diff --git a/block/blk-flush.c b/block/blk-flush.c
index 4938bec8cfef..6603352879e7 100644
--- a/block/blk-flush.c
+++ b/block/blk-flush.c
@@ -402,7 +402,7 @@ static void mq_flush_data_end_io(struct request *rq, blk_status_t error)
 	blk_flush_complete_seq(rq, fq, REQ_FSEQ_DATA, error);
 	spin_unlock_irqrestore(&fq->mq_flush_lock, flags);
 
-	blk_mq_run_hw_queue(hctx, true);
+	blk_mq_sched_restart(hctx);
 }
 
 /**