diff --git a/block/blk-exec.c b/block/blk-exec.c
index 1db44ca0f4a6..e20a852ae432 100644
--- a/block/blk-exec.c
+++ b/block/blk-exec.c
@@ -55,6 +55,8 @@ void blk_execute_rq_nowait(struct request_queue *q, struct gendisk *bd_disk,
 	rq->rq_disk = bd_disk;
 	rq->end_io = done;
 
+	blk_account_io_start(rq, true);
+
 	/*
 	 * don't check dying flag for MQ because the request won't
 	 * be reused after dying flag is set
diff --git a/block/blk.h b/block/blk.h
index 47fba9362e60..2bea40180b6f 100644
--- a/block/blk.h
+++ b/block/blk.h
@@ -242,14 +242,11 @@ int blk_dev_init(void);
  * Contribute to IO statistics IFF:
  *
  *	a) it's attached to a gendisk, and
- *	b) the queue had IO stats enabled when this request was started, and
- *	c) it's a file system request
+ *	b) the queue had IO stats enabled when this request was started
  */
 static inline bool blk_do_io_stat(struct request *rq)
 {
-	return rq->rq_disk &&
-	       (rq->rq_flags & RQF_IO_STAT) &&
-		!blk_rq_is_passthrough(rq);
+	return rq->rq_disk && (rq->rq_flags & RQF_IO_STAT);
 }
 
 static inline void req_set_nomerge(struct request_queue *q, struct request *req)