If in blk_mq_dispatch_rq_list() we find no budget, then we break of the dispatch loop, but the request may keep the driver tag, evaulated in 'nxt' in the previous loop iteration. Fix by putting the driver tag for that request. Signed-off-by: John Garry <john.garry@xxxxxxxxxx> diff --git a/block/blk-mq.c b/block/blk-mq.c index 8e56884fd2e9..a7785df2c944 100644 --- a/block/blk-mq.c +++ b/block/blk-mq.c @@ -1222,8 +1222,10 @@ bool blk_mq_dispatch_rq_list(struct request_queue *q, struct list_head *list, rq = list_first_entry(list, struct request, queuelist); hctx = rq->mq_hctx; - if (!got_budget && !blk_mq_get_dispatch_budget(hctx)) + if (!got_budget && !blk_mq_get_dispatch_budget(hctx)) { + blk_mq_put_driver_tag(rq); break; + } if (!blk_mq_get_driver_tag(rq)) { /* -- 2.16.4