diff --git a/block/blk-core.c b/block/blk-core.c
index 3f0a393082666c6ceafe383037683c5a0fefc6fc..26d3a2f38a1c3db758b3394be46a3060474f5944 100644
--- a/block/blk-core.c
+++ b/block/blk-core.c
@@ -1053,8 +1053,7 @@ struct request_queue *blk_alloc_queue_node(gfp_t gfp_mask, int node_id,
 	mutex_init(&q->sysfs_lock);
 	spin_lock_init(&q->__queue_lock);
 
-	if (!q->mq_ops)
-		q->queue_lock = lock ? : &q->__queue_lock;
+	q->queue_lock = lock ? : &q->__queue_lock;
 
 	/*
 	 * A queue starts its life with bypass turned on to avoid