diff --git a/block/blk-mq.c b/block/blk-mq.c
index c501cbd0de93f3..3d759bb8a5bb51 100644
--- a/block/blk-mq.c
+++ b/block/blk-mq.c
@@ -1080,8 +1080,10 @@ bool blk_mq_dispatch_rq_list(struct request_queue *q, struct list_head *list,
 			}
 		}
 
-		if (!got_budget && !blk_mq_get_dispatch_budget(hctx))
+		if (!got_budget && !blk_mq_get_dispatch_budget(hctx)) {
+			blk_mq_put_driver_tag(rq);
 			break;
+		}
 
 		list_del_init(&rq->queuelist);