1 files changed, 6 insertions, 4 deletions

diff --git a/block/blk-core.c b/block/blk-core.c
index e6c05a97ee2b..636702575118 100644
--- a/block/blk-core.c
+++ b/block/blk-core.c
@@ -872,13 +872,15 @@ retry:
         spin_unlock_irq(q->queue_lock);
 
         /* create icq if missing */
-        if (unlikely(et->icq_cache && !icq))
+        if ((rw_flags & REQ_ELVPRIV) && unlikely(et->icq_cache && !icq)) {
                 icq = ioc_create_icq(q, gfp_mask);
+                if (!icq)
+                        goto fail_icq;
+        }
 
-        /* rqs are guaranteed to have icq on elv_set_request() if requested */
-        if (likely(!et->icq_cache || icq))
-                rq = blk_alloc_request(q, icq, rw_flags, gfp_mask);
+        rq = blk_alloc_request(q, icq, rw_flags, gfp_mask);
 
+fail_icq:
         if (unlikely(!rq)) {
                 /*
                  * Allocation failed presumably due to memory. Undo anything