diff --git a/block/blk-core.c b/block/blk-core.c
index fd389a16013c..5ffe05b1d17c 100644
--- a/block/blk-core.c
+++ b/block/blk-core.c
@@ -606,16 +606,9 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL(blk_get_queue);
 struct request *blk_get_request(struct request_queue *q, unsigned int op,
 				blk_mq_req_flags_t flags)
 {
-	struct request *req;
-
 	WARN_ON_ONCE(op & REQ_NOWAIT);
 	WARN_ON_ONCE(flags & ~(BLK_MQ_REQ_NOWAIT | BLK_MQ_REQ_PM));
-
-	req = blk_mq_alloc_request(q, op, flags);
-	if (!IS_ERR(req) && q->mq_ops->initialize_rq_fn)
-		q->mq_ops->initialize_rq_fn(req);
-
-	return req;
+	return blk_mq_alloc_request(q, op, flags);
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(blk_get_request);
 
diff --git a/include/linux/blk-mq.h b/include/linux/blk-mq.h
index b4039fdf1b04..ebc45cf0450b 100644
--- a/include/linux/blk-mq.h
+++ b/include/linux/blk-mq.h
@@ -566,11 +566,6 @@ struct blk_mq_ops {
 	void (*exit_request)(struct blk_mq_tag_set *set, struct request *,
 			     unsigned int);
 
-	/**
-	 * @initialize_rq_fn: Called from inside blk_get_request().
-	 */
-	void (*initialize_rq_fn)(struct request *rq);
-
 	/**
 	 * @cleanup_rq: Called before freeing one request which isn't completed
 	 * yet, and usually for freeing the driver private data.