diff --git a/block/blk-core.c b/block/blk-core.c
index 1c9b6975cf0a..5c8e66a09d82 100644
--- a/block/blk-core.c
+++ b/block/blk-core.c
@@ -74,11 +74,7 @@ static struct workqueue_struct *kblockd_workqueue;
  */
 void blk_queue_flag_set(unsigned int flag, struct request_queue *q)
 {
-	unsigned long flags;
-
-	spin_lock_irqsave(q->queue_lock, flags);
-	queue_flag_set(flag, q);
-	spin_unlock_irqrestore(q->queue_lock, flags);
+	set_bit(flag, &q->queue_flags);
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(blk_queue_flag_set);
 
@@ -89,11 +85,7 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL(blk_queue_flag_set);
  */
 void blk_queue_flag_clear(unsigned int flag, struct request_queue *q)
 {
-	unsigned long flags;
-
-	spin_lock_irqsave(q->queue_lock, flags);
-	queue_flag_clear(flag, q);
-	spin_unlock_irqrestore(q->queue_lock, flags);
+	clear_bit(flag, &q->queue_flags);
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(blk_queue_flag_clear);
 
@@ -107,38 +99,10 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL(blk_queue_flag_clear);
  */
 bool blk_queue_flag_test_and_set(unsigned int flag, struct request_queue *q)
 {
-	unsigned long flags;
-	bool res;
-
-	spin_lock_irqsave(q->queue_lock, flags);
-	res = queue_flag_test_and_set(flag, q);
-	spin_unlock_irqrestore(q->queue_lock, flags);
-
-	return res;
+	return test_and_set_bit(flag, &q->queue_flags);
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(blk_queue_flag_test_and_set);
 
-/**
- * blk_queue_flag_test_and_clear - atomically test and clear a queue flag
- * @flag: flag to be cleared
- * @q: request queue
- *
- * Returns the previous value of @flag - 0 if the flag was not set and 1 if
- * the flag was set.
- */
-bool blk_queue_flag_test_and_clear(unsigned int flag, struct request_queue *q)
-{
-	unsigned long flags;
-	bool res;
-
-	spin_lock_irqsave(q->queue_lock, flags);
-	res = queue_flag_test_and_clear(flag, q);
-	spin_unlock_irqrestore(q->queue_lock, flags);
-
-	return res;
-}
-EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(blk_queue_flag_test_and_clear);
-
 void blk_rq_init(struct request_queue *q, struct request *rq)
 {
 	memset(rq, 0, sizeof(*rq));
@@ -368,12 +332,10 @@ void blk_cleanup_queue(struct request_queue *q)
 	/* mark @q DYING, no new request or merges will be allowed afterwards */
 	mutex_lock(&q->sysfs_lock);
 	blk_set_queue_dying(q);
-	spin_lock_irq(lock);
 
-	queue_flag_set(QUEUE_FLAG_NOMERGES, q);
-	queue_flag_set(QUEUE_FLAG_NOXMERGES, q);
-	queue_flag_set(QUEUE_FLAG_DYING, q);
-	spin_unlock_irq(lock);
+	blk_queue_flag_set(QUEUE_FLAG_NOMERGES, q);
+	blk_queue_flag_set(QUEUE_FLAG_NOXMERGES, q);
+	blk_queue_flag_set(QUEUE_FLAG_DYING, q);
 	mutex_unlock(&q->sysfs_lock);
 
 	/*
@@ -384,9 +346,7 @@ void blk_cleanup_queue(struct request_queue *q)
 
 	rq_qos_exit(q);
 
-	spin_lock_irq(lock);
-	queue_flag_set(QUEUE_FLAG_DEAD, q);
-	spin_unlock_irq(lock);
+	blk_queue_flag_set(QUEUE_FLAG_DEAD, q);
 
