diff --git a/block/blk-mq.c b/block/blk-mq.c
index 49587c181e3f..c8a9d10f7c18 100644
--- a/block/blk-mq.c
+++ b/block/blk-mq.c
@@ -763,7 +763,6 @@ void blk_mq_requeue_request(struct request *rq, bool kick_requeue_list)
 	/* this request will be re-inserted to io scheduler queue */
 	blk_mq_sched_requeue_request(rq);
 
-	BUG_ON(!list_empty(&rq->queuelist));
 	blk_mq_add_to_requeue_list(rq, true, kick_requeue_list);
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(blk_mq_requeue_request);