diff --git a/block/blk-core.c b/block/blk-core.c
index a182b58..f52d05f 100644
--- a/block/blk-core.c
+++ b/block/blk-core.c
@@ -293,6 +293,25 @@
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(blk_sync_queue);
 
 /**
+ * __blk_run_queue_uncond - run a queue whether or not it has been stopped
+ * @q:	The queue to run
+ *
+ * Description:
+ *    Invoke request handling on a queue if there are any pending requests.
+ *    May be used to restart request handling after a request has completed.
+ *    This variant runs the queue whether or not the queue has been
+ *    stopped. Must be called with the queue lock held and interrupts
+ *    disabled. See also @blk_run_queue.
+ */
+inline void __blk_run_queue_uncond(struct request_queue *q)
+{
+	if (unlikely(blk_queue_dead(q)))
+		return;
+
+	q->request_fn(q);
+}
+
+/**
  * __blk_run_queue - run a single device queue
  * @q:	The queue to run
  *
@@ -305,7 +324,7 @@
 	if (unlikely(blk_queue_stopped(q)))
 		return;
 
-	q->request_fn(q);
+	__blk_run_queue_uncond(q);
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(__blk_run_queue);
 
@@ -477,8 +496,8 @@
  * blk_cleanup_queue - shutdown a request queue
  * @q: request queue to shutdown
  *
- * Mark @q DYING, drain all pending requests, destroy and put it.  All
- * future requests will be failed immediately with -ENODEV.
+ * Mark @q DYING, drain all pending requests, mark @q DEAD, destroy and
+ * put it.  All future requests will be failed immediately with -ENODEV.
  */
 void blk_cleanup_queue(struct request_queue *q)
 {
@@ -507,9 +526,13 @@
 	spin_unlock_irq(lock);
 	mutex_unlock(&q->sysfs_lock);
 
-	/* drain all requests queued before DYING marking */
+	/*
+	 * Drain all requests queued before DYING marking. Set DEAD flag to
+	 * prevent that q->request_fn() gets invoked after draining finished.
+	 */
 	spin_lock_irq(lock);
 	__blk_drain_queue(q, true);
+	queue_flag_set(QUEUE_FLAG_DEAD, q);
 	spin_unlock_irq(lock);
 
 	/* @q won't process any more request, flush async actions */