diff --git a/block/blk-mq.c b/block/blk-mq.c
index a7d70a1bbf3677da45a4be57056f5971a8853a6b..e83d306907dafba44d77e0c0bfa4e9bf877b8bec 100644
--- a/block/blk-mq.c
+++ b/block/blk-mq.c
@@ -1959,7 +1959,6 @@ static int __blk_mq_alloc_rq_maps(struct blk_mq_tag_set *set)
 	while (--i >= 0)
 		blk_mq_free_rq_map(set, set->tags[i], i);
 
-	set->tags = NULL;
 	return -ENOMEM;
 }