 	/*
 	 * make sure all in-progress dispatch are completed because
diff --git a/block/blk-mq.c b/block/blk-mq.c
index 4c82b4b4fa3e..e2717e843727 100644
--- a/block/blk-mq.c
+++ b/block/blk-mq.c
@@ -2756,7 +2756,7 @@ struct request_queue *blk_mq_init_allocated_queue(struct blk_mq_tag_set *set,
 	q->queue_flags |= QUEUE_FLAG_MQ_DEFAULT;
 
 	if (!(set->flags & BLK_MQ_F_SG_MERGE))
-		queue_flag_set_unlocked(QUEUE_FLAG_NO_SG_MERGE, q);
+		blk_queue_flag_set(QUEUE_FLAG_NO_SG_MERGE, q);
 
 	q->sg_reserved_size = INT_MAX;
 
diff --git a/block/blk-settings.c b/block/blk-settings.c
index cca83590a1dc..3abe831e92c8 100644
--- a/block/blk-settings.c
+++ b/block/blk-settings.c
@@ -834,16 +834,14 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL(blk_set_queue_depth);
  */
 void blk_queue_write_cache(struct request_queue *q, bool wc, bool fua)
 {
-	spin_lock_irq(q->queue_lock);
 	if (wc)
-		queue_flag_set(QUEUE_FLAG_WC, q);
+		blk_queue_flag_set(QUEUE_FLAG_WC, q);
 	else
-		queue_flag_clear(QUEUE_FLAG_WC, q);
+		blk_queue_flag_clear(QUEUE_FLAG_WC, q);
 	if (fua)
-		queue_flag_set(QUEUE_FLAG_FUA, q);
+		blk_queue_flag_set(QUEUE_FLAG_FUA, q);
 	else
-		queue_flag_clear(QUEUE_FLAG_FUA, q);
-	spin_unlock_irq(q->queue_lock);
+		blk_queue_flag_clear(QUEUE_FLAG_FUA, q);
 
 	wbt_set_write_cache(q, test_bit(QUEUE_FLAG_WC, &q->queue_flags));
 }
diff --git a/block/blk-sysfs.c b/block/blk-sysfs.c
index d4b1b84ba8ca..22fd086eba9f 100644
--- a/block/blk-sysfs.c
+++ b/block/blk-sysfs.c
@@ -316,14 +316,12 @@ static ssize_t queue_nomerges_store(struct request_queue *q, const char *page,
 	if (ret < 0)
 		return ret;
 
-	spin_lock_irq(q->queue_lock);
-	queue_flag_clear(QUEUE_FLAG_NOMERGES, q);
-	queue_flag_clear(QUEUE_FLAG_NOXMERGES, q);
+	blk_queue_flag_clear(QUEUE_FLAG_NOMERGES, q);
+	blk_queue_flag_clear(QUEUE_FLAG_NOXMERGES, q);
 	if (nm == 2)
-		queue_flag_set(QUEUE_FLAG_NOMERGES, q);
+		blk_queue_flag_set(QUEUE_FLAG_NOMERGES, q);
 	else if (nm)
-		queue_flag_set(QUEUE_FLAG_NOXMERGES, q);
-	spin_unlock_irq(q->queue_lock);
+		blk_queue_flag_set(QUEUE_FLAG_NOXMERGES, q);
 
 	return ret;
 }
@@ -347,18 +345,16 @@ queue_rq_affinity_store(struct request_queue *q, const char *page, size_t count)
 	if (ret < 0)
 		return ret;
 
-	spin_lock_irq(q->queue_lock);
 	if (val == 2) {
-		queue_flag_set(QUEUE_FLAG_SAME_COMP, q);
-		queue_flag_set(QUEUE_FLAG_SAME_FORCE, q);
+		blk_queue_flag_set(QUEUE_FLAG_SAME_COMP, q);
+		blk_queue_flag_set(QUEUE_FLAG_SAME_FORCE, q);
 	} else if (val == 1) {
-		queue_flag_set(QUEUE_FLAG_SAME_COMP, q);
-		queue_flag_clear(QUEUE_FLAG_SAME_FORCE, q);
+		blk_queue_flag_set(QUEUE_FLAG_SAME_COMP, q);
+		blk_queue_flag_clear(QUEUE_FLAG_SAME_FORCE, q);
 	} else if (val == 0) {
-		queue_flag_clear(QUEUE_FLAG_SAME_COMP, q);
-		queue_flag_clear(QUEUE_FLAG_SAME_FORCE, q);
+		blk_queue_flag_clear(QUEUE_FLAG_SAME_COMP, q);
+		blk_queue_flag_clear(QUEUE_FLAG_SAME_FORCE, q);
 	}
-	spin_unlock_irq(q->queue_lock);
 #endif
 	return ret;
 }
@@ -889,7 +885,7 @@ int blk_register_queue(struct gendisk *disk)
 	WARN_ONCE(test_bit(QUEUE_FLAG_REGISTERED, &q->queue_flags),
 		  "%s is registering an already registered queue\n",
 		  kobject_name(&dev->kobj));
-	queue_flag_set_unlocked(QUEUE_FLAG_REGISTERED, q);
+	blk_queue_flag_set(QUEUE_FLAG_REGISTERED, q);
 
