diff --git a/block/blk-core.c b/block/blk-core.c
index 268d2b8e984330d03a2e584f1d724478f285e3a6..fa661bac40afcc6c9c47d0f089c6e355f2c81c19 100644
--- a/block/blk-core.c
+++ b/block/blk-core.c
@@ -1240,6 +1240,8 @@ static int blk_cloned_rq_check_limits(struct request_queue *q,
  */
 blk_status_t blk_insert_cloned_request(struct request_queue *q, struct request *rq)
 {
+	blk_qc_t unused;
+
 	if (blk_cloned_rq_check_limits(q, rq))
 		return BLK_STS_IOERR;
 
@@ -1255,7 +1257,7 @@ blk_status_t blk_insert_cloned_request(struct request_queue *q, struct request *
 	 * bypass a potential scheduler on the bottom device for
 	 * insert.
 	 */
-	return blk_mq_request_issue_directly(rq, true);
+	return blk_mq_try_issue_directly(rq->mq_hctx, rq, &unused, true, true);
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(blk_insert_cloned_request);
 
diff --git a/block/blk-mq.c b/block/blk-mq.c
index 90361fe758f8b16b61fb81e7809f12eea2d4ee0f..2d3a29eb58ca80483660a85dcf51b88127a05d92 100644
--- a/block/blk-mq.c
+++ b/block/blk-mq.c
@@ -1792,7 +1792,7 @@ static blk_status_t __blk_mq_issue_directly(struct blk_mq_hw_ctx *hctx,
 	return ret;
 }
 
-static blk_status_t blk_mq_try_issue_directly(struct blk_mq_hw_ctx *hctx,
+blk_status_t blk_mq_try_issue_directly(struct blk_mq_hw_ctx *hctx,
 						struct request *rq,
 						blk_qc_t *cookie,
 						bool bypass, bool last)
@@ -1864,13 +1864,6 @@ static blk_status_t blk_mq_try_issue_directly(struct blk_mq_hw_ctx *hctx,
 	return ret;
 }
 
-blk_status_t blk_mq_request_issue_directly(struct request *rq, bool last)
-{
-	blk_qc_t unused;
-
-	return blk_mq_try_issue_directly(rq->mq_hctx, rq, &unused, true, last);
-}
-
 void blk_mq_try_issue_list_directly(struct blk_mq_hw_ctx *hctx,
 		struct list_head *list)
 {
diff --git a/block/blk-mq.h b/block/blk-mq.h
index 0c9c9ea2fefedaeaf34807681853806242451f83..b63a0de8a07a3272633c49a95ded223369cfae47 100644
--- a/block/blk-mq.h
+++ b/block/blk-mq.h
@@ -68,8 +68,10 @@ void blk_mq_request_bypass_insert(struct request *rq, bool run_queue);
 void blk_mq_insert_requests(struct blk_mq_hw_ctx *hctx, struct blk_mq_ctx *ctx,
 				struct list_head *list);
 
-/* Used by blk_insert_cloned_request() to issue request directly */
-blk_status_t blk_mq_request_issue_directly(struct request *rq, bool last);
+blk_status_t blk_mq_try_issue_directly(struct blk_mq_hw_ctx *hctx,
+						struct request *rq,
+						blk_qc_t *cookie,
+						bool bypass, bool last);
 void blk_mq_try_issue_list_directly(struct blk_mq_hw_ctx *hctx,
 				    struct list_head *list);