diff --git a/block/blk-mq-sched.c b/block/blk-mq-sched.c
index 6f4bdb8209f7d3f2c37af6bea13f7952ec2a3f1d..c117bd8fd1f6126849472300b3c294e65825a2f7 100644
--- a/block/blk-mq-sched.c
+++ b/block/blk-mq-sched.c
@@ -81,12 +81,7 @@ static bool blk_mq_sched_restart_hctx(struct blk_mq_hw_ctx *hctx)
 	} else
 		clear_bit(BLK_MQ_S_SCHED_RESTART, &hctx->state);
 
-	if (blk_mq_hctx_has_pending(hctx)) {
-		blk_mq_run_hw_queue(hctx, true);
-		return true;
-	}
-
-	return false;
+	return blk_mq_run_hw_queue(hctx, true);
 }
 
 /*
diff --git a/block/blk-mq.c b/block/blk-mq.c
index bfe24a5b62a360209a445cb619aa8d66465fdaf5..a2a4271f5ab8761a4f00472d17db4154028f0418 100644
--- a/block/blk-mq.c
+++ b/block/blk-mq.c
@@ -61,10 +61,10 @@ static int blk_mq_poll_stats_bkt(const struct request *rq)
 /*
  * Check if any of the ctx's have pending work in this hardware queue
  */
-bool blk_mq_hctx_has_pending(struct blk_mq_hw_ctx *hctx)
+static bool blk_mq_hctx_has_pending(struct blk_mq_hw_ctx *hctx)
 {
-	return sbitmap_any_bit_set(&hctx->ctx_map) ||
-			!list_empty_careful(&hctx->dispatch) ||
+	return !list_empty_careful(&hctx->dispatch) ||
+		sbitmap_any_bit_set(&hctx->ctx_map) ||
 			blk_mq_sched_has_work(hctx);
 }
 
@@ -1253,9 +1253,14 @@ void blk_mq_delay_run_hw_queue(struct blk_mq_hw_ctx *hctx, unsigned long msecs)
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(blk_mq_delay_run_hw_queue);
 
-void blk_mq_run_hw_queue(struct blk_mq_hw_ctx *hctx, bool async)
+bool blk_mq_run_hw_queue(struct blk_mq_hw_ctx *hctx, bool async)
 {
-	__blk_mq_delay_run_hw_queue(hctx, async, 0);
+	if (blk_mq_hctx_has_pending(hctx)) {
+		__blk_mq_delay_run_hw_queue(hctx, async, 0);
+		return true;
+	}
+
+	return false;
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(blk_mq_run_hw_queue);
 
@@ -1265,8 +1270,7 @@ void blk_mq_run_hw_queues(struct request_queue *q, bool async)
 	int i;
 
 	queue_for_each_hw_ctx(q, hctx, i) {
-		if (!blk_mq_hctx_has_pending(hctx) ||
-		    blk_mq_hctx_stopped(hctx))
+		if (blk_mq_hctx_stopped(hctx))
 			continue;
 
 		blk_mq_run_hw_queue(hctx, async);
diff --git a/block/blk-mq.h b/block/blk-mq.h
index 99a19c5523e2ba9b6e5525208f497ea231c5d66c..dcf379a892dda3c349884c4041a213a4bd1d8bd4 100644
--- a/block/blk-mq.h
+++ b/block/blk-mq.h
@@ -26,14 +26,12 @@ struct blk_mq_ctx {
 	struct kobject		kobj;
 } ____cacheline_aligned_in_smp;
 
-void blk_mq_run_hw_queue(struct blk_mq_hw_ctx *hctx, bool async);
 void blk_mq_freeze_queue(struct request_queue *q);
 void blk_mq_free_queue(struct request_queue *q);
 int blk_mq_update_nr_requests(struct request_queue *q, unsigned int nr);
 void blk_mq_wake_waiters(struct request_queue *q);
 bool blk_mq_dispatch_rq_list(struct request_queue *, struct list_head *, bool);
 void blk_mq_flush_busy_ctxs(struct blk_mq_hw_ctx *hctx, struct list_head *list);
-bool blk_mq_hctx_has_pending(struct blk_mq_hw_ctx *hctx);
 bool blk_mq_get_driver_tag(struct request *rq, struct blk_mq_hw_ctx **hctx,
 				bool wait);
 struct request *blk_mq_dequeue_from_ctx(struct blk_mq_hw_ctx *hctx,
diff --git a/include/linux/blk-mq.h b/include/linux/blk-mq.h
index b326208277ee45dab02f704b2aa90dcc970237ea..eb1e2cdffb317a0ae7383c000e51b6b721de1417 100644
--- a/include/linux/blk-mq.h
+++ b/include/linux/blk-mq.h
@@ -266,7 +266,7 @@ void blk_mq_start_stopped_hw_queues(struct request_queue *q, bool async);
 void blk_mq_quiesce_queue(struct request_queue *q);
 void blk_mq_unquiesce_queue(struct request_queue *q);
 void blk_mq_delay_run_hw_queue(struct blk_mq_hw_ctx *hctx, unsigned long msecs);
-void blk_mq_run_hw_queue(struct blk_mq_hw_ctx *hctx, bool async);
+bool blk_mq_run_hw_queue(struct blk_mq_hw_ctx *hctx, bool async);
 void blk_mq_run_hw_queues(struct request_queue *q, bool async);
 void blk_mq_delay_queue(struct blk_mq_hw_ctx *hctx, unsigned long msecs);
 void blk_mq_tagset_busy_iter(struct blk_mq_tag_set *tagset,