 	/*
 	 * SCSI probing may synchronously create and destroy a lot of
@@ -901,7 +897,7 @@ int blk_register_queue(struct gendisk *disk)
 	 * request_queues for non-existent devices never get registered.
 	 */
 	if (!blk_queue_init_done(q)) {
-		queue_flag_set_unlocked(QUEUE_FLAG_INIT_DONE, q);
+		blk_queue_flag_set(QUEUE_FLAG_INIT_DONE, q);
 		percpu_ref_switch_to_percpu(&q->q_usage_counter);
 	}
 
diff --git a/block/blk.h b/block/blk.h
index 08a5845b03ba..f2ddc71e93da 100644
--- a/block/blk.h
+++ b/block/blk.h
@@ -48,62 +48,6 @@ static inline void queue_lockdep_assert_held(struct request_queue *q)
 		lockdep_assert_held(q->queue_lock);
 }
 
-static inline void queue_flag_set_unlocked(unsigned int flag,
-					   struct request_queue *q)
-{
-	if (test_bit(QUEUE_FLAG_INIT_DONE, &q->queue_flags) &&
-	    kref_read(&q->kobj.kref))
-		lockdep_assert_held(q->queue_lock);
-	__set_bit(flag, &q->queue_flags);
-}
-
-static inline void queue_flag_clear_unlocked(unsigned int flag,
-					     struct request_queue *q)
-{
-	if (test_bit(QUEUE_FLAG_INIT_DONE, &q->queue_flags) &&
-	    kref_read(&q->kobj.kref))
-		lockdep_assert_held(q->queue_lock);
-	__clear_bit(flag, &q->queue_flags);
-}
-
-static inline int queue_flag_test_and_clear(unsigned int flag,
-					    struct request_queue *q)
-{
-	queue_lockdep_assert_held(q);
-
-	if (test_bit(flag, &q->queue_flags)) {
-		__clear_bit(flag, &q->queue_flags);
-		return 1;
-	}
-
-	return 0;
-}
-
-static inline int queue_flag_test_and_set(unsigned int flag,
-					  struct request_queue *q)
-{
-	queue_lockdep_assert_held(q);
-
-	if (!test_bit(flag, &q->queue_flags)) {
-		__set_bit(flag, &q->queue_flags);
-		return 0;
-	}
-
-	return 1;
-}
-
-static inline void queue_flag_set(unsigned int flag, struct request_queue *q)
-{
-	queue_lockdep_assert_held(q);
-	__set_bit(flag, &q->queue_flags);
-}
-
-static inline void queue_flag_clear(unsigned int flag, struct request_queue *q)
-{
-	queue_lockdep_assert_held(q);
-	__clear_bit(flag, &q->queue_flags);
-}
-
 static inline struct blk_flush_queue *
 blk_get_flush_queue(struct request_queue *q, struct blk_mq_ctx *ctx)
 {
diff --git a/include/linux/blkdev.h b/include/linux/blkdev.h
index 1aa94759d219..2b887e24837e 100644
--- a/include/linux/blkdev.h
+++ b/include/linux/blkdev.h
@@ -624,7 +624,6 @@ struct request_queue {
 void blk_queue_flag_set(unsigned int flag, struct request_queue *q);
 void blk_queue_flag_clear(unsigned int flag, struct request_queue *q);
 bool blk_queue_flag_test_and_set(unsigned int flag, struct request_queue *q);
-bool blk_queue_flag_test_and_clear(unsigned int flag, struct request_queue *q);
 
 #define blk_queue_stopped(q)	test_bit(QUEUE_FLAG_STOPPED, &(q)->queue_flags)
 #define blk_queue_dying(q)	test_bit(QUEUE_FLAG_DYING, &(q)->queue_flags)
