diff --git a/block/blk-mq-sched.c b/block/blk-mq-sched.c
index 09af8ff18719..fc00f00898d3 100644
--- a/block/blk-mq-sched.c
+++ b/block/blk-mq-sched.c
@@ -171,7 +171,8 @@ void blk_mq_sched_put_request(struct request *rq)
 
 void blk_mq_sched_dispatch_requests(struct blk_mq_hw_ctx *hctx)
 {
-	struct elevator_queue *e = hctx->queue->elevator;
+	struct request_queue *q = hctx->queue;
+	struct elevator_queue *e = q->elevator;
 	const bool has_sched_dispatch = e && e->type->ops.mq.dispatch_request;
 	bool did_work = false;
 	LIST_HEAD(rq_list);
@@ -203,10 +204,10 @@ void blk_mq_sched_dispatch_requests(struct blk_mq_hw_ctx *hctx)
 	 */
 	if (!list_empty(&rq_list)) {
 		blk_mq_sched_mark_restart_hctx(hctx);
-		did_work = blk_mq_dispatch_rq_list(hctx, &rq_list);
+		did_work = blk_mq_dispatch_rq_list(q, &rq_list);
 	} else if (!has_sched_dispatch) {
 		blk_mq_flush_busy_ctxs(hctx, &rq_list);
-		blk_mq_dispatch_rq_list(hctx, &rq_list);
+		blk_mq_dispatch_rq_list(q, &rq_list);
 	}
 
 	/*
@@ -222,7 +223,7 @@ void blk_mq_sched_dispatch_requests(struct blk_mq_hw_ctx *hctx)
 			if (!rq)
 				break;
 			list_add(&rq->queuelist, &rq_list);
-		} while (blk_mq_dispatch_rq_list(hctx, &rq_list));
+		} while (blk_mq_dispatch_rq_list(q, &rq_list));
 	}
 }
 
diff --git a/block/blk-mq.c b/block/blk-mq.c
index 935f2cc7c8c3..828f4bd193f2 100644
--- a/block/blk-mq.c
+++ b/block/blk-mq.c
@@ -845,12 +845,8 @@ bool blk_mq_get_driver_tag(struct request *rq, struct blk_mq_hw_ctx **hctx,
 		.flags = wait ? 0 : BLK_MQ_REQ_NOWAIT,
 	};
 
-	if (rq->tag != -1) {
-done:
-		if (hctx)
-			*hctx = data.hctx;
-		return true;
-	}
+	if (rq->tag != -1)
+		goto done;
 
 	if (blk_mq_tag_is_reserved(data.hctx->sched_tags, rq->internal_tag))
 		data.flags |= BLK_MQ_REQ_RESERVED;
@@ -862,10 +858,12 @@ done:
 			atomic_inc(&data.hctx->nr_active);
 		}
 		data.hctx->tags->rqs[rq->tag] = rq;
-		goto done;
 	}
 
-	return false;
+done:
+	if (hctx)
+		*hctx = data.hctx;
+	return rq->tag != -1;
 }
 
 static void __blk_mq_put_driver_tag(struct blk_mq_hw_ctx *hctx,
@@ -962,14 +960,17 @@ static bool blk_mq_dispatch_wait_add(struct blk_mq_hw_ctx *hctx)
 	return true;
 }
 
-bool blk_mq_dispatch_rq_list(struct blk_mq_hw_ctx *hctx, struct list_head *list)
+bool blk_mq_dispatch_rq_list(struct request_queue *q, struct list_head *list)
 {
-	struct request_queue *q = hctx->queue;
+	struct blk_mq_hw_ctx *hctx;
 	struct request *rq;
 	LIST_HEAD(driver_list);
 	struct list_head *dptr;
 	int errors, queued, ret = BLK_MQ_RQ_QUEUE_OK;
 
+	if (list_empty(list))
+		return false;
+
 	/*
 	 * Start off with dptr being NULL, so we start the first request
 	 * immediately, even if we have more pending.
@@ -980,7 +981,7 @@ bool blk_mq_dispatch_rq_list(struct blk_mq_hw_ctx *hctx, struct list_head *list)
 	 * Now process all the entries, sending them to the driver.
 	 */
 	errors = queued = 0;
-	while (!list_empty(list)) {
+	do {
 		struct blk_mq_queue_data bd;
 
 		rq = list_first_entry(list, struct request, queuelist);
@@ -1051,7 +1052,7 @@ bool blk_mq_dispatch_rq_list(struct blk_mq_hw_ctx *hctx, struct list_head *list)
 		 */
 		if (!dptr && list->next != list->prev)
 			dptr = &driver_list;
-	}
+	} while (!list_empty(list));
 
 	hctx->dispatched[queued_to_index(queued)]++;
 
diff --git a/block/blk-mq.h b/block/blk-mq.h
index b79f9a7d8cf6..660a17e1d033 100644
--- a/block/blk-mq.h
+++ b/block/blk-mq.h
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ void blk_mq_freeze_queue(struct request_queue *q);
 void blk_mq_free_queue(struct request_queue *q);
 int blk_mq_update_nr_requests(struct request_queue *q, unsigned int nr);
 void blk_mq_wake_waiters(struct request_queue *q);
-bool blk_mq_dispatch_rq_list(struct blk_mq_hw_ctx *, struct list_head *);
+bool blk_mq_dispatch_rq_list(struct request_queue *, struct list_head *);
 void blk_mq_flush_busy_ctxs(struct blk_mq_hw_ctx *hctx, struct list_head *list);
 bool blk_mq_hctx_has_pending(struct blk_mq_hw_ctx *hctx);
 bool blk_mq_get_driver_tag(struct request *rq, struct blk_mq_hw_ctx **hctx,