* add rq to rbtree and fifo
  */
 static void dd_insert_request(struct blk_mq_hw_ctx *hctx, struct request *rq,
-                             blk_insert_t flags)
+                             blk_insert_t flags, struct list_head *free)
 {
        struct request_queue *q = hctx->queue;
        struct deadline_data *dd = q->elevator->elevator_data;
        u8 ioprio_class = IOPRIO_PRIO_CLASS(ioprio);
        struct dd_per_prio *per_prio;
        enum dd_prio prio;
-       LIST_HEAD(free);
 
        lockdep_assert_held(&dd->lock);
 
                rq->elv.priv[0] = (void *)(uintptr_t)1;
        }
 
-       if (blk_mq_sched_try_insert_merge(q, rq, &free)) {
-               blk_mq_free_requests(&free);
+       if (blk_mq_sched_try_insert_merge(q, rq, free))
                return;
-       }
 
        trace_block_rq_insert(rq);
 
 {
        struct request_queue *q = hctx->queue;
        struct deadline_data *dd = q->elevator->elevator_data;
+       LIST_HEAD(free);
 
        spin_lock(&dd->lock);
        while (!list_empty(list)) {
 
                rq = list_first_entry(list, struct request, queuelist);
                list_del_init(&rq->queuelist);
-               dd_insert_request(hctx, rq, flags);
+               dd_insert_request(hctx, rq, flags, &free);
        }
        spin_unlock(&dd->lock);
+
+       blk_mq_free_requests(&free);
 }
 
 /* Callback from inside blk_mq_rq_ctx_init(). */