diff --git a/block/blk-mq.c b/block/blk-mq.c
index b70a4ad78b63..a5d369dc7622 100644
--- a/block/blk-mq.c
+++ b/block/blk-mq.c
@@ -1097,9 +1097,19 @@ static void __blk_mq_run_hw_queue(struct blk_mq_hw_ctx *hctx)
 {
 	int srcu_idx;
 
+	/*
+	 * We should be running this queue from one of the CPUs that
+	 * are mapped to it.
+	 */
 	WARN_ON(!cpumask_test_cpu(raw_smp_processor_id(), hctx->cpumask) &&
 		cpu_online(hctx->next_cpu));
 
+	/*
+	 * We can't run the queue inline with ints disabled. Ensure that
+	 * we catch bad users of this early.
+	 */
+	WARN_ON_ONCE(in_interrupt());
+
 	if (!(hctx->flags & BLK_MQ_F_BLOCKING)) {
 		rcu_read_lock();
 		blk_mq_sched_dispatch_requests(hctx);