diff --git a/block/blk-mq.c b/block/blk-mq.c
index 06a615b75a164..ae7d31cb5a4e1 100644
--- a/block/blk-mq.c
+++ b/block/blk-mq.c
@@ -497,7 +497,6 @@ static void __blk_mq_free_request(struct request *rq)
 	const int sched_tag = rq->internal_tag;
 
 	blk_pm_mark_last_busy(rq);
-	hctx->tags->rqs[rq->tag] = NULL;
 	rq->mq_hctx = NULL;
 	if (rq->tag != -1)
 		blk_mq_put_tag(hctx, hctx->tags, ctx, rq->tag);
diff --git a/block/blk-mq.h b/block/blk-mq.h
index 895fb9aaa406f..f2075978db500 100644
--- a/block/blk-mq.h
+++ b/block/blk-mq.h
@@ -209,7 +209,6 @@ static inline bool blk_mq_get_dispatch_budget(struct blk_mq_hw_ctx *hctx)
 static inline void __blk_mq_put_driver_tag(struct blk_mq_hw_ctx *hctx,
 					   struct request *rq)
 {
-	hctx->tags->rqs[rq->tag] = NULL;
 	blk_mq_put_tag(hctx, hctx->tags, rq->mq_ctx, rq->tag);
 	rq->tag = -1;
 
@@ -223,6 +222,7 @@ static inline void blk_mq_put_driver_tag(struct request *rq)
 {
 	if (rq->tag == -1 || rq->internal_tag == -1)
 		return;
+
 	__blk_mq_put_driver_tag(rq->mq_hctx, rq);
 }