diff --git a/block/blk-mq.c b/block/blk-mq.c
index 7d05a56e3639..5deb9dffca0a 100644
--- a/block/blk-mq.c
+++ b/block/blk-mq.c
@@ -2647,6 +2647,7 @@ static void blk_mq_try_issue_directly(struct blk_mq_hw_ctx *hctx,
 
 	if (blk_mq_hctx_stopped(hctx) || blk_queue_quiesced(rq->q)) {
 		blk_mq_insert_request(rq, 0);
+		blk_mq_run_hw_queue(hctx, false);
 		return;
 	}
 
@@ -2677,6 +2678,7 @@ static blk_status_t blk_mq_request_issue_directly(struct request *rq, bool last)
 
 	if (blk_mq_hctx_stopped(hctx) || blk_queue_quiesced(rq->q)) {
 		blk_mq_insert_request(rq, 0);
+		blk_mq_run_hw_queue(hctx, false);
 		return BLK_STS_OK;
 	}