2 files changed, 15 insertions, 8 deletions

diff --git a/block/blk-core.c b/block/blk-core.c
index 3cc17e6064d6..bc2b7c5004e1 100644
--- a/block/blk-core.c
+++ b/block/blk-core.c
@@ -446,6 +446,11 @@ void blk_put_queue(struct request_queue *q)
         kobject_put(&q->kobj);
 }
 
+/*
+ * Note: If a driver supplied the queue lock, it should not zap that lock
+ * unexpectedly as some queue cleanup components like elevator_exit() and
+ * blk_throtl_exit() need queue lock.
+ */
 void blk_cleanup_queue(struct request_queue *q)
 {
         /*
@@ -540,6 +545,12 @@ struct request_queue *blk_alloc_queue_node(gfp_t gfp_mask, int node_id)
         mutex_init(&q->sysfs_lock);
         spin_lock_init(&q->__queue_lock);
 
+        /*
+         * By default initialize queue_lock to internal lock and driver can
+         * override it later if need be.
+         */
+        q->queue_lock = &q->__queue_lock;
+
         return q;
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(blk_alloc_queue_node);
@@ -624,7 +635,10 @@ blk_init_allocated_queue_node(struct request_queue *q, request_fn_proc *rfn,
         q->unprep_rq_fn         = NULL;
         q->unplug_fn            = generic_unplug_device;
         q->queue_flags          = QUEUE_FLAG_DEFAULT;
-        q->queue_lock           = lock;
+
+        /* Override internal queue lock with supplied lock pointer */
+        if (lock)
+                q->queue_lock           = lock;
 
         /*
          * This also sets hw/phys segments, boundary and size
diff --git a/block/blk-settings.c b/block/blk-settings.c
index 36c8c1f2af18..df649fa59ded 100644
--- a/block/blk-settings.c
+++ b/block/blk-settings.c
@@ -176,13 +176,6 @@ void blk_queue_make_request(struct request_queue *q, make_request_fn *mfn)
         blk_queue_max_hw_sectors(q, BLK_SAFE_MAX_SECTORS);
 
         /*
-         * If the caller didn't supply a lock, fall back to our embedded
-         * per-queue locks
-         */
-        if (!q->queue_lock)
-                q->queue_lock = &q->__queue_lock;
-
-        /*
          * by default assume old behaviour and bounce for any highmem page
          */
         blk_queue_bounce_limit(q, BLK_BOUNCE_HIGH);