diff --git a/block/blk-core.c b/block/blk-core.c
index 853f92749202..4cd5ffc18442 100644
--- a/block/blk-core.c
+++ b/block/blk-core.c
@@ -693,20 +693,11 @@ blk_init_queue_node(request_fn_proc *rfn, spinlock_t *lock, int node_id)
 	if (!uninit_q)
 		return NULL;
 
-	uninit_q->flush_rq = kzalloc(sizeof(struct request), GFP_KERNEL);
-	if (!uninit_q->flush_rq)
-		goto out_cleanup_queue;
-
 	q = blk_init_allocated_queue(uninit_q, rfn, lock);
 	if (!q)
-		goto out_free_flush_rq;
-	return q;
+		blk_cleanup_queue(uninit_q);
 
-out_free_flush_rq:
-	kfree(uninit_q->flush_rq);
-out_cleanup_queue:
-	blk_cleanup_queue(uninit_q);
-	return NULL;
+	return q;
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(blk_init_queue_node);
 
@@ -717,6 +708,10 @@ blk_init_allocated_queue(struct request_queue *q, request_fn_proc *rfn,
 	if (!q)
 		return NULL;
 
+	q->flush_rq = kzalloc(sizeof(struct request), GFP_KERNEL);
+	if (!q->flush_rq)
+		return NULL;
+
 	if (blk_init_rl(&q->root_rl, q, GFP_KERNEL))
 		return NULL;
 
diff --git a/block/blk-flush.c b/block/blk-flush.c
index f598f794c3c6..43e6b4755e9a 100644
--- a/block/blk-flush.c
+++ b/block/blk-flush.c
@@ -140,14 +140,17 @@ static void mq_flush_run(struct work_struct *work)
 	blk_mq_insert_request(rq, false, true, false);
 }
 
-static bool blk_flush_queue_rq(struct request *rq)
+static bool blk_flush_queue_rq(struct request *rq, bool add_front)
 {
 	if (rq->q->mq_ops) {
 		INIT_WORK(&rq->mq_flush_work, mq_flush_run);
 		kblockd_schedule_work(rq->q, &rq->mq_flush_work);
 		return false;
 	} else {
-		list_add_tail(&rq->queuelist, &rq->q->queue_head);
+		if (add_front)
+			list_add(&rq->queuelist, &rq->q->queue_head);
+		else
+			list_add_tail(&rq->queuelist, &rq->q->queue_head);
 		return true;
 	}
 }
@@ -193,7 +196,7 @@ static bool blk_flush_complete_seq(struct request *rq, unsigned int seq,
 
 	case REQ_FSEQ_DATA:
 		list_move_tail(&rq->flush.list, &q->flush_data_in_flight);
-		queued = blk_flush_queue_rq(rq);
+		queued = blk_flush_queue_rq(rq, true);
 		break;
 
 	case REQ_FSEQ_DONE:
@@ -326,7 +329,7 @@ static bool blk_kick_flush(struct request_queue *q)
 	q->flush_rq->rq_disk = first_rq->rq_disk;
 	q->flush_rq->end_io = flush_end_io;
 
-	return blk_flush_queue_rq(q->flush_rq);
+	return blk_flush_queue_rq(q->flush_rq, false);
 }
 
 static void flush_data_end_io(struct request *rq, int error)
diff --git a/drivers/block/mtip32xx/mtip32xx.c b/drivers/block/mtip32xx/mtip32xx.c
index 516026954be6..d777bb7cea93 100644
--- a/drivers/block/mtip32xx/mtip32xx.c
+++ b/drivers/block/mtip32xx/mtip32xx.c
@@ -4498,7 +4498,7 @@ static int mtip_pci_probe(struct pci_dev *pdev,
 	}
 	dev_info(&pdev->dev, "NUMA node %d (closest: %d,%d, probe on %d:%d)\n",
 		my_node, pcibus_to_node(pdev->bus), dev_to_node(&pdev->dev),
-		cpu_to_node(smp_processor_id()), smp_processor_id());
+		cpu_to_node(raw_smp_processor_id()), raw_smp_processor_id());
 
 	dd = kzalloc_node(sizeof(struct driver_data), GFP_KERNEL, my_node);
 	if (dd == NULL) {