diff --git a/block/blk-mq.c b/block/blk-mq.c
index 95ea5889b8252ae4f34b93a342fd50eae13bdfe9..9eea67ce82d90e2f77649a1bc46975e96f038358 100644
--- a/block/blk-mq.c
+++ b/block/blk-mq.c
@@ -2743,8 +2743,7 @@ int blk_mq_update_nr_requests(struct request_queue *q, unsigned int nr)
 		 * queue depth. This is similar to what the old code would do.
 		 */
 		if (!hctx->sched_tags) {
-			ret = blk_mq_tag_update_depth(hctx, &hctx->tags,
-							min(nr, set->queue_depth),
+			ret = blk_mq_tag_update_depth(hctx, &hctx->tags, nr,
 							false);
 		} else {
 			ret = blk_mq_tag_update_depth(hctx, &hctx->sched_tags,