diff --git a/block/blk-sysfs.c b/block/blk-sysfs.c
index c079be1c58a37822b19600a0eaa83068ec69707a..1677eb4a680c47d32261430cfb4985853e58e29b 100644
--- a/block/blk-sysfs.c
+++ b/block/blk-sysfs.c
@@ -747,7 +747,7 @@ static void blk_exit_queue(struct request_queue *q)
 	 */
 	if (q->elevator) {
 		ioc_clear_queue(q);
-		__elevator_exit(q, q->elevator);
+		elevator_exit(q, q->elevator);
 	}
 
 	/*
diff --git a/block/blk.h b/block/blk.h
index 1346085d89cee91b592022dde8edfe20afd18ee8..2266cb1f7df537f4353d485a19b5d7b296c09bc8 100644
--- a/block/blk.h
+++ b/block/blk.h
@@ -266,19 +266,10 @@ void blk_insert_flush(struct request *rq);
 
 int elevator_switch_mq(struct request_queue *q,
 			      struct elevator_type *new_e);
-void __elevator_exit(struct request_queue *, struct elevator_queue *);
+void elevator_exit(struct request_queue *, struct elevator_queue *);
 int elv_register_queue(struct request_queue *q, bool uevent);
 void elv_unregister_queue(struct request_queue *q);
 
-static inline void elevator_exit(struct request_queue *q,
-		struct elevator_queue *e)
-{
-	lockdep_assert_held(&q->sysfs_lock);
-
-	blk_mq_sched_free_rqs(q);
-	__elevator_exit(q, e);
-}
-
 ssize_t part_size_show(struct device *dev, struct device_attribute *attr,
 		char *buf);
 ssize_t part_stat_show(struct device *dev, struct device_attribute *attr,
diff --git a/block/elevator.c b/block/elevator.c
index 19a78d5516ba7e7fd1b999739657f266f29a8044..3536cdd5fa12988fedd55f4796a79c5b595d214f 100644
--- a/block/elevator.c
+++ b/block/elevator.c
@@ -188,7 +188,7 @@ static void elevator_release(struct kobject *kobj)
 	kfree(e);
 }
 
-void __elevator_exit(struct request_queue *q, struct elevator_queue *e)
+void elevator_exit(struct request_queue *q, struct elevator_queue *e)
 {
 	mutex_lock(&e->sysfs_lock);
 	blk_mq_exit_sched(q, e);
@@ -595,6 +595,7 @@ int elevator_switch_mq(struct request_queue *q,
 			elv_unregister_queue(q);
 
 		ioc_clear_queue(q);
+		blk_mq_sched_free_rqs(q);
 		elevator_exit(q, q->elevator);
 	}
 
@@ -605,6 +606,7 @@ int elevator_switch_mq(struct request_queue *q,
 	if (new_e) {
 		ret = elv_register_queue(q, true);
 		if (ret) {
+			blk_mq_sched_free_rqs(q);
 			elevator_exit(q, q->elevator);
 			goto out;
 		}