1 files changed, 4 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/block/blk-merge.c b/block/blk-merge.c
index 63760ca3da0f..23d2a6fe34a3 100644
--- a/block/blk-merge.c
+++ b/block/blk-merge.c
@@ -402,7 +402,10 @@ static int attempt_merge(struct request_queue *q, struct request *req,
 
         elv_merge_requests(q, req, next);
 
-        blk_account_io_merge(req);
+        /*
+         * 'next' is going away, so update stats accordingly
+         */
+        blk_account_io_merge(next);
 
         req->ioprio = ioprio_best(req->ioprio, next->ioprio);
         if (blk_rq_cpu_valid(next))