diff --git a/drivers/block/virtio_blk.c b/drivers/block/virtio_blk.c
index 34e17ee799be..68846897d213 100644
--- a/drivers/block/virtio_blk.c
+++ b/drivers/block/virtio_blk.c
@@ -593,10 +593,22 @@ static int virtblk_map_queues(struct blk_mq_tag_set *set)
 	return blk_mq_virtio_map_queues(set, vblk->vdev, 0);
 }
 
+#ifdef CONFIG_VIRTIO_BLK_SCSI
+static void virtblk_initialize_rq(struct request *req)
+{
+	struct virtblk_req *vbr = blk_mq_rq_to_pdu(req);
+
+	scsi_req_init(&vbr->sreq);
+}
+#endif
+
 static const struct blk_mq_ops virtio_mq_ops = {
 	.queue_rq	= virtio_queue_rq,
 	.complete	= virtblk_request_done,
 	.init_request	= virtblk_init_request,
+#ifdef CONFIG_VIRTIO_BLK_SCSI
+	.initialize_rq_fn = virtblk_initialize_rq,
+#endif
 	.map_queues	= virtblk_map_queues,
 };
 
diff --git a/drivers/ide/ide-cd.c b/drivers/ide/ide-cd.c
index 81e18f9628d0..a7355ab3bb22 100644
--- a/drivers/ide/ide-cd.c
+++ b/drivers/ide/ide-cd.c
@@ -1328,6 +1328,7 @@ static int ide_cdrom_prep_fs(struct request_queue *q, struct request *rq)
 	unsigned long blocks = blk_rq_sectors(rq) / (hard_sect >> 9);
 	struct scsi_request *req = scsi_req(rq);
 
+	scsi_req_init(req);
 	memset(req->cmd, 0, BLK_MAX_CDB);
 
 	if (rq_data_dir(rq) == READ)
diff --git a/drivers/nvme/host/core.c b/drivers/nvme/host/core.c
index 5a14cc7f28ee..37f9039bb9ca 100644
--- a/drivers/nvme/host/core.c
+++ b/drivers/nvme/host/core.c
@@ -1249,6 +1249,7 @@ static int nvme_revalidate_disk(struct gendisk *disk)
 		goto out;
 	}
 
+	__nvme_revalidate_disk(disk, id);
 	nvme_report_ns_ids(ctrl, ns->ns_id, id, eui64, nguid, &uuid);
 	if (!uuid_equal(&ns->uuid, &uuid) ||
 	    memcmp(&ns->nguid, &nguid, sizeof(ns->nguid)) ||
diff --git a/drivers/nvme/host/rdma.c b/drivers/nvme/host/rdma.c
index 87bac27ec64b..0ebb539f3bd3 100644
--- a/drivers/nvme/host/rdma.c
+++ b/drivers/nvme/host/rdma.c
@@ -1614,12 +1614,15 @@ nvme_rdma_queue_is_ready(struct nvme_rdma_queue *queue, struct request *rq)
 			/*
 			 * reconnecting state means transport disruption, which
 			 * can take a long time and even might fail permanently,
-			 * so we can't let incoming I/O be requeued forever.
-			 * fail it fast to allow upper layers a chance to
-			 * failover.
+			 * fail fast to give upper layers a chance to failover.
+			 * deleting state means that the ctrl will never accept
+			 * commands again, fail it permanently.
 			 */
-			if (queue->ctrl->ctrl.state == NVME_CTRL_RECONNECTING)
+			if (queue->ctrl->ctrl.state == NVME_CTRL_RECONNECTING ||
+			    queue->ctrl->ctrl.state == NVME_CTRL_DELETING) {
+				nvme_req(rq)->status = NVME_SC_ABORT_REQ;
 				return BLK_STS_IOERR;
+			}
 			return BLK_STS_RESOURCE; /* try again later */
 		}
 	}