diff --git a/drivers/block/cfq-iosched.c b/drivers/block/cfq-iosched.c
index 0ef7a0065ece2c9468ced12e65016c37b40ad3c4..2210bacad56a34c4023a85036681c51657d19f8b 100644
--- a/drivers/block/cfq-iosched.c
+++ b/drivers/block/cfq-iosched.c
@@ -1202,13 +1202,16 @@ __cfq_get_queue(struct cfq_data *cfqd, unsigned long key, int gfp_mask)
 		if (new_cfqq) {
 			cfqq = new_cfqq;
 			new_cfqq = NULL;
-		} else if (gfp_mask & __GFP_WAIT) {
+		} else {
 			spin_unlock_irq(cfqd->queue->queue_lock);
 			new_cfqq = kmem_cache_alloc(cfq_pool, gfp_mask);
 			spin_lock_irq(cfqd->queue->queue_lock);
+
+			if (!new_cfqq && !(gfp_mask & __GFP_WAIT))
+				goto out;
+
 			goto retry;
-		} else
-			goto out;
+		}
 
 		memset(cfqq, 0, sizeof(*cfqq));