diff --git a/block/blk-mq-sched.c b/block/blk-mq-sched.c
index df8581bb0a37..daab27feb653 100644
--- a/block/blk-mq-sched.c
+++ b/block/blk-mq-sched.c
@@ -68,25 +68,17 @@ static void blk_mq_sched_mark_restart_hctx(struct blk_mq_hw_ctx *hctx)
 		set_bit(BLK_MQ_S_SCHED_RESTART, &hctx->state);
 }
 
-static bool blk_mq_sched_restart_hctx(struct blk_mq_hw_ctx *hctx)
+void blk_mq_sched_restart(struct blk_mq_hw_ctx *hctx)
 {
 	if (!test_bit(BLK_MQ_S_SCHED_RESTART, &hctx->state))
-		return false;
+		return;
 
-	if (hctx->flags & BLK_MQ_F_TAG_SHARED) {
-		struct request_queue *q = hctx->queue;
-
-		if (test_and_clear_bit(BLK_MQ_S_SCHED_RESTART, &hctx->state))
-			atomic_dec(&q->shared_hctx_restart);
-	} else
-		clear_bit(BLK_MQ_S_SCHED_RESTART, &hctx->state);
+	clear_bit(BLK_MQ_S_SCHED_RESTART, &hctx->state);
 
 	if (blk_mq_hctx_has_pending(hctx)) {
 		blk_mq_run_hw_queue(hctx, true);
-		return true;
+		return;
 	}
-
-	return false;
 }
 
 /* return true if hctx need to run again */
@@ -385,68 +377,6 @@ static bool blk_mq_sched_bypass_insert(struct blk_mq_hw_ctx *hctx,
 	return true;
 }
 
-/**
- * list_for_each_entry_rcu_rr - iterate in a round-robin fashion over rcu list
- * @pos:    loop cursor.
- * @skip:   the list element that will not be examined. Iteration starts at
- *          @skip->next.
- * @head:   head of the list to examine. This list must have at least one
- *          element, namely @skip.
- * @member: name of the list_head structure within typeof(*pos).
- */
-#define list_for_each_entry_rcu_rr(pos, skip, head, member)		\
-	for ((pos) = (skip);						\
-	     (pos = (pos)->member.next != (head) ? list_entry_rcu(	\
-			(pos)->member.next, typeof(*pos), member) :	\
-	      list_entry_rcu((pos)->member.next->next, typeof(*pos), member)), \
-	     (pos) != (skip); )
-
-/*
- * Called after a driver tag has been freed to check whether a hctx needs to
- * be restarted. Restarts @hctx if its tag set is not shared. Restarts hardware
- * queues in a round-robin fashion if the tag set of @hctx is shared with other
- * hardware queues.
- */
-void blk_mq_sched_restart(struct blk_mq_hw_ctx *const hctx)
-{
-	struct blk_mq_tags *const tags = hctx->tags;
-	struct blk_mq_tag_set *const set = hctx->queue->tag_set;
-	struct request_queue *const queue = hctx->queue, *q;
-	struct blk_mq_hw_ctx *hctx2;
-	unsigned int i, j;
-
-	if (set->flags & BLK_MQ_F_TAG_SHARED) {
-		/*
-		 * If this is 0, then we know that no hardware queues
-		 * have RESTART marked. We're done.
-		 */
-		if (!atomic_read(&queue->shared_hctx_restart))
-			return;
-
-		rcu_read_lock();
-		list_for_each_entry_rcu_rr(q, queue, &set->tag_list,
-					   tag_set_list) {
-			queue_for_each_hw_ctx(q, hctx2, i)
-				if (hctx2->tags == tags &&
-				    blk_mq_sched_restart_hctx(hctx2))
-					goto done;
-		}
-		j = hctx->queue_num + 1;
-		for (i = 0; i < queue->nr_hw_queues; i++, j++) {
-			if (j == queue->nr_hw_queues)
-				j = 0;
-			hctx2 = queue->queue_hw_ctx[j];
-			if (hctx2->tags == tags &&
-			    blk_mq_sched_restart_hctx(hctx2))
-				break;
-		}
-done:
-		rcu_read_unlock();
-	} else {
-		blk_mq_sched_restart_hctx(hctx);
-	}
-}
-
 /*
  * Add flush/fua to the queue. If we fail getting a driver tag, then
  * punt to the requeue list. Requeue will re-invoke us from a context