diff --git a/block/blk-core.c b/block/blk-core.c
index c37e9e7..30add45 100644
--- a/block/blk-core.c
+++ b/block/blk-core.c
@@ -1731,6 +1731,10 @@
 		return -EIO;
 
 	spin_lock_irqsave(q->queue_lock, flags);
+	if (unlikely(blk_queue_dead(q))) {
+		spin_unlock_irqrestore(q->queue_lock, flags);
+		return -ENODEV;
+	}
 
 	/*
 	 * Submitting request must be dequeued before calling this function
@@ -2705,6 +2709,14 @@
 	trace_block_unplug(q, depth, !from_schedule);
 
 	/*
+	 * Don't mess with dead queue.
+	 */
+	if (unlikely(blk_queue_dead(q))) {
+		spin_unlock(q->queue_lock);
+		return;
+	}
+
+	/*
 	 * If we are punting this to kblockd, then we can safely drop
 	 * the queue_lock before waking kblockd (which needs to take
 	 * this lock).
@@ -2780,6 +2792,15 @@
 			depth = 0;
 			spin_lock(q->queue_lock);
 		}
+
+		/*
+		 * Short-circuit if @q is dead
+		 */
+		if (unlikely(blk_queue_dead(q))) {
+			__blk_end_request_all(rq, -ENODEV);
+			continue;
+		}
+
 		/*
 		 * rq is already accounted, so use raw insert
 		 */