diff --git a/block/blk-mq.c b/block/blk-mq.c
index 80d483864247..e9ebe9864cc4 100644
--- a/block/blk-mq.c
+++ b/block/blk-mq.c
@@ -908,7 +908,7 @@ void blk_mq_run_hw_queue(struct blk_mq_hw_ctx *hctx, bool async)
 	    !blk_mq_hw_queue_mapped(hctx)))
 		return;
 
-	if (!async) {
+	if (!async && !(hctx->flags & BLK_MQ_F_BLOCKING)) {
 		int cpu = get_cpu();
 		if (cpumask_test_cpu(cpu, hctx->cpumask)) {
 			__blk_mq_run_hw_queue(hctx);
diff --git a/include/linux/blk-mq.h b/include/linux/blk-mq.h
index fbcfdf323243..5daa0ef756dd 100644
--- a/include/linux/blk-mq.h
+++ b/include/linux/blk-mq.h
@@ -155,6 +155,7 @@ enum {
 	BLK_MQ_F_TAG_SHARED	= 1 << 1,
 	BLK_MQ_F_SG_MERGE	= 1 << 2,
 	BLK_MQ_F_DEFER_ISSUE	= 1 << 4,
+	BLK_MQ_F_BLOCKING	= 1 << 5,
 	BLK_MQ_F_ALLOC_POLICY_START_BIT = 8,
 	BLK_MQ_F_ALLOC_POLICY_BITS = 1,