diff --git a/block/blk-core.c b/block/blk-core.c
index 794c3e7f01cf..fd154b94447a 100644
--- a/block/blk-core.c
+++ b/block/blk-core.c
@@ -557,6 +557,18 @@ void blk_cleanup_queue(struct request_queue *q)
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(blk_cleanup_queue);
 
+/* Allocate memory local to the request queue */
+static void *alloc_request_struct(gfp_t gfp_mask, void *data)
+{
+	int nid = (int)(long)data;
+	return kmem_cache_alloc_node(request_cachep, gfp_mask, nid);
+}
+
+static void free_request_struct(void *element, void *unused)
+{
+	kmem_cache_free(request_cachep, element);
+}
+
 int blk_init_rl(struct request_list *rl, struct request_queue *q,
 		gfp_t gfp_mask)
 {
@@ -569,9 +581,10 @@ int blk_init_rl(struct request_list *rl, struct request_queue *q,
 	init_waitqueue_head(&rl->wait[BLK_RW_SYNC]);
 	init_waitqueue_head(&rl->wait[BLK_RW_ASYNC]);
 
-	rl->rq_pool = mempool_create_node(BLKDEV_MIN_RQ, mempool_alloc_slab,
-					  mempool_free_slab, request_cachep,
-					  gfp_mask, q->node);
+	rl->rq_pool = mempool_create_node(BLKDEV_MIN_RQ, alloc_request_struct,
+					  free_request_struct,
+					  (void *)(long)q->node, gfp_mask,
+					  q->node);
 	if (!rl->rq_pool)
 		return -ENOMEM;
 
diff --git a/block/blk-mq-sysfs.c b/block/blk-mq-sysfs.c
index 1630a20d5dcf..b79685e06b70 100644
--- a/block/blk-mq-sysfs.c
+++ b/block/blk-mq-sysfs.c
@@ -436,6 +436,7 @@ int blk_mq_register_disk(struct gendisk *disk)
 
 	return 0;
 }
+EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(blk_mq_register_disk);
 
 void blk_mq_sysfs_unregister(struct request_queue *q)
 {
diff --git a/block/blk-mq.c b/block/blk-mq.c
index b7b8933ec241..1192f85e5ff3 100644
--- a/block/blk-mq.c
+++ b/block/blk-mq.c
@@ -33,7 +33,6 @@ static DEFINE_MUTEX(all_q_mutex);
 static LIST_HEAD(all_q_list);
 
 static void __blk_mq_run_hw_queue(struct blk_mq_hw_ctx *hctx);
-static void blk_mq_run_queues(struct request_queue *q);
 
 /*
  * Check if any of the ctx's have pending work in this hardware queue
@@ -78,7 +77,7 @@ static void blk_mq_hctx_clear_pending(struct blk_mq_hw_ctx *hctx,
 	clear_bit(CTX_TO_BIT(hctx, ctx), &bm->word);
 }
 
-static int blk_mq_queue_enter(struct request_queue *q)
+static int blk_mq_queue_enter(struct request_queue *q, gfp_t gfp)
 {
 	while (true) {
 		int ret;
@@ -86,6 +85,9 @@ static int blk_mq_queue_enter(struct request_queue *q)
 		if (percpu_ref_tryget_live(&q->mq_usage_counter))
 			return 0;
 
+		if (!(gfp & __GFP_WAIT))
+			return -EBUSY;
+
 		ret = wait_event_interruptible(q->mq_freeze_wq,
 				!q->mq_freeze_depth || blk_queue_dying(q));
 		if (blk_queue_dying(q))
@@ -118,7 +120,7 @@ void blk_mq_freeze_queue_start(struct request_queue *q)
 
 	if (freeze) {
 		percpu_ref_kill(&q->mq_usage_counter);
-		blk_mq_run_queues(q);
+		blk_mq_run_hw_queues(q, false);
 	}
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(blk_mq_freeze_queue_start);
@@ -257,7 +259,7 @@ struct request *blk_mq_alloc_request(struct request_queue *q, int rw, gfp_t gfp,
 	struct blk_mq_alloc_data alloc_data;
 	int ret;
 
-	ret = blk_mq_queue_enter(q);
+	ret = blk_mq_queue_enter(q, gfp);
 	if (ret)
 		return ERR_PTR(ret);
 
@@ -904,7 +906,7 @@ void blk_mq_run_hw_queue(struct blk_mq_hw_ctx *hctx, bool async)
 			&hctx->run_work, 0);
 }
 
-static void blk_mq_run_queues(struct request_queue *q)
+void blk_mq_run_hw_queues(struct request_queue *q, bool async)
 {
 	struct blk_mq_hw_ctx *hctx;
 	int i;
@@ -915,9 +917,10 @@ static void blk_mq_run_queues(struct request_queue *q)
 		    test_bit(BLK_MQ_S_STOPPED, &hctx->state))
 			continue;
 
-		blk_mq_run_hw_queue(hctx, false);
+		blk_mq_run_hw_queue(hctx, async);
 	}
 }
+EXPORT_SYMBOL(blk_mq_run_hw_queues);
 
 void blk_mq_stop_hw_queue(struct blk_mq_hw_ctx *hctx)
 {
@@ -1186,7 +1189,7 @@ static struct request *blk_mq_map_request(struct request_queue *q,
 	int rw = bio_data_dir(bio);
 	struct blk_mq_alloc_data alloc_data;
 
