diff --git a/block/blk-mq.c b/block/blk-mq.c
index fa1f8619bfe7..b365cde4c909 100644
--- a/block/blk-mq.c
+++ b/block/blk-mq.c
@@ -1170,6 +1170,7 @@ void blk_mq_delay_queue(struct blk_mq_hw_ctx *hctx, unsigned long msecs)
 	if (unlikely(!blk_mq_hw_queue_mapped(hctx)))
 		return;
 
+	blk_mq_stop_hw_queue(hctx);
 	kblockd_schedule_delayed_work_on(blk_mq_hctx_next_cpu(hctx),
 			&hctx->delay_work, msecs_to_jiffies(msecs));
 }