diff --git a/block/mq-deadline-main.c b/block/mq-deadline-main.c
index 4815e53..9db6da9 100644
--- a/block/mq-deadline-main.c
+++ b/block/mq-deadline-main.c
@@ -719,6 +719,7 @@ static void dd_insert_request(struct blk_mq_hw_ctx *hctx, struct request *rq,
 	struct dd_per_prio *per_prio;
 	enum dd_prio prio;
 	struct dd_blkcg *blkcg;
+	LIST_HEAD(free);
 
 	lockdep_assert_held(&dd->lock);
 
@@ -742,8 +743,10 @@ static void dd_insert_request(struct blk_mq_hw_ctx *hctx, struct request *rq,
 	WARN_ON_ONCE(rq->elv.priv[0]);
 	rq->elv.priv[0] = blkcg;
 
-	if (blk_mq_sched_try_insert_merge(q, rq))
+	if (blk_mq_sched_try_insert_merge(q, rq, &free)) {
+		blk_mq_free_requests(&free);
 		return;
+	}
 
 	trace_block_rq_insert(rq);