diff --git a/drivers/block/null_blk.c b/drivers/block/null_blk.c
index 5c8ba5484d86..08932f5ea9f3 100644
--- a/drivers/block/null_blk.c
+++ b/drivers/block/null_blk.c
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@ struct nullb_cmd {
 	struct bio *bio;
 	unsigned int tag;
 	struct nullb_queue *nq;
+	struct hrtimer timer;
 };
 
 struct nullb_queue {
@@ -49,17 +50,6 @@ static int null_major;
 static int nullb_indexes;
 static struct kmem_cache *ppa_cache;
 
-struct completion_queue {
-	struct llist_head list;
-	struct hrtimer timer;
-};
-
-/*
- * These are per-cpu for now, they will need to be configured by the
- * complete_queues parameter and appropriately mapped.
- */
-static DEFINE_PER_CPU(struct completion_queue, completion_queues);
-
 enum {
 	NULL_IRQ_NONE		= 0,
 	NULL_IRQ_SOFTIRQ	= 1,
@@ -180,6 +170,8 @@ static void free_cmd(struct nullb_cmd *cmd)
 	put_tag(cmd->nq, cmd->tag);
 }
 
+static enum hrtimer_restart null_cmd_timer_expired(struct hrtimer *timer);
+
 static struct nullb_cmd *__alloc_cmd(struct nullb_queue *nq)
 {
 	struct nullb_cmd *cmd;
@@ -190,6 +182,11 @@ static struct nullb_cmd *__alloc_cmd(struct nullb_queue *nq)
 		cmd = &nq->cmds[tag];
 		cmd->tag = tag;
 		cmd->nq = nq;
+		if (irqmode == NULL_IRQ_TIMER) {
+			hrtimer_init(&cmd->timer, CLOCK_MONOTONIC,
+				     HRTIMER_MODE_REL);
+			cmd->timer.function = null_cmd_timer_expired;
+		}
 		return cmd;
 	}
 
@@ -238,47 +235,28 @@ static void end_cmd(struct nullb_cmd *cmd)
 
 static enum hrtimer_restart null_cmd_timer_expired(struct hrtimer *timer)
 {
-	struct completion_queue *cq;
-	struct llist_node *entry;
-	struct nullb_cmd *cmd;
+	struct nullb_cmd *cmd = container_of(timer, struct nullb_cmd, timer);
+	struct request_queue *q = NULL;
 
-	cq = &per_cpu(completion_queues, smp_processor_id());
+	if (cmd->rq)
+		q = cmd->rq->q;
 
-	while ((entry = llist_del_all(&cq->list)) != NULL) {
-		entry = llist_reverse_order(entry);
-		do {
-			struct request_queue *q = NULL;
-
-			cmd = container_of(entry, struct nullb_cmd, ll_list);
-			entry = entry->next;
-			if (cmd->rq)
-				q = cmd->rq->q;
-			end_cmd(cmd);
-
-			if (q && !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);
+	if (q && !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);
 	}
+	end_cmd(cmd);
 
 	return HRTIMER_NORESTART;
 }
 
 static void null_cmd_end_timer(struct nullb_cmd *cmd)
 {
-	struct completion_queue *cq = &per_cpu(completion_queues, get_cpu());
+	ktime_t kt = ktime_set(0, completion_nsec);
 
-	cmd->ll_list.next = NULL;
-	if (llist_add(&cmd->ll_list, &cq->list)) {
-		ktime_t kt = ktime_set(0, completion_nsec);
-
-		hrtimer_start(&cq->timer, kt, HRTIMER_MODE_REL_PINNED);
-	}
-
-	put_cpu();
+	hrtimer_start(&cmd->timer, kt, HRTIMER_MODE_REL);
 }
 
 static void null_softirq_done_fn(struct request *rq)
@@ -376,6 +354,10 @@ static int null_queue_rq(struct blk_mq_hw_ctx *hctx,
 {
 	struct nullb_cmd *cmd = blk_mq_rq_to_pdu(bd->rq);
 
+	if (irqmode == NULL_IRQ_TIMER) {
+		hrtimer_init(&cmd->timer, CLOCK_MONOTONIC, HRTIMER_MODE_REL);
+		cmd->timer.function = null_cmd_timer_expired;
+	}
 	cmd->rq = bd->rq;
 	cmd->nq = hctx->driver_data;
 
@@ -813,19 +795,6 @@ static int __init null_init(void)
 
 	mutex_init(&lock);
 
-	/* Initialize a separate list for each CPU for issuing softirqs */
-	for_each_possible_cpu(i) {
-		struct completion_queue *cq = &per_cpu(completion_queues, i);
-
-		init_llist_head(&cq->list);
-
-		if (irqmode != NULL_IRQ_TIMER)
-			continue;
-
-		hrtimer_init(&cq->timer, CLOCK_MONOTONIC, HRTIMER_MODE_REL);
-		cq->timer.function = null_cmd_timer_expired;
-	}
-
 	null_major = register_blkdev(0, "nullb");
 	if (null_major < 0)
 		return null_major;