diff --git a/block/blk-mq.c b/block/blk-mq.c
index e644feec068c..48d2d8495f5e 100644
--- a/block/blk-mq.c
+++ b/block/blk-mq.c
@@ -1031,75 +1031,21 @@ static void blk_mq_hctx_notify(void *data, unsigned long action,
 	blk_mq_put_ctx(ctx);
 }
 
-static int blk_mq_init_hw_commands(struct blk_mq_hw_ctx *hctx,
-				   int (*init)(void *, struct blk_mq_hw_ctx *,
-					struct request *, unsigned int),
-				   void *data)
-{
-	unsigned int i;
-	int ret = 0;
-
-	for (i = 0; i < hctx->queue_depth; i++) {
-		struct request *rq = hctx->rqs[i];
-
-		ret = init(data, hctx, rq, i);
-		if (ret)
-			break;
-	}
-
-	return ret;
-}
-
-int blk_mq_init_commands(struct request_queue *q,
-			 int (*init)(void *, struct blk_mq_hw_ctx *,
-					struct request *, unsigned int),
-			 void *data)
-{
-	struct blk_mq_hw_ctx *hctx;
-	unsigned int i;
-	int ret = 0;
-
-	queue_for_each_hw_ctx(q, hctx, i) {
-		ret = blk_mq_init_hw_commands(hctx, init, data);
-		if (ret)
-			break;
-	}
-
-	return ret;
-}
-EXPORT_SYMBOL(blk_mq_init_commands);
-
-static void blk_mq_free_hw_commands(struct blk_mq_hw_ctx *hctx,
-				    void (*free)(void *, struct blk_mq_hw_ctx *,
-					struct request *, unsigned int),
-				    void *data)
-{
-	unsigned int i;
-
-	for (i = 0; i < hctx->queue_depth; i++) {
-		struct request *rq = hctx->rqs[i];
-
-		free(data, hctx, rq, i);
-	}
-}
-
-void blk_mq_free_commands(struct request_queue *q,
-			  void (*free)(void *, struct blk_mq_hw_ctx *,
-					struct request *, unsigned int),
-			  void *data)
-{
-	struct blk_mq_hw_ctx *hctx;
-	unsigned int i;
-
-	queue_for_each_hw_ctx(q, hctx, i)
-		blk_mq_free_hw_commands(hctx, free, data);
-}
-EXPORT_SYMBOL(blk_mq_free_commands);
-
-static void blk_mq_free_rq_map(struct blk_mq_hw_ctx *hctx)
+static void blk_mq_free_rq_map(struct blk_mq_hw_ctx *hctx, void *driver_data)
 {
 	struct page *page;
 
+	if (hctx->rqs && hctx->queue->mq_ops->exit_request) {
+		int i;
+
+		for (i = 0; i < hctx->queue_depth; i++) {
+			if (!hctx->rqs[i])
+				continue;
+			hctx->queue->mq_ops->exit_request(driver_data, hctx,
+							  hctx->rqs[i], i);
+		}
+	}
+
 	while (!list_empty(&hctx->page_list)) {
 		page = list_first_entry(&hctx->page_list, struct page, lru);
 		list_del_init(&page->lru);
@@ -1123,10 +1069,12 @@ static size_t order_to_size(unsigned int order)
 }
 
 static int blk_mq_init_rq_map(struct blk_mq_hw_ctx *hctx,
-			      unsigned int reserved_tags, int node)
+		struct blk_mq_reg *reg, void *driver_data, int node)
 {
+	unsigned int reserved_tags = reg->reserved_tags;
 	unsigned int i, j, entries_per_page, max_order = 4;
 	size_t rq_size, left;
+	int error;
 
 	INIT_LIST_HEAD(&hctx->page_list);
 
@@ -1175,14 +1123,23 @@ static int blk_mq_init_rq_map(struct blk_mq_hw_ctx *hctx,
 		for (j = 0; j < to_do; j++) {
 			hctx->rqs[i] = p;
 			blk_rq_init(hctx->queue, hctx->rqs[i]);
+			if (reg->ops->init_request) {
+				error = reg->ops->init_request(driver_data,
+						hctx, hctx->rqs[i], i);
+				if (error)
+					goto err_rq_map;
+			}
+
 			p += rq_size;
 			i++;
 		}
 	}
 
-	if (i < (reserved_tags + BLK_MQ_TAG_MIN))
+	if (i < (reserved_tags + BLK_MQ_TAG_MIN)) {
+		error = -ENOMEM;
 		goto err_rq_map;
-	else if (i != hctx->queue_depth) {
+	}
+	if (i != hctx->queue_depth) {
 		hctx->queue_depth = i;
 		pr_warn("%s: queue depth set to %u because of low memory\n",
 					__func__, i);
@@ -1190,12 +1147,14 @@ static int blk_mq_init_rq_map(struct blk_mq_hw_ctx *hctx,
 
 	hctx->tags = blk_mq_init_tags(hctx->queue_depth, reserved_tags, node);
 	if (!hctx->tags) {
-err_rq_map:
-		blk_mq_free_rq_map(hctx);
-		return -ENOMEM;
+		error = -ENOMEM;
+		goto err_rq_map;
 	}
 
 	return 0;
+err_rq_map:
+	blk_mq_free_rq_map(hctx, driver_data);
+	return error;
 }
 
 static int blk_mq_init_hw_queues(struct request_queue *q,
@@ -1228,7 +1187,7 @@ static int blk_mq_init_hw_queues(struct request_queue *q,
 						blk_mq_hctx_notify, hctx);
 		blk_mq_register_cpu_notifier(&hctx->cpu_notifier);
 
