diff --git a/block/blk-mq.c b/block/blk-mq.c
index 7c640482fb24..c9a3e48a1ebc 100644
--- a/block/blk-mq.c
+++ b/block/blk-mq.c
@@ -2402,6 +2402,109 @@ static int blk_mq_hctx_notify_online(unsigned int cpu, struct hlist_node *node)
 	return 0;
 }
 
+static void blk_mq_resubmit_end_rq(struct request *rq, blk_status_t error)
+{
+	struct request *orig_rq = rq->end_io_data;
+
+	blk_mq_cleanup_rq(orig_rq);
+	blk_mq_end_request(orig_rq, error);
+
+	blk_put_request(rq);
+}
+
+static void blk_mq_resubmit_rq(struct request *rq)
+{
+	struct request *nrq;
+	unsigned int flags = 0;
+	struct blk_mq_hw_ctx *hctx = rq->mq_hctx;
+	struct blk_mq_tags *tags = rq->q->elevator ? hctx->sched_tags :
+		hctx->tags;
+	bool reserved = blk_mq_tag_is_reserved(tags, rq->internal_tag);
+
+	if (rq->rq_flags & RQF_PREEMPT)
+		flags |= BLK_MQ_REQ_PREEMPT;
+	if (reserved)
+		flags |= BLK_MQ_REQ_RESERVED;
+	/*
+	 * Queue freezing might be in-progress, and wait freeze can't be
+	 * done now because we have request not completed yet, so mark this
+	 * allocation as BLK_MQ_REQ_FORCE for avoiding this allocation &
+	 * freeze hung forever.
+	 */
+	flags |= BLK_MQ_REQ_FORCE;
+
+	/* avoid allocation failure by clearing NOWAIT */
+	nrq = blk_get_request(rq->q, rq->cmd_flags & ~REQ_NOWAIT, flags);
+	if (!nrq)
+		return;
+
+	blk_rq_copy_request(nrq, rq);
+
+	nrq->timeout = rq->timeout;
+	nrq->rq_disk = rq->rq_disk;
+	nrq->part = rq->part;
+
+	memcpy(blk_mq_rq_to_pdu(nrq), blk_mq_rq_to_pdu(rq),
+			rq->q->tag_set->cmd_size);
+
+	nrq->end_io = blk_mq_resubmit_end_rq;
+	nrq->end_io_data = rq;
+	nrq->bio = rq->bio;
+	nrq->biotail = rq->biotail;
+
+	/* bios ownership has been transfered to new request */
+	rq->bio = rq->biotail = NULL;
+	rq->__data_len = 0;
+
+	if (blk_insert_cloned_request(nrq->q, nrq) != BLK_STS_OK)
+		blk_mq_request_bypass_insert(nrq, false, true);
+}
+
+static void blk_mq_hctx_deactivate(struct blk_mq_hw_ctx *hctx)
+{
+	LIST_HEAD(sched);
+	LIST_HEAD(re_submit);
+	LIST_HEAD(flush_in);
+	LIST_HEAD(flush_out);
+	struct request *rq, *nxt;
+	struct elevator_queue *e = hctx->queue->elevator;
+
+	if (!e) {
+		blk_mq_flush_busy_ctxs(hctx, &re_submit);
+	} else {
+		while ((rq = e->type->ops.dispatch_request(hctx))) {
+			if (rq->mq_hctx != hctx)
+				list_add(&rq->queuelist, &sched);
+			else
+				list_add(&rq->queuelist, &re_submit);
+		}
+	}
+	while (!list_empty(&sched)) {
+		rq = list_first_entry(&sched, struct request, queuelist);
+		list_del_init(&rq->queuelist);
+		blk_mq_sched_insert_request(rq, true, true, true);
+	}
+
+	/* requests in dispatch list have to be re-submitted too */
+	spin_lock(&hctx->lock);
+	list_splice_tail_init(&hctx->dispatch, &re_submit);
+	spin_unlock(&hctx->lock);
+
+	/* blk_end_flush_machinery will cover flush request */
+	list_for_each_entry_safe(rq, nxt, &re_submit, queuelist) {
+		if (rq->rq_flags & RQF_FLUSH_SEQ)
+			list_move(&rq->queuelist, &flush_in);
+	}
+	blk_end_flush_machinery(hctx, &flush_in, &flush_out);
+	list_splice_tail(&flush_out, &re_submit);
+
+	while (!list_empty(&re_submit)) {
+		rq = list_first_entry(&re_submit, struct request, queuelist);
+		list_del_init(&rq->queuelist);
+		blk_mq_resubmit_rq(rq);
+	}
+}
+
 static void blk_mq_hctx_handle_dead_cpu(struct blk_mq_hw_ctx *hctx,
 		unsigned int cpu)
 {
@@ -2430,17 +2533,20 @@ static void blk_mq_hctx_handle_dead_cpu(struct blk_mq_hw_ctx *hctx,
 }
 
 /*
- * 'cpu' is going away. splice any existing rq_list entries from this
- * software queue to the hw queue dispatch list, and ensure that it
- * gets run.
+ * @cpu has gone away. If this hctx is inactive, we can't dispatch request
+ * to the hctx any more, so clone and re-submit requests from this hctx
  */
 static int blk_mq_hctx_notify_dead(unsigned int cpu, struct hlist_node *node)
 {
 	struct blk_mq_hw_ctx *hctx = hlist_entry_safe(node,
 			struct blk_mq_hw_ctx, cpuhp_dead);
 
-	if (cpumask_test_cpu(cpu, hctx->cpumask))
-		blk_mq_hctx_handle_dead_cpu(hctx, cpu);
+	if (cpumask_test_cpu(cpu, hctx->cpumask)) {
+		if (test_bit(BLK_MQ_S_INACTIVE, &hctx->state))
+			blk_mq_hctx_deactivate(hctx);
+		else
+			blk_mq_hctx_handle_dead_cpu(hctx, cpu);
+	}
 	return 0;
 }
 
