diff --git a/block/blk-mq-tag.c b/block/blk-mq-tag.c
index c4f2f6c123ae..16ad9e656610 100644
--- a/block/blk-mq-tag.c
+++ b/block/blk-mq-tag.c
@@ -207,7 +207,7 @@ static struct request *blk_mq_find_and_get_req(struct blk_mq_tags *tags,
 
 	spin_lock_irqsave(&tags->lock, flags);
 	rq = tags->rqs[bitnr];
-	if (!rq || !refcount_inc_not_zero(&rq->ref))
+	if (!rq || rq->tag != bitnr || !refcount_inc_not_zero(&rq->ref))
 		rq = NULL;
 	spin_unlock_irqrestore(&tags->lock, flags);
 	return rq;