diff --git a/block/blk-mq.c b/block/blk-mq.c
index c88e6089746d..df8e1e09dd17 100644
--- a/block/blk-mq.c
+++ b/block/blk-mq.c
@@ -119,7 +119,16 @@ void blk_mq_freeze_queue(struct request_queue *q)
 	spin_unlock_irq(q->queue_lock);
 
 	if (freeze) {
-		percpu_ref_kill(&q->mq_usage_counter);
+		/*
+		 * XXX: Temporary kludge to work around SCSI blk-mq stall.
+		 * SCSI synchronously creates and destroys many queues
+		 * back-to-back during probe leading to lengthy stalls.
+		 * This will be fixed by keeping ->mq_usage_counter in
+		 * atomic mode until genhd registration, but, for now,
+		 * let's work around using expedited synchronization.
+		 */
+		__percpu_ref_kill_expedited(&q->mq_usage_counter);
+
 		blk_mq_run_queues(q, false);
 	}
 	wait_event(q->mq_freeze_wq, percpu_ref_is_zero(&q->mq_usage_counter));
diff --git a/include/linux/percpu-refcount.h b/include/linux/percpu-refcount.h
index 3dfbf237cd8f..ef5894ca8e50 100644
--- a/include/linux/percpu-refcount.h
+++ b/include/linux/percpu-refcount.h
@@ -71,6 +71,7 @@ void percpu_ref_reinit(struct percpu_ref *ref);
 void percpu_ref_exit(struct percpu_ref *ref);
 void percpu_ref_kill_and_confirm(struct percpu_ref *ref,
 				 percpu_ref_func_t *confirm_kill);
+void __percpu_ref_kill_expedited(struct percpu_ref *ref);
 
 /**
  * percpu_ref_kill - drop the initial ref
diff --git a/lib/percpu-refcount.c b/lib/percpu-refcount.c
index fe5a3342e960..a89cf09a8268 100644
--- a/lib/percpu-refcount.c
+++ b/lib/percpu-refcount.c
@@ -184,3 +184,19 @@ void percpu_ref_kill_and_confirm(struct percpu_ref *ref,
 	call_rcu_sched(&ref->rcu, percpu_ref_kill_rcu);
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(percpu_ref_kill_and_confirm);
+
+/*
+ * XXX: Temporary kludge to work around SCSI blk-mq stall.  Used only by
+ * block/blk-mq.c::blk_mq_freeze_queue().  Will be removed during v3.18
+ * devel cycle.  Do not use anywhere else.
+ */
+void __percpu_ref_kill_expedited(struct percpu_ref *ref)
+{
+	WARN_ONCE(ref->pcpu_count_ptr & PCPU_REF_DEAD,
+		  "percpu_ref_kill() called more than once on %pf!",
+		  ref->release);
+
+	ref->pcpu_count_ptr |= PCPU_REF_DEAD;
+	synchronize_sched_expedited();
+	percpu_ref_kill_rcu(&ref->rcu);
+}