diff --git a/block/blk-mq.c b/block/blk-mq.c
index 33145ba52c96..93d9d60980fb 100644
--- a/block/blk-mq.c
+++ b/block/blk-mq.c
@@ -2765,15 +2765,20 @@ static inline struct request *blk_mq_get_cached_request(struct request_queue *q,
 		return NULL;
 	}
 
-	rq_qos_throttle(q, *bio);
-
 	if (blk_mq_get_hctx_type((*bio)->bi_opf) != rq->mq_hctx->type)
 		return NULL;
 	if (op_is_flush(rq->cmd_flags) != op_is_flush((*bio)->bi_opf))
 		return NULL;
 
-	rq->cmd_flags = (*bio)->bi_opf;
+	/*
+	 * If any qos ->throttle() end up blocking, we will have flushed the
+	 * plug and hence killed the cached_rq list as well. Pop this entry
+	 * before we throttle.
+	 */
 	plug->cached_rq = rq_list_next(rq);
+	rq_qos_throttle(q, *bio);
+
+	rq->cmd_flags = (*bio)->bi_opf;
 	INIT_LIST_HEAD(&rq->queuelist);
 	return rq;
 }