diff --git a/drivers/md/dm-rq.c b/drivers/md/dm-rq.c
index c9e44ac1f9a6..21d5c1784d0c 100644
--- a/drivers/md/dm-rq.c
+++ b/drivers/md/dm-rq.c
@@ -408,6 +408,7 @@ static int map_request(struct dm_rq_target_io *tio)
 		ret = dm_dispatch_clone_request(clone, rq);
 		if (ret == BLK_STS_RESOURCE || ret == BLK_STS_DEV_RESOURCE) {
 			blk_rq_unprep_clone(clone);
+			blk_mq_cleanup_rq(clone);
 			tio->ti->type->release_clone_rq(clone, &tio->info);
 			tio->clone = NULL;
 			return DM_MAPIO_REQUEUE;
diff --git a/include/linux/blk-mq.h b/include/linux/blk-mq.h
index 1cdd2788cfa6..21cebe901ac0 100644
--- a/include/linux/blk-mq.h
+++ b/include/linux/blk-mq.h
@@ -140,6 +140,7 @@ typedef int (poll_fn)(struct blk_mq_hw_ctx *);
 typedef int (map_queues_fn)(struct blk_mq_tag_set *set);
 typedef bool (busy_fn)(struct request_queue *);
 typedef void (complete_fn)(struct request *);
+typedef void (cleanup_rq_fn)(struct request *);
 
 
 struct blk_mq_ops {
@@ -200,6 +201,12 @@ struct blk_mq_ops {
 	/* Called from inside blk_get_request() */
 	void (*initialize_rq_fn)(struct request *rq);
 
+	/*
+	 * Called before freeing one request which isn't completed yet,
+	 * and usually for freeing the driver private data
+	 */
+	cleanup_rq_fn		*cleanup_rq;
+
 	/*
 	 * If set, returns whether or not this queue currently is busy
 	 */
@@ -367,4 +374,10 @@ static inline blk_qc_t request_to_qc_t(struct blk_mq_hw_ctx *hctx,
 			BLK_QC_T_INTERNAL;
 }
 
+static inline void blk_mq_cleanup_rq(struct request *rq)
+{
+	if (rq->q->mq_ops->cleanup_rq)
+		rq->q->mq_ops->cleanup_rq(rq);
+}
+
 #endif