diff --git a/block/blk-core.c b/block/blk-core.c
index b044829135c926..2af1040b2fa61a 100644
--- a/block/blk-core.c
+++ b/block/blk-core.c
@@ -238,7 +238,6 @@ void blk_sync_queue(struct request_queue *q)
 		struct blk_mq_hw_ctx *hctx;
 		int i;
 
-		cancel_delayed_work_sync(&q->requeue_work);
 		queue_for_each_hw_ctx(q, hctx, i)
 			cancel_delayed_work_sync(&hctx->run_work);
 	}
diff --git a/block/blk-mq.c b/block/blk-mq.c
index c9bf9b92d2dbf2..741cf8d55e9c7f 100644
--- a/block/blk-mq.c
+++ b/block/blk-mq.c
@@ -2635,6 +2635,8 @@ void blk_mq_release(struct request_queue *q)
 	struct blk_mq_hw_ctx *hctx;
 	unsigned int i;
 
+	cancel_delayed_work_sync(&q->requeue_work);
+
 	/* hctx kobj stays in hctx */
 	queue_for_each_hw_ctx(q, hctx, i) {
 		if (!hctx)