diff --git a/drivers/md/dm.c b/drivers/md/dm.c
index a42729ebf272..0efc3d60e6b7 100644
--- a/drivers/md/dm.c
+++ b/drivers/md/dm.c
@@ -2869,6 +2869,7 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(dm_device_name);
 
 static void __dm_destroy(struct mapped_device *md, bool wait)
 {
+	struct request_queue *q = dm_get_md_queue(md);
 	struct dm_table *map;
 	int srcu_idx;
 
@@ -2879,6 +2880,10 @@ static void __dm_destroy(struct mapped_device *md, bool wait)
 	set_bit(DMF_FREEING, &md->flags);
 	spin_unlock(&_minor_lock);
 
+	spin_lock_irq(q->queue_lock);
+	queue_flag_set(QUEUE_FLAG_DYING, q);
+	spin_unlock_irq(q->queue_lock);
+
 	if (dm_request_based(md) && md->kworker_task)
 		flush_kthread_worker(&md->kworker);