diff --git a/block/blk-core.c b/block/blk-core.c
index 7871603f0a29..03b5f8d77f37 100644
--- a/block/blk-core.c
+++ b/block/blk-core.c
@@ -734,6 +734,8 @@ blk_init_queue_node(request_fn_proc *rfn, spinlock_t *lock, int node_id)
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(blk_init_queue_node);
 
+static void blk_queue_bio(struct request_queue *q, struct bio *bio);
+
 struct request_queue *
 blk_init_allocated_queue(struct request_queue *q, request_fn_proc *rfn,
 			 spinlock_t *lock)
@@ -1578,7 +1580,7 @@ void init_request_from_bio(struct request *req, struct bio *bio)
 	blk_rq_bio_prep(req->q, req, bio);
 }
 
-void blk_queue_bio(struct request_queue *q, struct bio *bio)
+static void blk_queue_bio(struct request_queue *q, struct bio *bio)
 {
 	const bool sync = !!(bio->bi_rw & REQ_SYNC);
 	struct blk_plug *plug;
@@ -1686,7 +1688,6 @@ out_unlock:
 		spin_unlock_irq(q->queue_lock);
 	}
 }
-EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(blk_queue_bio);	/* for device mapper only */
 
 /*
  * If bio->bi_dev is a partition, remap the location
diff --git a/drivers/block/nvme-scsi.c b/drivers/block/nvme-scsi.c
index 88f13c525712..44f2514fb775 100644
--- a/drivers/block/nvme-scsi.c
+++ b/drivers/block/nvme-scsi.c
@@ -2257,7 +2257,8 @@ static int nvme_trans_inquiry(struct nvme_ns *ns, struct sg_io_hdr *hdr,
 	page_code = GET_INQ_PAGE_CODE(cmd);
 	alloc_len = GET_INQ_ALLOC_LENGTH(cmd);
 
-	inq_response = kmalloc(alloc_len, GFP_KERNEL);
+	inq_response = kmalloc(max(alloc_len, STANDARD_INQUIRY_LENGTH),
+				GFP_KERNEL);
 	if (inq_response == NULL) {
 		res = -ENOMEM;
 		goto out_mem;
diff --git a/include/linux/blkdev.h b/include/linux/blkdev.h
index 7f9a516f24de..5d93a6645e88 100644
--- a/include/linux/blkdev.h
+++ b/include/linux/blkdev.h
@@ -821,8 +821,6 @@ extern int scsi_cmd_ioctl(struct request_queue *, struct gendisk *, fmode_t,
 extern int sg_scsi_ioctl(struct request_queue *, struct gendisk *, fmode_t,
 			 struct scsi_ioctl_command __user *);
 
-extern void blk_queue_bio(struct request_queue *q, struct bio *bio);
-
 /*
  * A queue has just exitted congestion.  Note this in the global counter of
  * congested queues, and wake up anyone who was waiting for requests to be
diff --git a/kernel/sched/core.c b/kernel/sched/core.c
index 57bd333bc4ab..123673291ffb 100644
--- a/kernel/sched/core.c
+++ b/kernel/sched/core.c
@@ -4389,10 +4389,7 @@ long __sched io_schedule_timeout(long timeout)
 	long ret;
 
 	current->in_iowait = 1;
-	if (old_iowait)
-		blk_schedule_flush_plug(current);
-	else
-		blk_flush_plug(current);
+	blk_schedule_flush_plug(current);
 
 	delayacct_blkio_start();
 	rq = raw_rq();