diff --git a/drivers/scsi/hosts.c b/drivers/scsi/hosts.c
index ba9af4a..ec6381e 100644
--- a/drivers/scsi/hosts.c
+++ b/drivers/scsi/hosts.c
@@ -486,6 +486,8 @@
 	else
 		shost->dma_boundary = 0xffffffff;
 
+	shost->use_blk_mq = scsi_use_blk_mq;
+
 	device_initialize(&shost->shost_gendev);
 	dev_set_name(&shost->shost_gendev, "host%d", shost->host_no);
 	shost->shost_gendev.bus = &scsi_bus_type;
diff --git a/drivers/scsi/scsi.c b/drivers/scsi/scsi.c
index 1f36aca..1deb6ad 100644
--- a/drivers/scsi/scsi.c
+++ b/drivers/scsi/scsi.c
@@ -1160,7 +1160,6 @@
 bool scsi_use_blk_mq = false;
 #endif
 module_param_named(use_blk_mq, scsi_use_blk_mq, bool, S_IWUSR | S_IRUGO);
-EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(scsi_use_blk_mq);
 
 static int __init init_scsi(void)
 {
diff --git a/drivers/scsi/scsi_priv.h b/drivers/scsi/scsi_priv.h
index 57a4b99..85c8a51 100644
--- a/drivers/scsi/scsi_priv.h
+++ b/drivers/scsi/scsi_priv.h
@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@
 extern void scsi_exit_hosts(void);
 
 /* scsi.c */
+extern bool scsi_use_blk_mq;
 extern int scsi_setup_command_freelist(struct Scsi_Host *shost);
 extern void scsi_destroy_command_freelist(struct Scsi_Host *shost);
 #ifdef CONFIG_SCSI_LOGGING
diff --git a/include/scsi/scsi_host.h b/include/scsi/scsi_host.h
index 0dee7af..7e4cd53 100644
--- a/include/scsi/scsi_host.h
+++ b/include/scsi/scsi_host.h
@@ -771,12 +771,9 @@
 		shost->tmf_in_progress;
 }
 
-extern bool scsi_use_blk_mq;
-
 static inline bool shost_use_blk_mq(struct Scsi_Host *shost)
 {
-	return scsi_use_blk_mq;
-
+	return shost->use_blk_mq;
 }
 
 extern int scsi_queue_work(struct Scsi_Host *, struct work_struct *);