The callee: blk_mq_flush_plug_list already has an empty list check for plug->mq_list. Remove the check for empty list from the caller:blk_flush_plug. Signed-off-by: Pankaj Raghav <p.raghav@xxxxxxxxxxx> --- block/blk-core.c | 4 ++-- 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/block/blk-core.c b/block/blk-core.c index b043de2baaac..a309e7cca218 100644 --- a/block/blk-core.c +++ b/block/blk-core.c @@ -1588,8 +1588,8 @@ void blk_flush_plug(struct blk_plug *plug, bool from_schedule) { if (!list_empty(&plug->cb_list)) flush_plug_callbacks(plug, from_schedule); - if (!rq_list_empty(plug->mq_list)) - blk_mq_flush_plug_list(plug, from_schedule); + + blk_mq_flush_plug_list(plug, from_schedule); /* * Unconditionally flush out cached requests, even if the unplug * event came from schedule. Since we know hold references to the -- 2.25.1