diff --git a/block/blk-exec.c b/block/blk-exec.c
index fb2cbd5..284bf56 100644
--- a/block/blk-exec.c
+++ b/block/blk-exec.c
@@ -53,16 +53,17 @@ void blk_execute_rq_nowait(struct request_queue *q, struct gendisk *bd_disk,
 	WARN_ON(irqs_disabled());
 	spin_lock_irq(q->queue_lock);
 
+	rq->rq_disk = bd_disk;
+	rq->end_io = done;
+
 	if (unlikely(blk_queue_dead(q))) {
-		spin_unlock_irq(q->queue_lock);
 		rq->errors = -ENXIO;
 		if (rq->end_io)
 			rq->end_io(rq, rq->errors);
+		spin_unlock_irq(q->queue_lock);
 		return;
 	}
 
-	rq->rq_disk = bd_disk;
-	rq->end_io = done;
 	__elv_add_request(q, rq, where);
 	__blk_run_queue(q);
 	/* the queue is stopped so it won't be run */