diff --git a/block/blk-mq-sched.c b/block/blk-mq-sched.c
index 811a9765b745c08ec8ec2d9c71353f76990eaf9d..9c0d231722d9ce52d81e68f9113e75cd4b412830 100644
--- a/block/blk-mq-sched.c
+++ b/block/blk-mq-sched.c
@@ -455,30 +455,6 @@ void blk_mq_sched_insert_request(struct request *rq, bool at_head,
 		blk_mq_run_hw_queue(hctx, async);
 }
 
-void blk_mq_sched_insert_requests(struct blk_mq_hw_ctx *hctx,
-				  struct blk_mq_ctx *ctx,
-				  struct list_head *list, bool run_queue_async)
-{
-	struct elevator_queue *e;
-	struct request_queue *q = hctx->queue;
-
-	/*
-	 * blk_mq_sched_insert_requests() is called from flush plug
-	 * context only, and hold one usage counter to prevent queue
-	 * from being released.
-	 */
-	percpu_ref_get(&q->q_usage_counter);
-
-	e = hctx->queue->elevator;
-	if (e) {
-		e->type->ops.insert_requests(hctx, list, false);
-		blk_mq_run_hw_queue(hctx, run_queue_async);
-	} else {
-		blk_mq_insert_requests(hctx, ctx, list, run_queue_async);
-	}
-	percpu_ref_put(&q->q_usage_counter);
-}
-
 static int blk_mq_sched_alloc_map_and_rqs(struct request_queue *q,
 					  struct blk_mq_hw_ctx *hctx,
 					  unsigned int hctx_idx)
diff --git a/block/blk-mq-sched.h b/block/blk-mq-sched.h
index 65cab6e475be8eb9fff5fdec133b8401c9a34994..1ec01e9934dc45a5ddd67e69a9073945d4ca1c23 100644
--- a/block/blk-mq-sched.h
+++ b/block/blk-mq-sched.h
@@ -18,9 +18,6 @@ void __blk_mq_sched_restart(struct blk_mq_hw_ctx *hctx);
 
 void blk_mq_sched_insert_request(struct request *rq, bool at_head,
 				 bool run_queue, bool async);
-void blk_mq_sched_insert_requests(struct blk_mq_hw_ctx *hctx,
-				  struct blk_mq_ctx *ctx,
-				  struct list_head *list, bool run_queue_async);
 
 void blk_mq_sched_dispatch_requests(struct blk_mq_hw_ctx *hctx);
 
diff --git a/block/blk-mq.c b/block/blk-mq.c
index 536f001282bb6375227bed61c591ff5da2472fc1..f1da4f053cc6916417b5a891b4b69c716359c2cb 100644
--- a/block/blk-mq.c
+++ b/block/blk-mq.c
@@ -2497,9 +2497,9 @@ void blk_mq_request_bypass_insert(struct request *rq, bool at_head,
 		blk_mq_run_hw_queue(hctx, false);
 }
 
-void blk_mq_insert_requests(struct blk_mq_hw_ctx *hctx, struct blk_mq_ctx *ctx,
-			    struct list_head *list, bool run_queue_async)
-
+static void blk_mq_insert_requests(struct blk_mq_hw_ctx *hctx,
+		struct blk_mq_ctx *ctx, struct list_head *list,
+		bool run_queue_async)
 {
 	struct request *rq;
 	enum hctx_type type = hctx->type;
@@ -2725,7 +2725,16 @@ static void blk_mq_dispatch_plug_list(struct blk_plug *plug, bool from_sched)
 
 	plug->mq_list = requeue_list;
 	trace_block_unplug(this_hctx->queue, depth, !from_sched);
-	blk_mq_sched_insert_requests(this_hctx, this_ctx, &list, from_sched);
+
+	percpu_ref_get(&this_hctx->queue->q_usage_counter);
+	if (this_hctx->queue->elevator) {
+		this_hctx->queue->elevator->type->ops.insert_requests(this_hctx,
+				&list, false);
+		blk_mq_run_hw_queue(this_hctx, from_sched);
+	} else {
+		blk_mq_insert_requests(this_hctx, this_ctx, &list, from_sched);
+	}
+	percpu_ref_put(&this_hctx->queue->q_usage_counter);
 }
 
 void blk_mq_flush_plug_list(struct blk_plug *plug, bool from_schedule)
diff --git a/block/blk-mq.h b/block/blk-mq.h
index 5d551f9ef2d6bec3a3909b027bb3ce189504965c..bd7ae5e67a526b7dd3ce8cd57755896f5a17028b 100644
--- a/block/blk-mq.h
+++ b/block/blk-mq.h
@@ -69,8 +69,6 @@ void __blk_mq_insert_request(struct blk_mq_hw_ctx *hctx, struct request *rq,
 				bool at_head);
 void blk_mq_request_bypass_insert(struct request *rq, bool at_head,
 				  bool run_queue);
-void blk_mq_insert_requests(struct blk_mq_hw_ctx *hctx, struct blk_mq_ctx *ctx,
-				struct list_head *list, bool run_queue_async);
 
 /*
  * CPU -> queue mappings
diff --git a/block/mq-deadline.c b/block/mq-deadline.c
index af9e79050dcc1fcc3f4f555da8b950d0aee506b8..d62a3039c8e04f188b91baf594e9499d29767e07 100644
--- a/block/mq-deadline.c
+++ b/block/mq-deadline.c
@@ -820,7 +820,7 @@ static void dd_insert_request(struct blk_mq_hw_ctx *hctx, struct request *rq,
 }
 
 /*
- * Called from blk_mq_sched_insert_request() or blk_mq_sched_insert_requests().
+ * Called from blk_mq_sched_insert_request() or blk_mq_dispatch_plug_list().
  */
 static void dd_insert_requests(struct blk_mq_hw_ctx *hctx,
 			       struct list_head *list, bool at_head)