diff --git a/block/blk-core.c b/block/blk-core.c
index 2590e772499097..0ed17547bfedd5 100644
--- a/block/blk-core.c
+++ b/block/blk-core.c
@@ -403,7 +403,7 @@ void blk_cleanup_queue(struct request_queue *q)
 	 */
 	mutex_lock(&q->sysfs_lock);
 	if (q->elevator)
-		blk_mq_sched_free_requests(q);
+		blk_mq_sched_free_rqs(q);
 	mutex_unlock(&q->sysfs_lock);
 
 	percpu_ref_exit(&q->q_usage_counter);
diff --git a/block/blk-mq-sched.c b/block/blk-mq-sched.c
index 644b6d554d7259..bdbb6c31b43392 100644
--- a/block/blk-mq-sched.c
+++ b/block/blk-mq-sched.c
@@ -631,7 +631,7 @@ int blk_mq_init_sched(struct request_queue *q, struct elevator_type *e)
 			ret = e->ops.init_hctx(hctx, i);
 			if (ret) {
 				eq = q->elevator;
-				blk_mq_sched_free_requests(q);
+				blk_mq_sched_free_rqs(q);
 				blk_mq_exit_sched(q, eq);
 				kobject_put(&eq->kobj);
 				return ret;
@@ -646,7 +646,7 @@ int blk_mq_init_sched(struct request_queue *q, struct elevator_type *e)
 	if (blk_mq_is_sbitmap_shared(q->tag_set->flags))
 		blk_mq_exit_sched_shared_sbitmap(q);
 err_free_map_and_rqs:
-	blk_mq_sched_free_requests(q);
+	blk_mq_sched_free_rqs(q);
 	blk_mq_sched_tags_teardown(q);
 	q->elevator = NULL;
 	return ret;
@@ -656,7 +656,7 @@ int blk_mq_init_sched(struct request_queue *q, struct elevator_type *e)
  * called in either blk_queue_cleanup or elevator_switch, tagset
  * is required for freeing requests
  */
-void blk_mq_sched_free_requests(struct request_queue *q)
+void blk_mq_sched_free_rqs(struct request_queue *q)
 {
 	struct blk_mq_hw_ctx *hctx;
 	int i;
diff --git a/block/blk-mq-sched.h b/block/blk-mq-sched.h
index f6a1ce9e31f38c..e4d367e0b2a304 100644
--- a/block/blk-mq-sched.h
+++ b/block/blk-mq-sched.h
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ void blk_mq_sched_dispatch_requests(struct blk_mq_hw_ctx *hctx);
 
 int blk_mq_init_sched(struct request_queue *q, struct elevator_type *e);
 void blk_mq_exit_sched(struct request_queue *q, struct elevator_queue *e);
-void blk_mq_sched_free_requests(struct request_queue *q);
+void blk_mq_sched_free_rqs(struct request_queue *q);
 
 static inline bool
 blk_mq_sched_bio_merge(struct request_queue *q, struct bio *bio,
diff --git a/block/blk.h b/block/blk.h
index fa90691cfdab1e..8cdee4844d8a39 100644
--- a/block/blk.h
+++ b/block/blk.h
@@ -242,7 +242,7 @@ static inline void elevator_exit(struct request_queue *q,
 {
 	lockdep_assert_held(&q->sysfs_lock);
 
-	blk_mq_sched_free_requests(q);
+	blk_mq_sched_free_rqs(q);
 	__elevator_exit(q, e);
 }