diff --git a/block/blk-mq.c b/block/blk-mq.c
index 14c8f35..a59b0565 100644
--- a/block/blk-mq.c
+++ b/block/blk-mq.c
@@ -194,27 +194,9 @@
 }
 
 static struct request *__blk_mq_alloc_request(struct blk_mq_hw_ctx *hctx,
-					      gfp_t gfp, bool reserved,
-					      int rw)
+					      gfp_t gfp, bool reserved)
 {
-	struct request *req;
-	bool is_flush = false;
-	/*
-	 * flush need allocate a request, leave at least one request for
-	 * non-flush IO to avoid deadlock
-	 */
-	if ((rw & REQ_FLUSH) && !(rw & REQ_FLUSH_SEQ)) {
-		if (atomic_inc_return(&hctx->pending_flush) >=
-		    hctx->queue_depth - hctx->reserved_tags - 1) {
-			atomic_dec(&hctx->pending_flush);
-			return NULL;
-		}
-		is_flush = true;
-	}
-	req = blk_mq_alloc_rq(hctx, gfp, reserved);
-	if (!req && is_flush)
-		atomic_dec(&hctx->pending_flush);
-	return req;
+	return blk_mq_alloc_rq(hctx, gfp, reserved);
 }
 
 static struct request *blk_mq_alloc_request_pinned(struct request_queue *q,
@@ -227,7 +209,7 @@
 		struct blk_mq_ctx *ctx = blk_mq_get_ctx(q);
 		struct blk_mq_hw_ctx *hctx = q->mq_ops->map_queue(q, ctx->cpu);
 
-		rq = __blk_mq_alloc_request(hctx, gfp & ~__GFP_WAIT, reserved, rw);
+		rq = __blk_mq_alloc_request(hctx, gfp & ~__GFP_WAIT, reserved);
 		if (rq) {
 			blk_mq_rq_ctx_init(q, ctx, rq, rw);
 			break;
@@ -244,15 +226,14 @@
 	return rq;
 }
 
-struct request *blk_mq_alloc_request(struct request_queue *q, int rw,
-		gfp_t gfp, bool reserved)
+struct request *blk_mq_alloc_request(struct request_queue *q, int rw, gfp_t gfp)
 {
 	struct request *rq;
 
 	if (blk_mq_queue_enter(q))
 		return NULL;
 
-	rq = blk_mq_alloc_request_pinned(q, rw, gfp, reserved);
+	rq = blk_mq_alloc_request_pinned(q, rw, gfp, false);
 	if (rq)
 		blk_mq_put_ctx(rq->mq_ctx);
 	return rq;
@@ -276,7 +257,7 @@
 /*
  * Re-init and set pdu, if we have it
  */
-static void blk_mq_rq_init(struct blk_mq_hw_ctx *hctx, struct request *rq)
+void blk_mq_rq_init(struct blk_mq_hw_ctx *hctx, struct request *rq)
 {
 	blk_rq_init(hctx->queue, rq);
 
@@ -290,9 +271,6 @@
 	const int tag = rq->tag;
 	struct request_queue *q = rq->q;
 
-	if ((rq->cmd_flags & REQ_FLUSH) && !(rq->cmd_flags & REQ_FLUSH_SEQ))
-		atomic_dec(&hctx->pending_flush);
-
 	blk_mq_rq_init(hctx, rq);
 	blk_mq_put_tag(hctx->tags, tag);
 
@@ -946,14 +924,14 @@
 	hctx = q->mq_ops->map_queue(q, ctx->cpu);
 
 	trace_block_getrq(q, bio, rw);
-	rq = __blk_mq_alloc_request(hctx, GFP_ATOMIC, false, bio->bi_rw);
+	rq = __blk_mq_alloc_request(hctx, GFP_ATOMIC, false);
 	if (likely(rq))
-		blk_mq_rq_ctx_init(q, ctx, rq, bio->bi_rw);
+		blk_mq_rq_ctx_init(q, ctx, rq, rw);
 	else {
 		blk_mq_put_ctx(ctx);
 		trace_block_sleeprq(q, bio, rw);
-		rq = blk_mq_alloc_request_pinned(q, bio->bi_rw,
-				__GFP_WAIT|GFP_ATOMIC, false);
+		rq = blk_mq_alloc_request_pinned(q, rw, __GFP_WAIT|GFP_ATOMIC,
+							false);
 		ctx = rq->mq_ctx;
 		hctx = q->mq_ops->map_queue(q, ctx->cpu);
 	}
@@ -1230,9 +1208,7 @@
 		hctx->queue_num = i;
 		hctx->flags = reg->flags;
 		hctx->queue_depth = reg->queue_depth;
-		hctx->reserved_tags = reg->reserved_tags;
 		hctx->cmd_size = reg->cmd_size;
-		atomic_set(&hctx->pending_flush, 0);
 
 		blk_mq_init_cpu_notifier(&hctx->cpu_notifier,
 						blk_mq_hctx_notify, hctx);
@@ -1412,9 +1388,14 @@
 	blk_mq_init_flush(q);
 	blk_mq_init_cpu_queues(q, reg->nr_hw_queues);
 
-	if (blk_mq_init_hw_queues(q, reg, driver_data))
+	q->flush_rq = kzalloc(round_up(sizeof(struct request) + reg->cmd_size,
+				cache_line_size()), GFP_KERNEL);
+	if (!q->flush_rq)
 		goto err_hw;
 
+	if (blk_mq_init_hw_queues(q, reg, driver_data))
+		goto err_flush_rq;
+
 	blk_mq_map_swqueue(q);
 
 	mutex_lock(&all_q_mutex);
@@ -1422,6 +1403,9 @@
 	mutex_unlock(&all_q_mutex);
 
 	return q;
+
+err_flush_rq:
+	kfree(q->flush_rq);
 err_hw:
 	kfree(q->mq_map);
 err_map: