dm_noflush_suspending((m)->ti));                       \
 } while (0)
 
+/*
+ * Check whether bios must be queued in the device-mapper core rather
+ * than here in the target.
+ *
+ * If MPATHF_QUEUE_IF_NO_PATH and MPATHF_SAVED_QUEUE_IF_NO_PATH hold
+ * the same value then we are not between multipath_presuspend()
+ * and multipath_resume() calls and we have no need to check
+ * for the DMF_NOFLUSH_SUSPENDING flag.
+ */
+static bool __must_push_back(struct multipath *m, unsigned long flags)
+{
+       return ((test_bit(MPATHF_QUEUE_IF_NO_PATH, &flags) !=
+                test_bit(MPATHF_SAVED_QUEUE_IF_NO_PATH, &flags)) &&
+               dm_noflush_suspending(m->ti));
+}
+
+/*
+ * Following functions use READ_ONCE to get atomic access to
+ * all m->flags to avoid taking spinlock
+ */
+static bool must_push_back_rq(struct multipath *m)
+{
+       unsigned long flags = READ_ONCE(m->flags);
+       return test_bit(MPATHF_QUEUE_IF_NO_PATH, &flags) || __must_push_back(m, flags);
+}
+
+static bool must_push_back_bio(struct multipath *m)
+{
+       unsigned long flags = READ_ONCE(m->flags);
+       return __must_push_back(m, flags);
+}
+
 /*
  * Map cloned requests (request-based multipath)
  */
                pgpath = choose_pgpath(m, nr_bytes);
 
        if (!pgpath) {
-               if (test_bit(MPATHF_QUEUE_IF_NO_PATH, &m->flags))
+               if (must_push_back_rq(m))
                        return DM_MAPIO_DELAY_REQUEUE;
                dm_report_EIO(m);       /* Failed */
                return DM_MAPIO_KILL;
        }
 
        if (!pgpath) {
-               if (test_bit(MPATHF_QUEUE_IF_NO_PATH, &m->flags))
+               if (must_push_back_bio(m))
                        return DM_MAPIO_REQUEUE;
                dm_report_EIO(m);
                return DM_MAPIO_KILL;
        assign_bit(MPATHF_SAVED_QUEUE_IF_NO_PATH, &m->flags,
                   (save_old_value && test_bit(MPATHF_QUEUE_IF_NO_PATH, &m->flags)) ||
                   (!save_old_value && queue_if_no_path));
-       assign_bit(MPATHF_QUEUE_IF_NO_PATH, &m->flags,
-                  queue_if_no_path || dm_noflush_suspending(m->ti));
+       assign_bit(MPATHF_QUEUE_IF_NO_PATH, &m->flags, queue_if_no_path);
        spin_unlock_irqrestore(&m->lock, flags);
 
        if (!queue_if_no_path) {
                        fail_path(pgpath);
 
                if (atomic_read(&m->nr_valid_paths) == 0 &&
-                   !test_bit(MPATHF_QUEUE_IF_NO_PATH, &m->flags)) {
+                   !must_push_back_rq(m)) {
                        if (error == BLK_STS_IOERR)
                                dm_report_EIO(m);
                        /* complete with the original error */
 
        if (atomic_read(&m->nr_valid_paths) == 0 &&
            !test_bit(MPATHF_QUEUE_IF_NO_PATH, &m->flags)) {
-               dm_report_EIO(m);
-               *error = BLK_STS_IOERR;
+               if (must_push_back_bio(m)) {
+                       r = DM_ENDIO_REQUEUE;
+               } else {
+                       dm_report_EIO(m);
+                       *error = BLK_STS_IOERR;
+               }
                goto done;
        }