diff --git a/block/blk-mq.c b/block/blk-mq.c
index fd80101c7591a2ae4642e2ce6f1dd979de3a3d91..711883384585490ba489346758fc33f334d71103 100644
--- a/block/blk-mq.c
+++ b/block/blk-mq.c
@@ -879,6 +879,21 @@ static bool blk_mq_get_driver_tag(struct request *rq,
 	return false;
 }
 
+static void blk_mq_put_driver_tag(struct blk_mq_hw_ctx *hctx,
+				  struct request *rq)
+{
+	if (rq->tag == -1 || rq->internal_tag == -1)
+		return;
+
+	blk_mq_put_tag(hctx, hctx->tags, rq->mq_ctx, rq->tag);
+	rq->tag = -1;
+
+	if (rq->rq_flags & RQF_MQ_INFLIGHT) {
+		rq->rq_flags &= ~RQF_MQ_INFLIGHT;
+		atomic_dec(&hctx->nr_active);
+	}
+}
+
 /*
  * If we fail getting a driver tag because all the driver tags are already
  * assigned and on the dispatch list, BUT the first entry does not have a
@@ -951,6 +966,7 @@ bool blk_mq_dispatch_rq_list(struct blk_mq_hw_ctx *hctx, struct list_head *list)
 			queued++;
 			break;
 		case BLK_MQ_RQ_QUEUE_BUSY:
+			blk_mq_put_driver_tag(hctx, rq);
 			list_add(&rq->queuelist, list);
 			__blk_mq_requeue_request(rq);
 			break;