1 files changed, 2 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/drivers/block/virtio_blk.c b/drivers/block/virtio_blk.c
index 13756e016797..83816bf6882f 100644
--- a/drivers/block/virtio_blk.c
+++ b/drivers/block/virtio_blk.c
@@ -205,6 +205,8 @@ static int virtio_queue_rq(struct blk_mq_hw_ctx *hctx, struct request *req,
                 }
         }
 
+        blk_mq_start_request(req);
+
         num = blk_rq_map_sg(hctx->queue, vbr->req, vbr->sg);
         if (num) {
                 if (rq_data_dir(vbr->req) == WRITE)