diff --git a/drivers/scsi/scsi_lib.c b/drivers/scsi/scsi_lib.c
index 20189675677a..f0db2dd0be75 100644
--- a/drivers/scsi/scsi_lib.c
+++ b/drivers/scsi/scsi_lib.c
@@ -585,9 +585,16 @@ static bool scsi_end_request(struct request *req, blk_status_t error,
 	if (!blk_rq_is_scsi(req)) {
 		WARN_ON_ONCE(!(cmd->flags & SCMD_INITIALIZED));
 		cmd->flags &= ~SCMD_INITIALIZED;
-		destroy_rcu_head(&cmd->rcu);
 	}
 
+	/*
+	 * Calling rcu_barrier() is not necessary here because the
+	 * SCSI error handler guarantees that the function called by
+	 * call_rcu() has been called before scsi_end_request() is
+	 * called.
+	 */
+	destroy_rcu_head(&cmd->rcu);
+
 	/*
 	 * In the MQ case the command gets freed by __blk_mq_end_request,
 	 * so we have to do all cleanup that depends on it earlier.