flags;
 
-	/* if the device is dead, sdev will be NULL, so no queue to run */
-	if (!sdev)
-		return;
-
 	shost = sdev->host;
 	if (scsi_target(sdev)->single_lun)
 		scsi_single_lun_run(sdev);
@@ -1371,16 +1367,16 @@ static inline int scsi_host_queue_ready(struct request_queue *q,
  * may be changed after request stacking drivers call the function,
  * regardless of taking lock or not.
  *
- * When scsi can't dispatch I/Os anymore and needs to kill I/Os
- * (e.g. !sdev), scsi needs to return 'not busy'.
- * Otherwise, request stacking drivers may hold requests forever.
+ * When scsi can't dispatch I/Os anymore and needs to kill I/Os scsi
+ * needs to return 'not busy'. Otherwise, request stacking drivers
+ * may hold requests forever.
  */
 static int scsi_lld_busy(struct request_queue *q)
 {
 	struct scsi_device *sdev = q->queuedata;
 	struct Scsi_Host *shost;
 
-	if (!sdev)
+	if (blk_queue_dead(q))
 		return 0;
 
 	shost = sdev->host;
@@ -1491,12 +1487,6 @@ static void scsi_request_fn(struct request_queue *q)
 	struct scsi_cmnd *cmd;
 	struct request *req;
 
-	if (!sdev) {
-		while ((req = blk_peek_request(q)) != NULL)
-			scsi_kill_request(req, q);
-		return;
-	}
-
 	if(!get_device(&sdev->sdev_gendev))
 		/* We must be tearing the block queue down already */
 		return;
@@ -1698,20 +1688,6 @@ struct request_queue *scsi_alloc_queue(struct scsi_device *sdev)
 	return q;
 }
 
-void scsi_free_queue(struct request_queue *q)
-{
-	unsigned long flags;
-
-	WARN_ON(q->queuedata);
-
-	/* cause scsi_request_fn() to kill all non-finished requests */
-	spin_lock_irqsave(q->queue_lock, flags);
-	q->request_fn(q);
-	spin_unlock_irqrestore(q->queue_lock, flags);
-
-	blk_cleanup_queue(q);
-}
-
 /*
  * Function:    scsi_block_requests()
  *
diff --git a/drivers/scsi/scsi_priv.h b/drivers/scsi/scsi_priv.h
index cbfe5df24a3b426687e54f455b5c8a5901039a61..291db6effffb95f38f26a89631f04cf48391b9cd 100644
--- a/drivers/scsi/scsi_priv.h
+++ b/drivers/scsi/scsi_priv.h
@@ -85,7 +85,6 @@ extern void scsi_next_command(struct scsi_cmnd *cmd);
 extern void scsi_io_completion(struct scsi_cmnd *, unsigned int);
 extern void scsi_run_host_queues(struct Scsi_Host *shost);
 extern struct request_queue *scsi_alloc_queue(struct scsi_device *sdev);
-extern void scsi_free_queue(struct request_queue *q);
 extern int scsi_init_queue(void);
 extern void scsi_exit_queue(void);
 struct request_queue;
diff --git a/drivers/scsi/scsi_sysfs.c b/drivers/scsi/scsi_sysfs.c
index 5747478a2bf89db0ca62166fefdf9ab0c4b20d87..9aa578a5da1173d8c4ad5ec59db38ed8c92de0c3 100644
--- a/drivers/scsi/scsi_sysfs.c
+++ b/drivers/scsi/scsi_sysfs.c
@@ -972,11 +972,8 @@ void __scsi_remove_device(struct scsi_device *sdev)
 		sdev->host->hostt->slave_destroy(sdev);
 	transport_destroy_device(dev);
 
-	/* cause the request function to reject all I/O requests */
-	sdev->request_queue->queuedata = NULL;
-
 	/* Freeing the queue signals to block that we're done */
-	scsi_free_queue(sdev->request_queue);
+	blk_cleanup_queue(sdev->request_queue);
 	put_device(dev);
 }