diff --git a/block/blk-mq.c b/block/blk-mq.c
index 31cc743ffad7..55ccc9f4435d 100644
--- a/block/blk-mq.c
+++ b/block/blk-mq.c
@@ -4930,21 +4930,14 @@ int blk_mq_update_nr_requests(struct request_queue *q, unsigned int nr)
 {
 	struct blk_mq_tag_set *set = q->tag_set;
 	struct blk_mq_hw_ctx *hctx;
-	int ret;
+	int ret = 0;
 	unsigned long i;
 
-	if (WARN_ON_ONCE(!q->mq_freeze_depth))
-		return -EINVAL;
-
-	if (!set)
-		return -EINVAL;
-
 	if (q->nr_requests == nr)
 		return 0;
 
 	blk_mq_quiesce_queue(q);
 
-	ret = 0;
 	queue_for_each_hw_ctx(q, hctx, i) {
 		if (!hctx->tags)
 			continue;