diff --git a/include/linux/blk-mq.h b/include/linux/blk-mq.h
index aabbf6830ffc4d55c4ea9dc876f273c6325bed8c..2c473c9b8990898c229a110fda8ba4748f73eccf 100644
--- a/include/linux/blk-mq.h
+++ b/include/linux/blk-mq.h
@@ -490,6 +490,18 @@ static inline int blk_mq_request_completed(struct request *rq)
 	return blk_mq_rq_state(rq) == MQ_RQ_COMPLETE;
 }
 
+/*
+ * 
+ * Set the state to complete when completing a request from inside ->queue_rq.
+ * This is used by drivers that want to ensure special complete actions that
+ * need access to the request are called on failure, e.g. by nvme for
+ * multipathing.
+ */
+static inline void blk_mq_set_request_complete(struct request *rq)
+{
+	WRITE_ONCE(rq->state, MQ_RQ_COMPLETE);
+}
+
 void blk_mq_start_request(struct request *rq);
 void blk_mq_end_request(struct request *rq, blk_status_t error);
 void __blk_mq_end_request(struct request *rq, blk_status_t error);