diff --git a/block/blk-mq.c b/block/blk-mq.c
index 30bad930e661..010b878d53b3 100644
--- a/block/blk-mq.c
+++ b/block/blk-mq.c
@@ -434,10 +434,16 @@ void __blk_mq_complete_request(struct request *rq)
  **/
 void blk_mq_complete_request(struct request *rq)
 {
-	if (unlikely(blk_should_fake_timeout(rq->q)))
+	struct request_queue *q = rq->q;
+
+	if (unlikely(blk_should_fake_timeout(q)))
 		return;
-	if (!blk_mark_rq_complete(rq))
-		__blk_mq_complete_request(rq);
+	if (!blk_mark_rq_complete(rq)) {
+		if (q->softirq_done_fn)
+			__blk_mq_complete_request(rq);
+		else
+			blk_mq_end_io(rq, rq->errors);
+	}
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(blk_mq_complete_request);
 
diff --git a/include/linux/blk-mq.h b/include/linux/blk-mq.h
index afeb93496907..1dfeb1529a61 100644
--- a/include/linux/blk-mq.h
+++ b/include/linux/blk-mq.h
@@ -173,6 +173,10 @@ void __blk_mq_end_io(struct request *rq, int error);
 
 void blk_mq_requeue_request(struct request *rq);
 
+/*
+ * Complete request through potential IPI for right placement. Driver must
+ * have defined a mq_ops->complete() hook for this.
+ */
 void blk_mq_complete_request(struct request *rq);
 
 void blk_mq_stop_hw_queue(struct blk_mq_hw_ctx *hctx);