diff --git a/block/blk-exec.c b/block/blk-exec.c
index f4d27b12c90b..9924725fa50d 100644
--- a/block/blk-exec.c
+++ b/block/blk-exec.c
@@ -56,6 +56,7 @@ void blk_execute_rq_nowait(struct request_queue *q, struct gendisk *bd_disk,
 	bool is_pm_resume;
 
 	WARN_ON(irqs_disabled());
+	WARN_ON(rq->cmd_type == REQ_TYPE_FS);
 
 	rq->rq_disk = bd_disk;
 	rq->end_io = done;
diff --git a/block/blk-mq.c b/block/blk-mq.c
index 1583ed28ea03..a7d70a1bbf36 100644
--- a/block/blk-mq.c
+++ b/block/blk-mq.c
@@ -963,14 +963,9 @@ void blk_mq_insert_request(struct request *rq, bool at_head, bool run_queue,
 
 	hctx = q->mq_ops->map_queue(q, ctx->cpu);
 
-	if (rq->cmd_flags & (REQ_FLUSH | REQ_FUA) &&
-	    !(rq->cmd_flags & (REQ_FLUSH_SEQ))) {
-		blk_insert_flush(rq);
-	} else {
-		spin_lock(&ctx->lock);
-		__blk_mq_insert_request(hctx, rq, at_head);
-		spin_unlock(&ctx->lock);
-	}
+	spin_lock(&ctx->lock);
+	__blk_mq_insert_request(hctx, rq, at_head);
+	spin_unlock(&ctx->lock);
 
 	if (run_queue)
 		blk_mq_run_hw_queue(hctx, async);