diff --git a/block/bio.c b/block/bio.c
index db9a40e9a136..f7e3d88bd0b6 100644
--- a/block/bio.c
+++ b/block/bio.c
@@ -1807,9 +1807,6 @@ again:
 	if (!bio_integrity_endio(bio))
 		return;
 
-	if (WARN_ONCE(bio->bi_next, "driver left bi_next not NULL"))
-		bio->bi_next = NULL;
-
 	/*
 	 * Need to have a real endio function for chained bios, otherwise
 	 * various corner cases will break (like stacking block devices that
diff --git a/block/blk-core.c b/block/blk-core.c
index cf0ee764b908..afd2596ea3d3 100644
--- a/block/blk-core.c
+++ b/block/blk-core.c
@@ -273,10 +273,6 @@ static void req_bio_endio(struct request *rq, struct bio *bio,
 	bio_advance(bio, nbytes);
 
 	/* don't actually finish bio if it's part of flush sequence */
-	/*
-	 * XXX this code looks suspicious - it's not consistent with advancing
-	 * req->bio in caller
-	 */
 	if (bio->bi_iter.bi_size == 0 && !(rq->rq_flags & RQF_FLUSH_SEQ))
 		bio_endio(bio);
 }
@@ -3081,10 +3077,8 @@ bool blk_update_request(struct request *req, blk_status_t error,
 		struct bio *bio = req->bio;
 		unsigned bio_bytes = min(bio->bi_iter.bi_size, nr_bytes);
 
-		if (bio_bytes == bio->bi_iter.bi_size) {
+		if (bio_bytes == bio->bi_iter.bi_size)
 			req->bio = bio->bi_next;
-			bio->bi_next = NULL;
-		}
 
 		/* Completion has already been traced */
 		bio_clear_flag(bio, BIO_TRACE_COMPLETION);