diff --git a/include/linux/blkdev.h b/include/linux/blkdev.h
index 1e1fa3f..99617cf 100644
--- a/include/linux/blkdev.h
+++ b/include/linux/blkdev.h
@@ -118,7 +118,18 @@
 	struct bio *bio;
 	struct bio *biotail;
 
-	struct hlist_node hash;	/* merge hash */
+	/*
+	 * The hash is used inside the scheduler, and killed once the
+	 * request reaches the dispatch list. The ipi_list is only used
+	 * to queue the request for softirq completion, which is long
+	 * after the request has been unhashed (and even removed from
+	 * the dispatch list).
+	 */
+	union {
+		struct hlist_node hash;	/* merge hash */
+		struct list_head ipi_list;
+	};
+
 	/*
 	 * The rb_node is only used inside the io scheduler, requests
 	 * are pruned when moved to the dispatch queue. So let the