diff --git a/block/blk-mq.c b/block/blk-mq.c
index 447c37f39e32..d95034ae64f6 100644
--- a/block/blk-mq.c
+++ b/block/blk-mq.c
@@ -501,11 +501,7 @@ static void blk_mq_requeue_work(struct work_struct *work)
 		blk_mq_insert_request(rq, false, false, false);
 	}
 
-	/*
-	 * Use the start variant of queue running here, so that running
-	 * the requeue work will kick stopped queues.
-	 */
-	blk_mq_start_hw_queues(q);
+	blk_mq_run_hw_queues(q, false);
 }
 
 void blk_mq_add_to_requeue_list(struct request *rq, bool at_head)
diff --git a/drivers/block/xen-blkfront.c b/drivers/block/xen-blkfront.c
index 9908597c5209..71ca36eab558 100644
--- a/drivers/block/xen-blkfront.c
+++ b/drivers/block/xen-blkfront.c
@@ -2045,6 +2045,7 @@ static int blkif_recover(struct blkfront_info *info)
 		BUG_ON(req->nr_phys_segments > segs);
 		blk_mq_requeue_request(req);
 	}
+	blk_mq_start_stopped_hw_queues(info->rq, true);
 	blk_mq_kick_requeue_list(info->rq);
 
 	while ((bio = bio_list_pop(&info->bio_list)) != NULL) {
diff --git a/drivers/md/dm-rq.c b/drivers/md/dm-rq.c
index f76cc36b8546..a9e9e781bb77 100644
--- a/drivers/md/dm-rq.c
+++ b/drivers/md/dm-rq.c
@@ -338,12 +338,7 @@ static void dm_old_requeue_request(struct request *rq)
 
 static void __dm_mq_kick_requeue_list(struct request_queue *q, unsigned long msecs)
 {
-	unsigned long flags;
-
-	spin_lock_irqsave(q->queue_lock, flags);
-	if (!blk_queue_stopped(q))
-		blk_mq_delay_kick_requeue_list(q, msecs);
-	spin_unlock_irqrestore(q->queue_lock, flags);
+	blk_mq_delay_kick_requeue_list(q, msecs);
 }
 
 void dm_mq_kick_requeue_list(struct mapped_device *md)
diff --git a/drivers/scsi/scsi_lib.c b/drivers/scsi/scsi_lib.c
index 8c52622ac257..2b78ff12bf3c 100644
--- a/drivers/scsi/scsi_lib.c
+++ b/drivers/scsi/scsi_lib.c
@@ -1952,7 +1952,6 @@ static int scsi_queue_rq(struct blk_mq_hw_ctx *hctx,
 out:
 	switch (ret) {
 	case BLK_MQ_RQ_QUEUE_BUSY:
-		blk_mq_stop_hw_queue(hctx);
 		if (atomic_read(&sdev->device_busy) == 0 &&
 		    !scsi_device_blocked(sdev))
 			blk_mq_delay_queue(hctx, SCSI_QUEUE_DELAY);