-	if (unlikely(blk_mq_queue_enter(q))) {
+	if (unlikely(blk_mq_queue_enter(q, GFP_KERNEL))) {
 		bio_endio(bio, -EIO);
 		return NULL;
 	}
@@ -1890,10 +1893,26 @@ void blk_mq_release(struct request_queue *q)
 }
 
 struct request_queue *blk_mq_init_queue(struct blk_mq_tag_set *set)
+{
+	struct request_queue *uninit_q, *q;
+
+	uninit_q = blk_alloc_queue_node(GFP_KERNEL, set->numa_node);
+	if (!uninit_q)
+		return ERR_PTR(-ENOMEM);
+
+	q = blk_mq_init_allocated_queue(set, uninit_q);
+	if (IS_ERR(q))
+		blk_cleanup_queue(uninit_q);
+
+	return q;
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL(blk_mq_init_queue);
+
+struct request_queue *blk_mq_init_allocated_queue(struct blk_mq_tag_set *set,
+						  struct request_queue *q)
 {
 	struct blk_mq_hw_ctx **hctxs;
 	struct blk_mq_ctx __percpu *ctx;
-	struct request_queue *q;
 	unsigned int *map;
 	int i;
 
@@ -1928,20 +1947,16 @@ struct request_queue *blk_mq_init_queue(struct blk_mq_tag_set *set)
 		hctxs[i]->queue_num = i;
 	}
 
-	q = blk_alloc_queue_node(GFP_KERNEL, set->numa_node);
-	if (!q)
-		goto err_hctxs;
-
 	/*
 	 * Init percpu_ref in atomic mode so that it's faster to shutdown.
 	 * See blk_register_queue() for details.
 	 */
 	if (percpu_ref_init(&q->mq_usage_counter, blk_mq_usage_counter_release,
 			    PERCPU_REF_INIT_ATOMIC, GFP_KERNEL))
-		goto err_mq_usage;
+		goto err_hctxs;
 
 	setup_timer(&q->timeout, blk_mq_rq_timer, (unsigned long) q);
-	blk_queue_rq_timeout(q, 30000);
+	blk_queue_rq_timeout(q, set->timeout ? set->timeout : 30000);
 
 	q->nr_queues = nr_cpu_ids;
 	q->nr_hw_queues = set->nr_hw_queues;
@@ -1967,9 +1982,6 @@ struct request_queue *blk_mq_init_queue(struct blk_mq_tag_set *set)
 	else
 		blk_queue_make_request(q, blk_sq_make_request);
 
-	if (set->timeout)
-		blk_queue_rq_timeout(q, set->timeout);
-
 	/*
 	 * Do this after blk_queue_make_request() overrides it...
 	 */
@@ -1981,7 +1993,7 @@ struct request_queue *blk_mq_init_queue(struct blk_mq_tag_set *set)
 	blk_mq_init_cpu_queues(q, set->nr_hw_queues);
 
 	if (blk_mq_init_hw_queues(q, set))
-		goto err_mq_usage;
+		goto err_hctxs;
 
 	mutex_lock(&all_q_mutex);
 	list_add_tail(&q->all_q_node, &all_q_list);
@@ -1993,8 +2005,6 @@ struct request_queue *blk_mq_init_queue(struct blk_mq_tag_set *set)
 
 	return q;
 
-err_mq_usage:
-	blk_cleanup_queue(q);
 err_hctxs:
 	kfree(map);
 	for (i = 0; i < set->nr_hw_queues; i++) {
@@ -2009,7 +2019,7 @@ err_percpu:
 	free_percpu(ctx);
 	return ERR_PTR(-ENOMEM);
 }
-EXPORT_SYMBOL(blk_mq_init_queue);
+EXPORT_SYMBOL(blk_mq_init_allocated_queue);
 
 void blk_mq_free_queue(struct request_queue *q)
 {
@@ -2161,7 +2171,7 @@ int blk_mq_alloc_tag_set(struct blk_mq_tag_set *set)
 	if (set->queue_depth < set->reserved_tags + BLK_MQ_TAG_MIN)
 		return -EINVAL;
 
-	if (!set->nr_hw_queues || !set->ops->queue_rq || !set->ops->map_queue)
+	if (!set->ops->queue_rq || !set->ops->map_queue)
 		return -EINVAL;
 
 	if (set->queue_depth > BLK_MQ_MAX_DEPTH) {
diff --git a/include/linux/blk-mq.h b/include/linux/blk-mq.h
index 7aec86127335..ebfe707cf722 100644
--- a/include/linux/blk-mq.h
+++ b/include/linux/blk-mq.h
@@ -164,6 +164,8 @@ enum {
 		<< BLK_MQ_F_ALLOC_POLICY_START_BIT)
 
 struct request_queue *blk_mq_init_queue(struct blk_mq_tag_set *);
+struct request_queue *blk_mq_init_allocated_queue(struct blk_mq_tag_set *set,
+						  struct request_queue *q);
 void blk_mq_finish_init(struct request_queue *q);
 int blk_mq_register_disk(struct gendisk *);
 void blk_mq_unregister_disk(struct gendisk *);
@@ -218,6 +220,7 @@ void blk_mq_start_hw_queue(struct blk_mq_hw_ctx *hctx);
 void blk_mq_stop_hw_queues(struct request_queue *q);
 void blk_mq_start_hw_queues(struct request_queue *q);
 void blk_mq_start_stopped_hw_queues(struct request_queue *q, bool async);
+void blk_mq_run_hw_queues(struct request_queue *q, bool async);
 void blk_mq_delay_queue(struct blk_mq_hw_ctx *hctx, unsigned long msecs);
 void blk_mq_tag_busy_iter(struct blk_mq_hw_ctx *hctx, busy_iter_fn *fn,
 		void *priv);