diff --git a/block/blk-core.c b/block/blk-core.c
index f52d05ff5d246b6edc6a1656b3659cbd9c8fdf4a..9fb23537c7ada0e7fd5b5d84afac64dddd021de2 100644
--- a/block/blk-core.c
+++ b/block/blk-core.c
@@ -219,12 +219,13 @@ static void blk_delay_work(struct work_struct *work)
  * Description:
  *   Sometimes queueing needs to be postponed for a little while, to allow
  *   resources to come back. This function will make sure that queueing is
- *   restarted around the specified time.
+ *   restarted around the specified time. Queue lock must be held.
  */
 void blk_delay_queue(struct request_queue *q, unsigned long msecs)
 {
-	queue_delayed_work(kblockd_workqueue, &q->delay_work,
-				msecs_to_jiffies(msecs));
+	if (likely(!blk_queue_dead(q)))
+		queue_delayed_work(kblockd_workqueue, &q->delay_work,
+				   msecs_to_jiffies(msecs));
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(blk_delay_queue);
 
@@ -334,11 +335,11 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL(__blk_run_queue);
  *
  * Description:
  *    Tells kblockd to perform the equivalent of @blk_run_queue on behalf
- *    of us.
+ *    of us. The caller must hold the queue lock.
  */
 void blk_run_queue_async(struct request_queue *q)
 {
-	if (likely(!blk_queue_stopped(q)))
+	if (likely(!blk_queue_stopped(q) && !blk_queue_dead(q)))
 		mod_delayed_work(kblockd_workqueue, &q->delay_work, 0);
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(blk_run_queue_async);
@@ -2913,27 +2914,11 @@ static void queue_unplugged(struct request_queue *q, unsigned int depth,
 {
 	trace_block_unplug(q, depth, !from_schedule);
 
-	/*
-	 * Don't mess with a dying queue.
-	 */
-	if (unlikely(blk_queue_dying(q))) {
-		spin_unlock(q->queue_lock);
-		return;
-	}
-
-	/*
-	 * If we are punting this to kblockd, then we can safely drop
-	 * the queue_lock before waking kblockd (which needs to take
-	 * this lock).
-	 */
-	if (from_schedule) {
-		spin_unlock(q->queue_lock);
+	if (from_schedule)
 		blk_run_queue_async(q);
-	} else {
+	else
 		__blk_run_queue(q);
-		spin_unlock(q->queue_lock);
-	}
-
+	spin_unlock(q->queue_lock);
 }
 
 static void flush_plug_callbacks(struct blk_plug *plug, bool from_schedule)