diff --git a/block/blk-mq.c b/block/blk-mq.c
index 21f3eda98431..e13bdc2707ce 100644
--- a/block/blk-mq.c
+++ b/block/blk-mq.c
@@ -1794,8 +1794,12 @@ void blk_mq_try_issue_list_directly(struct blk_mq_hw_ctx *hctx,
 		list_del_init(&rq->queuelist);
 		ret = blk_mq_request_issue_directly(rq);
 		if (ret != BLK_STS_OK) {
-			list_add(&rq->queuelist, list);
-			break;
+			if (ret == BLK_STS_RESOURCE ||
+					ret == BLK_STS_DEV_RESOURCE) {
+				list_add(&rq->queuelist, list);
+				break;
+			}
+			blk_mq_end_request(rq, ret);
 		}
 	}
 }