diff --git a/block/blk-mq.c b/block/blk-mq.c
index 0cf52dd..543bbc0 100644
--- a/block/blk-mq.c
+++ b/block/blk-mq.c
@@ -701,6 +701,17 @@
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(blk_mq_start_hw_queue);
 
+void blk_mq_start_hw_queues(struct request_queue *q)
+{
+	struct blk_mq_hw_ctx *hctx;
+	int i;
+
+	queue_for_each_hw_ctx(q, hctx, i)
+		blk_mq_start_hw_queue(hctx);
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL(blk_mq_start_hw_queues);
+
+
 void blk_mq_start_stopped_hw_queues(struct request_queue *q, bool async)
 {
 	struct blk_mq_hw_ctx *hctx;
diff --git a/include/linux/blk-mq.h b/include/linux/blk-mq.h
index ae868e7..391377e 100644
--- a/include/linux/blk-mq.h
+++ b/include/linux/blk-mq.h
@@ -158,6 +158,7 @@
 void blk_mq_stop_hw_queue(struct blk_mq_hw_ctx *hctx);
 void blk_mq_start_hw_queue(struct blk_mq_hw_ctx *hctx);
 void blk_mq_stop_hw_queues(struct request_queue *q);
+void blk_mq_start_hw_queues(struct request_queue *q);
 void blk_mq_start_stopped_hw_queues(struct request_queue *q, bool async);
 void blk_mq_delay_queue(struct blk_mq_hw_ctx *hctx, unsigned long msecs);