diff --git a/block/blk-core.c b/block/blk-core.c
index c00e0bdeab4a..06636f3ad424 100644
--- a/block/blk-core.c
+++ b/block/blk-core.c
@@ -1278,6 +1278,11 @@ void __blk_put_request(struct request_queue *q, struct request *req)
 	if (unlikely(!q))
 		return;
 
+	if (q->mq_ops) {
+		blk_mq_free_request(req);
+		return;
+	}
+
 	blk_pm_put_request(req);
 
 	elv_completed_request(q, req);