diff --git a/block/blk-mq.c b/block/blk-mq.c
index 572966f49596..c7836a1ded97 100644
--- a/block/blk-mq.c
+++ b/block/blk-mq.c
@@ -2928,8 +2928,17 @@ bool blk_mq_poll(struct request_queue *q, blk_qc_t cookie)
 	hctx = q->queue_hw_ctx[blk_qc_t_to_queue_num(cookie)];
 	if (!blk_qc_t_is_internal(cookie))
 		rq = blk_mq_tag_to_rq(hctx->tags, blk_qc_t_to_tag(cookie));
-	else
+	else {
 		rq = blk_mq_tag_to_rq(hctx->sched_tags, blk_qc_t_to_tag(cookie));
+		/*
+		 * With scheduling, if the request has completed, we'll
+		 * get a NULL return here, as we clear the sched tag when
+		 * that happens. The request still remains valid, like always,
+		 * so we should be safe with just the NULL check.
+		 */
+		if (!rq)
+			return false;
+	}
 
 	return __blk_mq_poll(hctx, rq);
 }