diff --git a/block/blk-mq-tag.c b/block/blk-mq-tag.c
index 6772c3728865..c4f2f6c123ae 100644
--- a/block/blk-mq-tag.c
+++ b/block/blk-mq-tag.c
@@ -202,10 +202,14 @@ struct bt_iter_data {
 static struct request *blk_mq_find_and_get_req(struct blk_mq_tags *tags,
 		unsigned int bitnr)
 {
-	struct request *rq = tags->rqs[bitnr];
+	struct request *rq;
+	unsigned long flags;
 
+	spin_lock_irqsave(&tags->lock, flags);
+	rq = tags->rqs[bitnr];
 	if (!rq || !refcount_inc_not_zero(&rq->ref))
-		return NULL;
+		rq = NULL;
+	spin_unlock_irqrestore(&tags->lock, flags);
 	return rq;
 }
 
@@ -538,6 +542,7 @@ struct blk_mq_tags *blk_mq_init_tags(unsigned int total_tags,
 
 	tags->nr_tags = total_tags;
 	tags->nr_reserved_tags = reserved_tags;
+	spin_lock_init(&tags->lock);
 
 	if (flags & BLK_MQ_F_TAG_HCTX_SHARED)
 		return tags;
diff --git a/block/blk-mq-tag.h b/block/blk-mq-tag.h
index 7d3e6b333a4a..f887988e5ef6 100644
--- a/block/blk-mq-tag.h
+++ b/block/blk-mq-tag.h
@@ -20,6 +20,12 @@ struct blk_mq_tags {
 	struct request **rqs;
 	struct request **static_rqs;
 	struct list_head page_list;
+
+	/*
+	 * used to clear request reference in rqs[] before freeing one
+	 * request pool
+	 */
+	spinlock_t lock;
 };
 
 extern struct blk_mq_tags *blk_mq_init_tags(unsigned int nr_tags,
diff --git a/block/blk-mq.c b/block/blk-mq.c
index 50d3527a5d97..00d6ed2fe812 100644
--- a/block/blk-mq.c
+++ b/block/blk-mq.c
@@ -2276,6 +2276,45 @@ blk_qc_t blk_mq_submit_bio(struct bio *bio)
 	return BLK_QC_T_NONE;
 }
 
+static size_t order_to_size(unsigned int order)
+{
+	return (size_t)PAGE_SIZE << order;
+}
+
+/* called before freeing request pool in @tags */
+static void blk_mq_clear_rq_mapping(struct blk_mq_tag_set *set,
+		struct blk_mq_tags *tags, unsigned int hctx_idx)
+{
+	struct blk_mq_tags *drv_tags = set->tags[hctx_idx];
+	struct page *page;
+	unsigned long flags;
+
+	list_for_each_entry(page, &tags->page_list, lru) {
+		unsigned long start = (unsigned long)page_address(page);
+		unsigned long end = start + order_to_size(page->private);
+		int i;
+
+		for (i = 0; i < set->queue_depth; i++) {
+			struct request *rq = drv_tags->rqs[i];
+			unsigned long rq_addr = (unsigned long)rq;
+
+			if (rq_addr >= start && rq_addr < end) {
+				WARN_ON_ONCE(refcount_read(&rq->ref) != 0);
+				cmpxchg(&drv_tags->rqs[i], rq, NULL);
+			}
+		}
+	}
+
+	/*
+	 * Wait until all pending iteration is done.
+	 *
+	 * Request reference is cleared and it is guaranteed to be observed
+	 * after the ->lock is released.
+	 */
+	spin_lock_irqsave(&drv_tags->lock, flags);
+	spin_unlock_irqrestore(&drv_tags->lock, flags);
+}
+
 void blk_mq_free_rqs(struct blk_mq_tag_set *set, struct blk_mq_tags *tags,
 		     unsigned int hctx_idx)
 {
@@ -2294,6 +2333,8 @@ void blk_mq_free_rqs(struct blk_mq_tag_set *set, struct blk_mq_tags *tags,
 		}
 	}
 
+	blk_mq_clear_rq_mapping(set, tags, hctx_idx);
+
 	while (!list_empty(&tags->page_list)) {
 		page = list_first_entry(&tags->page_list, struct page, lru);
 		list_del_init(&page->lru);
@@ -2353,11 +2394,6 @@ struct blk_mq_tags *blk_mq_alloc_rq_map(struct blk_mq_tag_set *set,
 	return tags;
 }
 
-static size_t order_to_size(unsigned int order)
-{
-	return (size_t)PAGE_SIZE << order;
-}
-
 static int blk_mq_init_request(struct blk_mq_tag_set *set, struct request *rq,
 			       unsigned int hctx_idx, int node)
 {