diff --git a/block/blk-mq.c b/block/blk-mq.c
index 2da1a0ee3318..92edd28b7e76 100644
--- a/block/blk-mq.c
+++ b/block/blk-mq.c
@@ -1317,9 +1317,9 @@ static blk_qc_t blk_mq_make_request(struct request_queue *q, struct bio *bio)
 		blk_mq_put_ctx(data.ctx);
 		if (!old_rq)
 			goto done;
-		if (!blk_mq_direct_issue_request(old_rq, &cookie))
-			goto done;
-		blk_mq_insert_request(old_rq, false, true, true);
+		if (test_bit(BLK_MQ_S_STOPPED, &data.hctx->state) ||
+		    blk_mq_direct_issue_request(old_rq, &cookie) != 0)
+			blk_mq_insert_request(old_rq, false, true, true);
 		goto done;
 	}