diff --git a/block/bfq-iosched.c b/block/bfq-iosched.c
index fedb0a8fd388829f390b18cd74593d3af006b0ee..9433d38e486c81c0bf7060b0fd405267d67052fb 100644
--- a/block/bfq-iosched.c
+++ b/block/bfq-iosched.c
@@ -2433,7 +2433,7 @@ static void bfq_requests_merged(struct request_queue *q, struct request *rq,
 		*next_bfqq = bfq_init_rq(next);
 
 	if (!bfqq)
-		return;
+		goto remove;
 
 	/*
 	 * If next and rq belong to the same bfq_queue and next is older
@@ -2456,6 +2456,14 @@ static void bfq_requests_merged(struct request_queue *q, struct request *rq,
 		bfqq->next_rq = rq;
 
 	bfqg_stats_update_io_merged(bfqq_group(bfqq), next->cmd_flags);
+remove:
+	/* Merged request may be in the IO scheduler. Remove it. */
+	if (!RB_EMPTY_NODE(&next->rb_node)) {
+		bfq_remove_request(next->q, next);
+		if (next_bfqq)
+			bfqg_stats_update_io_remove(bfqq_group(next_bfqq),
+						    next->cmd_flags);
+	}
 }
 
 /* Must be called with bfqq != NULL */
@@ -6414,6 +6422,7 @@ static void bfq_finish_requeue_request(struct request *rq)
 {
 	struct bfq_queue *bfqq = RQ_BFQQ(rq);
 	struct bfq_data *bfqd;
+	unsigned long flags;
 
 	/*
 	 * rq either is not associated with any icq, or is an already
@@ -6431,39 +6440,15 @@ static void bfq_finish_requeue_request(struct request *rq)
 					     rq->io_start_time_ns,
 					     rq->cmd_flags);
 
+	spin_lock_irqsave(&bfqd->lock, flags);
 	if (likely(rq->rq_flags & RQF_STARTED)) {
-		unsigned long flags;
-
-		spin_lock_irqsave(&bfqd->lock, flags);
-
 		if (rq == bfqd->waited_rq)
 			bfq_update_inject_limit(bfqd, bfqq);
 
 		bfq_completed_request(bfqq, bfqd);
-		bfq_finish_requeue_request_body(bfqq);
-
-		spin_unlock_irqrestore(&bfqd->lock, flags);
-	} else {
-		/*
-		 * Request rq may be still/already in the scheduler,
-		 * in which case we need to remove it (this should
-		 * never happen in case of requeue). And we cannot
-		 * defer such a check and removal, to avoid
-		 * inconsistencies in the time interval from the end
-		 * of this function to the start of the deferred work.
-		 * This situation seems to occur only in process
-		 * context, as a consequence of a merge. In the
-		 * current version of the code, this implies that the
-		 * lock is held.
-		 */
-
-		if (!RB_EMPTY_NODE(&rq->rb_node)) {
-			bfq_remove_request(rq->q, rq);
-			bfqg_stats_update_io_remove(bfqq_group(bfqq),
-						    rq->cmd_flags);
-		}
-		bfq_finish_requeue_request_body(bfqq);
 	}
+	bfq_finish_requeue_request_body(bfqq);
+	spin_unlock_irqrestore(&bfqd->lock, flags);
 
 	/*
 	 * Reset private fields. In case of a requeue, this allows