diff --git a/drivers/block/nbd.c b/drivers/block/nbd.c
index 977ec960dd2f..dea7d85134ee 100644
--- a/drivers/block/nbd.c
+++ b/drivers/block/nbd.c
@@ -661,9 +661,9 @@ static void nbd_clear_req(struct request *req, void *data, bool reserved)
 
 static void nbd_clear_que(struct nbd_device *nbd)
 {
-	blk_mq_stop_hw_queues(nbd->disk->queue);
+	blk_mq_quiesce_queue(nbd->disk->queue);
 	blk_mq_tagset_busy_iter(&nbd->tag_set, nbd_clear_req, NULL);
-	blk_mq_start_hw_queues(nbd->disk->queue);
+	blk_mq_unquiesce_queue(nbd->disk->queue);
 	dev_dbg(disk_to_dev(nbd->disk), "queue cleared\n");
 }