diff --git a/block/blk-mq-sched.c b/block/blk-mq-sched.c
index c838d81ac058..0f006cabfd91 100644
--- a/block/blk-mq-sched.c
+++ b/block/blk-mq-sched.c
@@ -515,17 +515,6 @@ void blk_mq_sched_insert_requests(struct blk_mq_hw_ctx *hctx,
 	percpu_ref_put(&q->q_usage_counter);
 }
 
-static void blk_mq_sched_free_tags(struct blk_mq_tag_set *set,
-				   struct blk_mq_hw_ctx *hctx,
-				   unsigned int hctx_idx)
-{
-	if (hctx->sched_tags) {
-		blk_mq_free_rqs(set, hctx->sched_tags, hctx_idx);
-		blk_mq_free_rq_map(hctx->sched_tags, set->flags);
-		hctx->sched_tags = NULL;
-	}
-}
-
 static int blk_mq_sched_alloc_tags(struct request_queue *q,
 				   struct blk_mq_hw_ctx *hctx,
 				   unsigned int hctx_idx)
@@ -539,8 +528,10 @@ static int blk_mq_sched_alloc_tags(struct request_queue *q,
 		return -ENOMEM;
 
 	ret = blk_mq_alloc_rqs(set, hctx->sched_tags, hctx_idx, q->nr_requests);
-	if (ret)
-		blk_mq_sched_free_tags(set, hctx, hctx_idx);
+	if (ret) {
+		blk_mq_free_rq_map(hctx->sched_tags, set->flags);
+		hctx->sched_tags = NULL;
+	}
 
 	return ret;
 }