diff --git a/block/blk-core.c b/block/blk-core.c
index d2f8f4049abd..1d49e1c7c905 100644
--- a/block/blk-core.c
+++ b/block/blk-core.c
@@ -839,6 +839,9 @@ struct request *blk_get_request(struct request_queue *q, int rw, gfp_t gfp_mask)
 {
 	struct request *rq;
 
+	if (unlikely(test_bit(QUEUE_FLAG_DEAD, &q->queue_flags)))
+		return NULL;
+
 	BUG_ON(rw != READ && rw != WRITE);
 
 	spin_lock_irq(q->queue_lock);
diff --git a/block/blk-exec.c b/block/blk-exec.c
index 8a0e7ec056e7..a1ebceb332f9 100644
--- a/block/blk-exec.c
+++ b/block/blk-exec.c
@@ -50,6 +50,13 @@ void blk_execute_rq_nowait(struct request_queue *q, struct gendisk *bd_disk,
 {
 	int where = at_head ? ELEVATOR_INSERT_FRONT : ELEVATOR_INSERT_BACK;
 
+	if (unlikely(test_bit(QUEUE_FLAG_DEAD, &q->queue_flags))) {
+		rq->errors = -ENXIO;
+		if (rq->end_io)
+			rq->end_io(rq, rq->errors);
+		return;
+	}
+
 	rq->rq_disk = bd_disk;
 	rq->end_io = done;
 	WARN_ON(irqs_disabled());
diff --git a/drivers/scsi/scsi_lib.c b/drivers/scsi/scsi_lib.c
index ec1803a48723..28d9c9d6b4b4 100644
--- a/drivers/scsi/scsi_lib.c
+++ b/drivers/scsi/scsi_lib.c
@@ -213,6 +213,8 @@ int scsi_execute(struct scsi_device *sdev, const unsigned char *cmd,
 	int ret = DRIVER_ERROR << 24;
 
 	req = blk_get_request(sdev->request_queue, write, __GFP_WAIT);
+	if (!req)
+		return ret;
 
 	if (bufflen &&	blk_rq_map_kern(sdev->request_queue, req,
 					buffer, bufflen, __GFP_WAIT))