diff --git a/drivers/scsi/scsi_lib.c b/drivers/scsi/scsi_lib.c
index 994eb083fff9c2a4ac1a06f013815fcd29a98caa..2179851cdaf3bd5c5563cb5808883691516faa94 100644
--- a/drivers/scsi/scsi_lib.c
+++ b/drivers/scsi/scsi_lib.c
@@ -543,17 +543,6 @@ static void scsi_requeue_command(struct request_queue *q, struct scsi_cmnd *cmd)
 	put_device(&sdev->sdev_gendev);
 }
 
-void scsi_next_command(struct scsi_cmnd *cmd)
-{
-	struct scsi_device *sdev = cmd->device;
-	struct request_queue *q = sdev->request_queue;
-
-	scsi_put_command(cmd);
-	scsi_run_queue(q);
-
-	put_device(&sdev->sdev_gendev);
-}
-
 void scsi_run_host_queues(struct Scsi_Host *shost)
 {
 	struct scsi_device *sdev;
@@ -731,8 +720,6 @@ static bool scsi_end_request(struct request *req, int error,
 			kblockd_schedule_work(&sdev->requeue_work);
 		else
 			blk_mq_start_stopped_hw_queues(q, true);
-
-		put_device(&sdev->sdev_gendev);
 	} else {
 		unsigned long flags;
 
@@ -744,9 +731,12 @@ static bool scsi_end_request(struct request *req, int error,
 		spin_unlock_irqrestore(q->queue_lock, flags);
 
 		scsi_release_buffers(cmd);
-		scsi_next_command(cmd);
+
+		scsi_put_command(cmd);
+		scsi_run_queue(q);
 	}
 
+	put_device(&sdev->sdev_gendev);
 	return false;
 }
 
diff --git a/drivers/scsi/scsi_priv.h b/drivers/scsi/scsi_priv.h
index 12b8e1bee7f099fd04ce6686a88e2db21477086d..2a382c100760a96a34ff7f4784e31783e737316f 100644
--- a/drivers/scsi/scsi_priv.h
+++ b/drivers/scsi/scsi_priv.h
@@ -84,7 +84,6 @@ int scsi_noretry_cmd(struct scsi_cmnd *scmd);
 extern int scsi_maybe_unblock_host(struct scsi_device *sdev);
 extern void scsi_device_unbusy(struct scsi_device *sdev);
 extern void scsi_queue_insert(struct scsi_cmnd *cmd, int reason);
-extern void scsi_next_command(struct scsi_cmnd *cmd);
 extern void scsi_io_completion(struct scsi_cmnd *, unsigned int);
 extern void scsi_run_host_queues(struct Scsi_Host *shost);
 extern struct request_queue *scsi_alloc_queue(struct scsi_device *sdev);