diff --git a/block/blk-exec.c b/block/blk-exec.c
index 85324d53d072..2e37e85456fb 100644
--- a/block/blk-exec.c
+++ b/block/blk-exec.c
@@ -31,8 +31,7 @@ static void blk_end_sync_rq(struct request *rq, blk_status_t error)
 }
 
 /**
- * blk_execute_rq_nowait - insert a request into queue for execution
- * @q:		queue to insert the request in
+ * blk_execute_rq_nowait - insert a request to I/O scheduler for execution
  * @bd_disk:	matching gendisk
  * @rq:		request to insert
  * @at_head:    insert request at head or tail of queue
@@ -45,9 +44,8 @@ static void blk_end_sync_rq(struct request *rq, blk_status_t error)
  * Note:
  *    This function will invoke @done directly if the queue is dead.
  */
-void blk_execute_rq_nowait(struct request_queue *q, struct gendisk *bd_disk,
-			   struct request *rq, int at_head,
-			   rq_end_io_fn *done)
+void blk_execute_rq_nowait(struct gendisk *bd_disk, struct request *rq,
+			   int at_head, rq_end_io_fn *done)
 {
 	WARN_ON(irqs_disabled());
 	WARN_ON(!blk_rq_is_passthrough(rq));
@@ -83,7 +81,7 @@ void blk_execute_rq(struct request_queue *q, struct gendisk *bd_disk,
 	unsigned long hang_check;
 
 	rq->end_io_data = &wait;
-	blk_execute_rq_nowait(q, bd_disk, rq, at_head, blk_end_sync_rq);
+	blk_execute_rq_nowait(bd_disk, rq, at_head, blk_end_sync_rq);
 
 	/* Prevent hang_check timer from firing at us during very long I/O */
 	hang_check = sysctl_hung_task_timeout_secs;
diff --git a/drivers/block/sx8.c b/drivers/block/sx8.c
index 4478eb7efee0..2cdf2771f8e8 100644
--- a/drivers/block/sx8.c
+++ b/drivers/block/sx8.c
@@ -539,7 +539,7 @@ static int carm_array_info (struct carm_host *host, unsigned int array_idx)
 	spin_unlock_irq(&host->lock);
 
 	DPRINTK("blk_execute_rq_nowait, tag == %u\n", rq->tag);
-	blk_execute_rq_nowait(host->oob_q, NULL, rq, true, NULL);
+	blk_execute_rq_nowait(NULL, rq, true, NULL);
 
 	return 0;
 
@@ -578,7 +578,7 @@ static int carm_send_special (struct carm_host *host, carm_sspc_t func)
 	crq->msg_bucket = (u32) rc;
 
 	DPRINTK("blk_execute_rq_nowait, tag == %u\n", rq->tag);
-	blk_execute_rq_nowait(host->oob_q, NULL, rq, true, NULL);
+	blk_execute_rq_nowait(NULL, rq, true, NULL);
 
 	return 0;
 }
diff --git a/drivers/nvme/host/core.c b/drivers/nvme/host/core.c
index a39befb4deba..0bea9ae03092 100644
--- a/drivers/nvme/host/core.c
+++ b/drivers/nvme/host/core.c
@@ -925,7 +925,7 @@ static void nvme_execute_rq_polled(struct request_queue *q,
 
 	rq->cmd_flags |= REQ_HIPRI;
 	rq->end_io_data = &wait;
-	blk_execute_rq_nowait(q, bd_disk, rq, at_head, nvme_end_sync_rq);
+	blk_execute_rq_nowait(bd_disk, rq, at_head, nvme_end_sync_rq);
 
 	while (!completion_done(&wait)) {
 		blk_poll(q, request_to_qc_t(rq->mq_hctx, rq), true);
@@ -1202,7 +1202,7 @@ static int nvme_keep_alive(struct nvme_ctrl *ctrl)
 	rq->timeout = ctrl->kato * HZ;
 	rq->end_io_data = ctrl;
 
-	blk_execute_rq_nowait(rq->q, NULL, rq, 0, nvme_keep_alive_end_io);
+	blk_execute_rq_nowait(NULL, rq, 0, nvme_keep_alive_end_io);
 
 	return 0;
 }
diff --git a/drivers/nvme/host/lightnvm.c b/drivers/nvme/host/lightnvm.c
index 6c8eab8de288..0e5a55075e35 100644
--- a/drivers/nvme/host/lightnvm.c
+++ b/drivers/nvme/host/lightnvm.c
@@ -695,7 +695,7 @@ static int nvme_nvm_submit_io(struct nvm_dev *dev, struct nvm_rq *rqd,
 
 	rq->end_io_data = rqd;
 
-	blk_execute_rq_nowait(q, NULL, rq, 0, nvme_nvm_end_io);
+	blk_execute_rq_nowait(NULL, rq, 0, nvme_nvm_end_io);
 
 	return 0;
 
diff --git a/drivers/nvme/host/pci.c b/drivers/nvme/host/pci.c
index 856aa31931c1..5b78e68be9a1 100644
--- a/drivers/nvme/host/pci.c
+++ b/drivers/nvme/host/pci.c
@@ -1357,7 +1357,7 @@ static enum blk_eh_timer_return nvme_timeout(struct request *req, bool reserved)
 	}
 
 	abort_req->end_io_data = NULL;
-	blk_execute_rq_nowait(abort_req->q, NULL, abort_req, 0, abort_endio);
+	blk_execute_rq_nowait(NULL, abort_req, 0, abort_endio);
 
