diff --git a/block/blk-core.c b/block/blk-core.c
index 3cc17e6..e958c7a 100644
--- a/block/blk-core.c
+++ b/block/blk-core.c
@@ -197,6 +197,32 @@
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(blk_dump_rq_flags);
 
+static void blk_delay_work(struct work_struct *work)
+{
+	struct request_queue *q;
+
+	q = container_of(work, struct request_queue, delay_work.work);
+	spin_lock_irq(q->queue_lock);
+	q->request_fn(q);
+	spin_unlock_irq(q->queue_lock);
+}
+
+/**
+ * blk_delay_queue - restart queueing after defined interval
+ * @q:		The &struct request_queue in question
+ * @msecs:	Delay in msecs
+ *
+ * Description:
+ *   Sometimes queueing needs to be postponed for a little while, to allow
+ *   resources to come back. This function will make sure that queueing is
+ *   restarted around the specified time.
+ */
+void blk_delay_queue(struct request_queue *q, unsigned long msecs)
+{
+	schedule_delayed_work(&q->delay_work, msecs_to_jiffies(msecs));
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL(blk_delay_queue);
+
 /*
  * "plug" the device if there are no outstanding requests: this will
  * force the transfer to start only after we have put all the requests
@@ -363,6 +389,7 @@
 void blk_stop_queue(struct request_queue *q)
 {
 	blk_remove_plug(q);
+	cancel_delayed_work(&q->delay_work);
 	queue_flag_set(QUEUE_FLAG_STOPPED, q);
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(blk_stop_queue);
@@ -387,6 +414,7 @@
 	del_timer_sync(&q->timeout);
 	cancel_work_sync(&q->unplug_work);
 	throtl_shutdown_timer_wq(q);
+	cancel_delayed_work_sync(&q->delay_work);
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(blk_sync_queue);
 
@@ -534,6 +562,7 @@
 	INIT_LIST_HEAD(&q->flush_queue[1]);
 	INIT_LIST_HEAD(&q->flush_data_in_flight);
 	INIT_WORK(&q->unplug_work, blk_unplug_work);
+	INIT_DELAYED_WORK(&q->delay_work, blk_delay_work);
 
 	kobject_init(&q->kobj, &blk_queue_ktype);
 
diff --git a/include/linux/blkdev.h b/include/linux/blkdev.h
index e3ee74f..f55b2a8 100644
--- a/include/linux/blkdev.h
+++ b/include/linux/blkdev.h
@@ -300,6 +300,11 @@
 	unsigned long		unplug_delay;	/* After this many jiffies */
 	struct work_struct	unplug_work;
 
+	/*
+	 * Delayed queue handling
+	 */
+	struct delayed_work	delay_work;
+
 	struct backing_dev_info	backing_dev_info;
 
 	/*
@@ -677,6 +682,7 @@
 extern void blk_plug_device(struct request_queue *);
 extern void blk_plug_device_unlocked(struct request_queue *);
 extern int blk_remove_plug(struct request_queue *);
+extern void blk_delay_queue(struct request_queue *, unsigned long);
 extern void blk_recount_segments(struct request_queue *, struct bio *);
 extern int scsi_cmd_ioctl(struct request_queue *, struct gendisk *, fmode_t,
 			  unsigned int, void __user *);