bool reserved;
 };
 
+static struct request *blk_mq_find_and_get_req(struct blk_mq_tags *tags,
+               unsigned int bitnr)
+{
+       struct request *rq = tags->rqs[bitnr];
+
+       if (!rq || !refcount_inc_not_zero(&rq->ref))
+               return NULL;
+       return rq;
+}
+
 static bool bt_iter(struct sbitmap *bitmap, unsigned int bitnr, void *data)
 {
        struct bt_iter_data *iter_data = data;
        struct blk_mq_tags *tags = hctx->tags;
        bool reserved = iter_data->reserved;
        struct request *rq;
+       bool ret = true;
 
        if (!reserved)
                bitnr += tags->nr_reserved_tags;
-       rq = tags->rqs[bitnr];
-
        /*
         * We can hit rq == NULL here, because the tagging functions
         * test and set the bit before assigning ->rqs[].
         */
-       if (rq && rq->q == hctx->queue && rq->mq_hctx == hctx)
-               return iter_data->fn(hctx, rq, iter_data->data, reserved);
-       return true;
+       rq = blk_mq_find_and_get_req(tags, bitnr);
+       if (!rq)
+               return true;
+
+       if (rq->q == hctx->queue && rq->mq_hctx == hctx)
+               ret = iter_data->fn(hctx, rq, iter_data->data, reserved);
+       blk_mq_put_rq_ref(rq);
+       return ret;
 }
 
 /**
        struct blk_mq_tags *tags = iter_data->tags;
        bool reserved = iter_data->flags & BT_TAG_ITER_RESERVED;
        struct request *rq;
+       bool ret = true;
+       bool iter_static_rqs = !!(iter_data->flags & BT_TAG_ITER_STATIC_RQS);
 
        if (!reserved)
                bitnr += tags->nr_reserved_tags;
         * We can hit rq == NULL here, because the tagging functions
         * test and set the bit before assigning ->rqs[].
         */
-       if (iter_data->flags & BT_TAG_ITER_STATIC_RQS)
+       if (iter_static_rqs)
                rq = tags->static_rqs[bitnr];
        else
-               rq = tags->rqs[bitnr];
+               rq = blk_mq_find_and_get_req(tags, bitnr);
        if (!rq)
                return true;
-       if ((iter_data->flags & BT_TAG_ITER_STARTED) &&
-           !blk_mq_request_started(rq))
-               return true;
-       return iter_data->fn(rq, iter_data->data, reserved);
+
+       if (!(iter_data->flags & BT_TAG_ITER_STARTED) ||
+           blk_mq_request_started(rq))
+               ret = iter_data->fn(rq, iter_data->data, reserved);
+       if (!iter_static_rqs)
+               blk_mq_put_rq_ref(rq);
+       return ret;
 }
 
 /**
  *             indicates whether or not @rq is a reserved request. Return
  *             true to continue iterating tags, false to stop.
  * @priv:      Will be passed as second argument to @fn.
+ *
+ * We grab one request reference before calling @fn and release it after
+ * @fn returns.
  */
 void blk_mq_tagset_busy_iter(struct blk_mq_tag_set *tagset,
                busy_tag_iter_fn *fn, void *priv)
 
        return false;
 }
 
+void blk_mq_put_rq_ref(struct request *rq)
+{
+       if (is_flush_rq(rq, rq->mq_hctx))
+               rq->end_io(rq, 0);
+       else if (refcount_dec_and_test(&rq->ref))
+               __blk_mq_free_request(rq);
+}
+
 static bool blk_mq_check_expired(struct blk_mq_hw_ctx *hctx,
                struct request *rq, void *priv, bool reserved)
 {
        if (blk_mq_req_expired(rq, next))
                blk_mq_rq_timed_out(rq, reserved);
 
-       if (is_flush_rq(rq, hctx))
-               rq->end_io(rq, 0);
-       else if (refcount_dec_and_test(&rq->ref))
-               __blk_mq_free_request(rq);
-
+       blk_mq_put_rq_ref(rq);
        return true;
 }