diff --git a/block/blk-mq.c b/block/blk-mq.c
index 37f14362aa15..1192f85e5ff3 100644
--- a/block/blk-mq.c
+++ b/block/blk-mq.c
@@ -1956,7 +1956,7 @@ struct request_queue *blk_mq_init_allocated_queue(struct blk_mq_tag_set *set,
 		goto err_hctxs;
 
 	setup_timer(&q->timeout, blk_mq_rq_timer, (unsigned long) q);
-	blk_queue_rq_timeout(q, 30000);
+	blk_queue_rq_timeout(q, set->timeout ? set->timeout : 30000);
 
 	q->nr_queues = nr_cpu_ids;
 	q->nr_hw_queues = set->nr_hw_queues;
@@ -1982,9 +1982,6 @@ struct request_queue *blk_mq_init_allocated_queue(struct blk_mq_tag_set *set,
 	else
 		blk_queue_make_request(q, blk_sq_make_request);
 
-	if (set->timeout)
-		blk_queue_rq_timeout(q, set->timeout);
-
 	/*
 	 * Do this after blk_queue_make_request() overrides it...
 	 */