diff --git a/block/blk-mq.c b/block/blk-mq.c
index 64630caaf27e..6c6aef44badd 100644
--- a/block/blk-mq.c
+++ b/block/blk-mq.c
@@ -1723,15 +1723,6 @@ static void blk_mq_bio_to_request(struct request *rq, struct bio *bio)
 	blk_account_io_start(rq, true);
 }
 
-static inline void blk_mq_queue_io(struct blk_mq_hw_ctx *hctx,
-				   struct blk_mq_ctx *ctx,
-				   struct request *rq)
-{
-	spin_lock(&ctx->lock);
-	__blk_mq_insert_request(hctx, rq, false);
-	spin_unlock(&ctx->lock);
-}
-
 static blk_qc_t request_to_qc_t(struct blk_mq_hw_ctx *hctx, struct request *rq)
 {
 	if (rq->tag != -1)
@@ -1956,15 +1947,10 @@ static blk_qc_t blk_mq_make_request(struct request_queue *q, struct bio *bio)
 		blk_mq_put_ctx(data.ctx);
 		blk_mq_bio_to_request(rq, bio);
 		blk_mq_try_issue_directly(data.hctx, rq, &cookie);
-	} else if (q->elevator) {
-		blk_mq_put_ctx(data.ctx);
-		blk_mq_bio_to_request(rq, bio);
-		blk_mq_sched_insert_request(rq, false, true, true);
 	} else {
 		blk_mq_put_ctx(data.ctx);
 		blk_mq_bio_to_request(rq, bio);
-		blk_mq_queue_io(data.hctx, data.ctx, rq);
-		blk_mq_run_hw_queue(data.hctx, true);
+		blk_mq_sched_insert_request(rq, false, true, true);
 	}
 
 	return cookie;