diff --git a/drivers/block/xen-blkfront.c b/drivers/block/xen-blkfront.c
index 8414dc73715758..cdd59cf99cd5d1 100644
--- a/drivers/block/xen-blkfront.c
+++ b/drivers/block/xen-blkfront.c
@@ -2172,10 +2172,8 @@ static void blkfront_closing(struct blkfront_info *info)
 		return;
 
 	/* No more blkif_request(). */
-	if (info->rq && info->gd) {
-		blk_mq_stop_hw_queues(info->rq);
+	if (info->gd)
 		blk_mark_disk_dead(info->gd);
-	}
 
 	for_each_rinfo(info, rinfo, i) {
 		/* No more gnttab callback work. */