diff --git a/block/blk-core.c b/block/blk-core.c
index ce12515f9b9b..ca1a3af49f87 100644
--- a/block/blk-core.c
+++ b/block/blk-core.c
@@ -3431,6 +3431,8 @@ int blk_lld_busy(struct request_queue *q)
 {
 	if (q->lld_busy_fn)
 		return q->lld_busy_fn(q);
+	if (q->mq_ops && q->mq_ops->busy)
+		return q->mq_ops->busy(q);
 
 	return 0;
 }
diff --git a/include/linux/blk-mq.h b/include/linux/blk-mq.h
index 2286dc12c6bc..5c8418ebbfd6 100644
--- a/include/linux/blk-mq.h
+++ b/include/linux/blk-mq.h
@@ -114,6 +114,7 @@ typedef void (busy_iter_fn)(struct blk_mq_hw_ctx *, struct request *, void *,
 typedef void (busy_tag_iter_fn)(struct request *, void *, bool);
 typedef int (poll_fn)(struct blk_mq_hw_ctx *, unsigned int);
 typedef int (map_queues_fn)(struct blk_mq_tag_set *set);
+typedef bool (busy_fn)(struct request_queue *);
 
 
 struct blk_mq_ops {
@@ -165,6 +166,11 @@ struct blk_mq_ops {
 	/* Called from inside blk_get_request() */
 	void (*initialize_rq_fn)(struct request *rq);
 
+	/*
+	 * If set, returns whether or not this queue currently is busy
+	 */
+	busy_fn			*busy;
+
 	map_queues_fn		*map_queues;
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_BLK_DEBUG_FS