diff --git a/block/blk-mq.c b/block/blk-mq.c
index 2de972857496..3ba37b9e15e9 100644
--- a/block/blk-mq.c
+++ b/block/blk-mq.c
@@ -1749,14 +1749,6 @@ static void blk_mq_bio_to_request(struct request *rq, struct bio *bio)
 	blk_account_io_start(rq, true);
 }
 
-static blk_qc_t request_to_qc_t(struct blk_mq_hw_ctx *hctx, struct request *rq)
-{
-	if (rq->tag != -1)
-		return blk_tag_to_qc_t(rq->tag, hctx->queue_num, false);
-
-	return blk_tag_to_qc_t(rq->internal_tag, hctx->queue_num, true);
-}
-
 static blk_status_t __blk_mq_issue_directly(struct blk_mq_hw_ctx *hctx,
 					    struct request *rq,
 					    blk_qc_t *cookie, bool last)
diff --git a/include/linux/blk-mq.h b/include/linux/blk-mq.h
index d3c0a0d2680b..0e030f5f76b6 100644
--- a/include/linux/blk-mq.h
+++ b/include/linux/blk-mq.h
@@ -357,4 +357,14 @@ static inline void *blk_mq_rq_to_pdu(struct request *rq)
 	for ((i) = 0; (i) < (hctx)->nr_ctx &&				\
 	     ({ ctx = (hctx)->ctxs[(i)]; 1; }); (i)++)
 
+static inline blk_qc_t request_to_qc_t(struct blk_mq_hw_ctx *hctx,
+		struct request *rq)
+{
+	if (rq->tag != -1)
+		return rq->tag | (hctx->queue_num << BLK_QC_T_SHIFT);
+
+	return rq->internal_tag | (hctx->queue_num << BLK_QC_T_SHIFT) |
+			BLK_QC_T_INTERNAL;
+}
+
 #endif
diff --git a/include/linux/blk_types.h b/include/linux/blk_types.h
index fc99474ac968..5c7e7f859a24 100644
--- a/include/linux/blk_types.h
+++ b/include/linux/blk_types.h
@@ -425,17 +425,6 @@ static inline bool blk_qc_t_valid(blk_qc_t cookie)
 	return cookie != BLK_QC_T_NONE;
 }
 
-static inline blk_qc_t blk_tag_to_qc_t(unsigned int tag, unsigned int queue_num,
-				       bool internal)
-{
-	blk_qc_t ret = tag | (queue_num << BLK_QC_T_SHIFT);
-
-	if (internal)
-		ret |= BLK_QC_T_INTERNAL;
-
-	return ret;
-}
-
 static inline unsigned int blk_qc_t_to_queue_num(blk_qc_t cookie)
 {
 	return (cookie & ~BLK_QC_T_INTERNAL) >> BLK_QC_T_SHIFT;