diff --git a/block/blk-mq.c b/block/blk-mq.c
index 55139d2fca3e..eac444804736 100644
--- a/block/blk-mq.c
+++ b/block/blk-mq.c
@@ -2294,8 +2294,6 @@ void blk_mq_release(struct request_queue *q)
 	struct blk_mq_hw_ctx *hctx;
 	unsigned int i;
 
-	cancel_delayed_work_sync(&q->requeue_work);
-
 	/* hctx kobj stays in hctx */
 	queue_for_each_hw_ctx(q, hctx, i) {
 		if (!hctx)
diff --git a/block/blk-sysfs.c b/block/blk-sysfs.c
index e54be402899d..9caf96c2c108 100644
--- a/block/blk-sysfs.c
+++ b/block/blk-sysfs.c
@@ -811,6 +811,9 @@ static void __blk_release_queue(struct work_struct *work)
 
 	blk_free_queue_stats(q->stats);
 
+	if (q->mq_ops)
+		cancel_delayed_work_sync(&q->requeue_work);
+
 	blk_exit_rl(q, &q->root_rl);
 
 	if (q->queue_tags)