diff --git a/block/blk-mq.c b/block/blk-mq.c
index 159187a28d66..a4546f060e80 100644
--- a/block/blk-mq.c
+++ b/block/blk-mq.c
@@ -1434,7 +1434,8 @@ static blk_qc_t request_to_qc_t(struct blk_mq_hw_ctx *hctx, struct request *rq)
 	return blk_tag_to_qc_t(rq->internal_tag, hctx->queue_num, true);
 }
 
-static void blk_mq_try_issue_directly(struct request *rq, blk_qc_t *cookie)
+static void blk_mq_try_issue_directly(struct request *rq, blk_qc_t *cookie,
+				      bool may_sleep)
 {
 	struct request_queue *q = rq->q;
 	struct blk_mq_queue_data bd = {
@@ -1475,7 +1476,7 @@ static void blk_mq_try_issue_directly(struct request *rq, blk_qc_t *cookie)
 	}
 
 insert:
-	blk_mq_sched_insert_request(rq, false, true, true, false);
+	blk_mq_sched_insert_request(rq, false, true, false, may_sleep);
 }
 
 /*
@@ -1569,11 +1570,11 @@ static blk_qc_t blk_mq_make_request(struct request_queue *q, struct bio *bio)
 
 		if (!(data.hctx->flags & BLK_MQ_F_BLOCKING)) {
 			rcu_read_lock();
-			blk_mq_try_issue_directly(old_rq, &cookie);
+			blk_mq_try_issue_directly(old_rq, &cookie, false);
 			rcu_read_unlock();
 		} else {
 			srcu_idx = srcu_read_lock(&data.hctx->queue_rq_srcu);
-			blk_mq_try_issue_directly(old_rq, &cookie);
+			blk_mq_try_issue_directly(old_rq, &cookie, true);
 			srcu_read_unlock(&data.hctx->queue_rq_srcu, srcu_idx);
 		}
 		goto done;