diff --git a/block/blk-mq.c b/block/blk-mq.c
index a8c1a45cedde..757c0fd9f0cc 100644
--- a/block/blk-mq.c
+++ b/block/blk-mq.c
@@ -1232,8 +1232,10 @@ bool blk_mq_dispatch_rq_list(struct request_queue *q, struct list_head *list,
 		rq = list_first_entry(list, struct request, queuelist);
 
 		hctx = rq->mq_hctx;
-		if (!got_budget && !blk_mq_get_dispatch_budget(hctx))
+		if (!got_budget && !blk_mq_get_dispatch_budget(hctx)) {
+			blk_mq_put_driver_tag(rq);
 			break;
+		}
 
 		if (!blk_mq_get_driver_tag(rq)) {
 			/*