-		if (blk_mq_init_rq_map(hctx, reg->reserved_tags, node))
+		if (blk_mq_init_rq_map(hctx, reg, driver_data, node))
 			break;
 
 		/*
@@ -1268,7 +1227,7 @@ static int blk_mq_init_hw_queues(struct request_queue *q,
 			reg->ops->exit_hctx(hctx, j);
 
 		blk_mq_unregister_cpu_notifier(&hctx->cpu_notifier);
-		blk_mq_free_rq_map(hctx);
+		blk_mq_free_rq_map(hctx, driver_data);
 		kfree(hctx->ctxs);
 	}
 
@@ -1455,7 +1414,7 @@ void blk_mq_free_queue(struct request_queue *q)
 	queue_for_each_hw_ctx(q, hctx, i) {
 		kfree(hctx->ctx_map);
 		kfree(hctx->ctxs);
-		blk_mq_free_rq_map(hctx);
+		blk_mq_free_rq_map(hctx, q->queuedata);
 		blk_mq_unregister_cpu_notifier(&hctx->cpu_notifier);
 		if (q->mq_ops->exit_hctx)
 			q->mq_ops->exit_hctx(hctx, i);
diff --git a/drivers/block/virtio_blk.c b/drivers/block/virtio_blk.c
index c7d02bc9d945..d06206abd340 100644
--- a/drivers/block/virtio_blk.c
+++ b/drivers/block/virtio_blk.c
@@ -480,11 +480,22 @@ static const struct device_attribute dev_attr_cache_type_rw =
 	__ATTR(cache_type, S_IRUGO|S_IWUSR,
 	       virtblk_cache_type_show, virtblk_cache_type_store);
 
+static int virtblk_init_request(void *data, struct blk_mq_hw_ctx *hctx,
+		struct request *rq, unsigned int nr)
+{
+	struct virtio_blk *vblk = data;
+	struct virtblk_req *vbr = blk_mq_rq_to_pdu(rq);
+
+	sg_init_table(vbr->sg, vblk->sg_elems);
+	return 0;
+}
+
 static struct blk_mq_ops virtio_mq_ops = {
 	.queue_rq	= virtio_queue_rq,
 	.map_queue	= blk_mq_map_queue,
 	.alloc_hctx	= blk_mq_alloc_single_hw_queue,
 	.free_hctx	= blk_mq_free_single_hw_queue,
+	.init_request	= virtblk_init_request,
 	.complete	= virtblk_request_done,
 };
 
@@ -497,16 +508,6 @@ static struct blk_mq_reg virtio_mq_reg = {
 };
 module_param_named(queue_depth, virtio_mq_reg.queue_depth, uint, 0444);
 
-static int virtblk_init_vbr(void *data, struct blk_mq_hw_ctx *hctx,
-			     struct request *rq, unsigned int nr)
-{
-	struct virtio_blk *vblk = data;
-	struct virtblk_req *vbr = blk_mq_rq_to_pdu(rq);
-
-	sg_init_table(vbr->sg, vblk->sg_elems);
-	return 0;
-}
-
 static int virtblk_probe(struct virtio_device *vdev)
 {
 	struct virtio_blk *vblk;
@@ -577,8 +578,6 @@ static int virtblk_probe(struct virtio_device *vdev)
 		goto out_put_disk;
 	}
 
-	blk_mq_init_commands(q, virtblk_init_vbr, vblk);
-
 	q->queuedata = vblk;
 
 	virtblk_name_format("vd", index, vblk->disk->disk_name, DISK_NAME_LEN);
diff --git a/include/linux/blk-mq.h b/include/linux/blk-mq.h
index b6ee48740458..29c1a6e83814 100644
--- a/include/linux/blk-mq.h
+++ b/include/linux/blk-mq.h
@@ -67,6 +67,10 @@ typedef struct blk_mq_hw_ctx *(alloc_hctx_fn)(struct blk_mq_reg *,unsigned int);
 typedef void (free_hctx_fn)(struct blk_mq_hw_ctx *, unsigned int);
 typedef int (init_hctx_fn)(struct blk_mq_hw_ctx *, void *, unsigned int);
 typedef void (exit_hctx_fn)(struct blk_mq_hw_ctx *, unsigned int);
+typedef int (init_request_fn)(void *, struct blk_mq_hw_ctx *,
+		struct request *, unsigned int);
+typedef void (exit_request_fn)(void *, struct blk_mq_hw_ctx *,
+		struct request *, unsigned int);
 
 struct blk_mq_ops {
 	/*
@@ -99,6 +103,14 @@ struct blk_mq_ops {
 	 */
 	init_hctx_fn		*init_hctx;
 	exit_hctx_fn		*exit_hctx;
+
+	/*
+	 * Called for every command allocated by the block layer to allow
+	 * the driver to set up driver specific data.
+	 * Ditto for exit/teardown.
+	 */
+	init_request_fn		*init_request;
+	exit_request_fn		*exit_request;
 };
 
 enum {
@@ -118,8 +130,6 @@ enum {
 struct request_queue *blk_mq_init_queue(struct blk_mq_reg *, void *);
 int blk_mq_register_disk(struct gendisk *);
 void blk_mq_unregister_disk(struct gendisk *);
-int blk_mq_init_commands(struct request_queue *, int (*init)(void *data, struct blk_mq_hw_ctx *, struct request *, unsigned int), void *data);
-void blk_mq_free_commands(struct request_queue *, void (*free)(void *data, struct blk_mq_hw_ctx *, struct request *, unsigned int), void *data);
 
 void blk_mq_flush_plug_list(struct blk_plug *plug, bool from_schedule);