diff --git a/block/blk-mq-tag.c b/block/blk-mq-tag.c
index c31c4a0478a5..aacf10decdbd 100644
--- a/block/blk-mq-tag.c
+++ b/block/blk-mq-tag.c
@@ -76,7 +76,8 @@ void __blk_mq_tag_idle(struct blk_mq_hw_ctx *hctx)
 static int __blk_mq_get_tag(struct blk_mq_alloc_data *data,
 			    struct sbitmap_queue *bt)
 {
-	if (!data->q->elevator && !hctx_may_queue(data->hctx, bt))
+	if (!data->q->elevator && !(data->flags & BLK_MQ_REQ_RESERVED) &&
+			!hctx_may_queue(data->hctx, bt))
 		return BLK_MQ_NO_TAG;
 
 	if (data->shallow_depth)
diff --git a/block/blk-mq.c b/block/blk-mq.c
index 4abb71459f94..e04b759add75 100644
--- a/block/blk-mq.c
+++ b/block/blk-mq.c
@@ -1105,10 +1105,11 @@ static bool __blk_mq_get_driver_tag(struct request *rq)
 	if (blk_mq_tag_is_reserved(rq->mq_hctx->sched_tags, rq->internal_tag)) {
 		bt = rq->mq_hctx->tags->breserved_tags;
 		tag_offset = 0;
+	} else {
+		if (!hctx_may_queue(rq->mq_hctx, bt))
+			return false;
 	}
 
-	if (!hctx_may_queue(rq->mq_hctx, bt))
-		return false;
 	tag = __sbitmap_queue_get(bt);
 	if (tag == BLK_MQ_NO_TAG)
 		return false;