diff --git a/block/blk-mq.c b/block/blk-mq.c
index 2864e191cc86..28bf667bfe09 100644
--- a/block/blk-mq.c
+++ b/block/blk-mq.c
@@ -944,6 +944,26 @@ void blk_mq_run_hw_queues(struct request_queue *q, bool async)
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(blk_mq_run_hw_queues);
 
+/**
+ * blk_mq_queue_stopped() - check whether one or more hctxs have been stopped
+ * @q: request queue.
+ *
+ * The caller is responsible for serializing this function against
+ * blk_mq_{start,stop}_hw_queue().
+ */
+bool blk_mq_queue_stopped(struct request_queue *q)
+{
+	struct blk_mq_hw_ctx *hctx;
+	int i;
+
+	queue_for_each_hw_ctx(q, hctx, i)
+		if (blk_mq_hctx_stopped(hctx))
+			return true;
+
+	return false;
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL(blk_mq_queue_stopped);
+
 void blk_mq_stop_hw_queue(struct blk_mq_hw_ctx *hctx)
 {
 	cancel_work(&hctx->run_work);
diff --git a/include/linux/blk-mq.h b/include/linux/blk-mq.h
index 535ab2e13d2e..aa930009fcd3 100644
--- a/include/linux/blk-mq.h
+++ b/include/linux/blk-mq.h
@@ -223,6 +223,7 @@ void blk_mq_delay_kick_requeue_list(struct request_queue *q, unsigned long msecs
 void blk_mq_abort_requeue_list(struct request_queue *q);
 void blk_mq_complete_request(struct request *rq, int error);
 
+bool blk_mq_queue_stopped(struct request_queue *q);
 void blk_mq_stop_hw_queue(struct blk_mq_hw_ctx *hctx);
 void blk_mq_start_hw_queue(struct blk_mq_hw_ctx *hctx);
 void blk_mq_stop_hw_queues(struct request_queue *q);