diff --git a/block/blk-mq.c b/block/blk-mq.c
index 6e3b15f70cd7..5d4bef3c378d 100644
--- a/block/blk-mq.c
+++ b/block/blk-mq.c
@@ -2012,6 +2012,8 @@ static blk_qc_t blk_mq_make_request(struct request_queue *q, struct bio *bio)
 		}
 
 		blk_add_rq_to_plug(plug, rq);
+	} else if (q->elevator) {
+		blk_mq_sched_insert_request(rq, false, true, true);
 	} else if (plug && !blk_queue_nomerges(q)) {
 		/*
 		 * We do limited plugging. If the bio can be merged, do that.
@@ -2035,8 +2037,8 @@ static blk_qc_t blk_mq_make_request(struct request_queue *q, struct bio *bio)
 			blk_mq_try_issue_directly(data.hctx, same_queue_rq,
 					&cookie);
 		}
-	} else if ((q->nr_hw_queues > 1 && is_sync) || (!q->elevator &&
-			!data.hctx->dispatch_busy)) {
+	} else if ((q->nr_hw_queues > 1 && is_sync) ||
+			!data.hctx->dispatch_busy) {
 		blk_mq_try_issue_directly(data.hctx, rq, &cookie);
 	} else {
 		blk_mq_sched_insert_request(rq, false, true, true);