 	/*
 	 * The aborted req will be completed on receiving the abort req.
@@ -2281,7 +2281,7 @@ static int nvme_delete_queue(struct nvme_queue *nvmeq, u8 opcode)
 	req->end_io_data = nvmeq;
 
 	init_completion(&nvmeq->delete_done);
-	blk_execute_rq_nowait(q, NULL, req, false,
+	blk_execute_rq_nowait(NULL, req, false,
 			opcode == nvme_admin_delete_cq ?
 				nvme_del_cq_end : nvme_del_queue_end);
 	return 0;
diff --git a/drivers/nvme/target/passthru.c b/drivers/nvme/target/passthru.c
index b9776fc8f08f..cbc88acdd233 100644
--- a/drivers/nvme/target/passthru.c
+++ b/drivers/nvme/target/passthru.c
@@ -275,7 +275,7 @@ static void nvmet_passthru_execute_cmd(struct nvmet_req *req)
 		schedule_work(&req->p.work);
 	} else {
 		rq->end_io_data = req;
-		blk_execute_rq_nowait(rq->q, ns ? ns->disk : NULL, rq, 0,
+		blk_execute_rq_nowait(ns ? ns->disk : NULL, rq, 0,
 				      nvmet_passthru_req_done);
 	}
 
diff --git a/drivers/scsi/scsi_error.c b/drivers/scsi/scsi_error.c
index f11f51e2465f..c00f06e9ecb0 100644
--- a/drivers/scsi/scsi_error.c
+++ b/drivers/scsi/scsi_error.c
@@ -2007,7 +2007,7 @@ static void scsi_eh_lock_door(struct scsi_device *sdev)
 	req->timeout = 10 * HZ;
 	rq->retries = 5;
 
-	blk_execute_rq_nowait(req->q, NULL, req, 1, eh_lock_door_done);
+	blk_execute_rq_nowait(NULL, req, 1, eh_lock_door_done);
 }
 
 /**
diff --git a/drivers/scsi/sg.c b/drivers/scsi/sg.c
index bfa8d77322d7..4383d93110f8 100644
--- a/drivers/scsi/sg.c
+++ b/drivers/scsi/sg.c
@@ -829,8 +829,7 @@ sg_common_write(Sg_fd * sfp, Sg_request * srp,
 
 	srp->rq->timeout = timeout;
 	kref_get(&sfp->f_ref); /* sg_rq_end_io() does kref_put(). */
-	blk_execute_rq_nowait(sdp->device->request_queue, sdp->disk,
-			      srp->rq, at_head, sg_rq_end_io);
+	blk_execute_rq_nowait(sdp->disk, srp->rq, at_head, sg_rq_end_io);
 	return 0;
 }
 
diff --git a/drivers/scsi/st.c b/drivers/scsi/st.c
index 43f7624508a9..841ad2fc369a 100644
--- a/drivers/scsi/st.c
+++ b/drivers/scsi/st.c
@@ -585,7 +585,7 @@ static int st_scsi_execute(struct st_request *SRpnt, const unsigned char *cmd,
 	rq->retries = retries;
 	req->end_io_data = SRpnt;
 
-	blk_execute_rq_nowait(req->q, NULL, req, 1, st_scsi_execute_end);
+	blk_execute_rq_nowait(NULL, req, 1, st_scsi_execute_end);
 	return 0;
 }
 
diff --git a/drivers/target/target_core_pscsi.c b/drivers/target/target_core_pscsi.c
index 7994f27e4527..33770e5808ce 100644
--- a/drivers/target/target_core_pscsi.c
+++ b/drivers/target/target_core_pscsi.c
@@ -1000,8 +1000,7 @@ pscsi_execute_cmd(struct se_cmd *cmd)
 		req->timeout = PS_TIMEOUT_OTHER;
 	scsi_req(req)->retries = PS_RETRY;
 
-	blk_execute_rq_nowait(pdv->pdv_sd->request_queue, NULL, req,
-			(cmd->sam_task_attr == TCM_HEAD_TAG),
+	blk_execute_rq_nowait(NULL, req, (cmd->sam_task_attr == TCM_HEAD_TAG),
 			pscsi_req_done);
 
 	return 0;
diff --git a/include/linux/blkdev.h b/include/linux/blkdev.h
index 4526b9ef8edb..623a61239429 100644
--- a/include/linux/blkdev.h
+++ b/include/linux/blkdev.h
@@ -950,7 +950,7 @@ extern int blk_rq_map_user_iov(struct request_queue *, struct request *,
 			       gfp_t);
 extern void blk_execute_rq(struct request_queue *, struct gendisk *,
 			  struct request *, int);
-extern void blk_execute_rq_nowait(struct request_queue *, struct gendisk *,
+extern void blk_execute_rq_nowait(struct gendisk *,
 				  struct request *, int, rq_end_io_fn *);
 
 /* Helper to convert REQ_OP_XXX to its string format XXX */