1 files changed, 12 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/drivers/block/null_blk.c b/drivers/block/null_blk.c
index 6f0a58e7613d..6f9b7534928e 100644
--- a/drivers/block/null_blk.c
+++ b/drivers/block/null_blk.c
@@ -243,6 +243,17 @@ static enum hrtimer_restart null_cmd_timer_expired(struct hrtimer *timer)
 			cmd = container_of(entry, struct nullb_cmd, ll_list);
 			entry = entry->next;
 			end_cmd(cmd);
+
+			if (cmd->rq) {
+				struct request_queue *q = cmd->rq->q;
+
+				if (!q->mq_ops && blk_queue_stopped(q)) {
+					spin_lock(q->queue_lock);
+					if (blk_queue_stopped(q))
+						blk_start_queue(q);
+					spin_unlock(q->queue_lock);
+				}
+			}
 		} while (entry);
 	}
 
@@ -334,6 +345,7 @@ static int null_rq_prep_fn(struct request_queue *q, struct request *req)
 		req->special = cmd;
 		return BLKPREP_OK;
 	}
+	blk_stop_queue(q);
 
 	return BLKPREP_DEFER;
 }