}
 
 /**
- * __blk_mq_delay_run_hw_queue - Run (or schedule to run) a hardware queue.
+ * blk_mq_delay_run_hw_queue - Run a hardware queue asynchronously.
  * @hctx: Pointer to the hardware queue to run.
- * @async: If we want to run the queue asynchronously.
  * @msecs: Milliseconds of delay to wait before running the queue.
  *
- * If !@async, try to run the queue now. Else, run the queue asynchronously and
- * with a delay of @msecs.
+ * Run a hardware queue asynchronously with a delay of @msecs.
  */
-static void __blk_mq_delay_run_hw_queue(struct blk_mq_hw_ctx *hctx, bool async,
-                                       unsigned long msecs)
+void blk_mq_delay_run_hw_queue(struct blk_mq_hw_ctx *hctx, unsigned long msecs)
 {
-       if (!async && !(hctx->flags & BLK_MQ_F_BLOCKING)) {
-               if (cpumask_test_cpu(raw_smp_processor_id(), hctx->cpumask)) {
-                       __blk_mq_run_hw_queue(hctx);
-                       return;
-               }
-       }
-
        if (unlikely(blk_mq_hctx_stopped(hctx)))
                return;
        kblockd_mod_delayed_work_on(blk_mq_hctx_next_cpu(hctx), &hctx->run_work,
                                    msecs_to_jiffies(msecs));
 }
-
-/**
- * blk_mq_delay_run_hw_queue - Run a hardware queue asynchronously.
- * @hctx: Pointer to the hardware queue to run.
- * @msecs: Milliseconds of delay to wait before running the queue.
- *
- * Run a hardware queue asynchronously with a delay of @msecs.
- */
-void blk_mq_delay_run_hw_queue(struct blk_mq_hw_ctx *hctx, unsigned long msecs)
-{
-       __blk_mq_delay_run_hw_queue(hctx, true, msecs);
-}
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(blk_mq_delay_run_hw_queue);
 
 /**
                need_run = !blk_queue_quiesced(hctx->queue) &&
                blk_mq_hctx_has_pending(hctx));
 
-       if (need_run)
-               __blk_mq_delay_run_hw_queue(hctx, async, 0);
+       if (!need_run)
+               return;
+
+       if (async || (hctx->flags & BLK_MQ_F_BLOCKING) ||
+           !cpumask_test_cpu(raw_smp_processor_id(), hctx->cpumask)) {
+               blk_mq_delay_run_hw_queue(hctx, 0);
+               return;
+       }
+
+       __blk_mq_run_hw_queue(hctx);
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(blk_mq_run_hw_queue);