diff --git a/block/blk-integrity.c b/block/blk-integrity.c
index b180cac61a9d..013469faa5e7 100644
--- a/block/blk-integrity.c
+++ b/block/blk-integrity.c
@@ -218,9 +218,7 @@ static ssize_t flag_store(struct device *dev, const char *page, size_t count,
 	else
 		lim.integrity.flags |= flag;
 
-	blk_mq_freeze_queue(q);
-	err = queue_limits_commit_update(q, &lim);
-	blk_mq_unfreeze_queue(q);
+	err = queue_limits_commit_update_frozen(q, &lim);
 	if (err)
 		return err;
 	return count;
diff --git a/block/blk-settings.c b/block/blk-settings.c
index 4187c3e8a07f..4a1d0729f34d 100644
--- a/block/blk-settings.c
+++ b/block/blk-settings.c
@@ -444,6 +444,30 @@ int queue_limits_commit_update(struct request_queue *q,
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(queue_limits_commit_update);
 
+/**
+ * queue_limits_commit_update_frozen - commit an atomic update of queue limits
+ * @q:		queue to update
+ * @lim:	limits to apply
+ *
+ * Apply the limits in @lim that were obtained from queue_limits_start_update()
+ * and updated by the caller to @q.  Freezes the queue before the updated and
+ * unfreezes it after.
+ *
+ * Returns 0 if successful, else a negative error code.
+ */
+int queue_limits_commit_update_frozen(struct request_queue *q,
+		struct queue_limits *lim)
+{
+	int ret;
+
+	blk_mq_freeze_queue(q);
+	ret = queue_limits_commit_update(q, lim);
+	blk_mq_unfreeze_queue(q);
+
+	return ret;
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(queue_limits_commit_update_frozen);
+
 /**
  * queue_limits_set - apply queue limits to queue
  * @q:		queue to update
diff --git a/block/blk-zoned.c b/block/blk-zoned.c
index 4b0be40a8ea7..9d08a54c201e 100644
--- a/block/blk-zoned.c
+++ b/block/blk-zoned.c
@@ -1444,7 +1444,6 @@ static int disk_update_zone_resources(struct gendisk *disk,
 	unsigned int nr_seq_zones, nr_conv_zones;
 	unsigned int pool_size;
 	struct queue_limits lim;
-	int ret;
 
 	disk->nr_zones = args->nr_zones;
 	disk->zone_capacity = args->zone_capacity;
@@ -1495,11 +1494,7 @@ static int disk_update_zone_resources(struct gendisk *disk,
 	}
 
 commit:
-	blk_mq_freeze_queue(q);
-	ret = queue_limits_commit_update(q, &lim);
-	blk_mq_unfreeze_queue(q);
-
-	return ret;
+	return queue_limits_commit_update_frozen(q, &lim);
 }
 
 static int blk_revalidate_conv_zone(struct blk_zone *zone, unsigned int idx,
diff --git a/drivers/block/virtio_blk.c b/drivers/block/virtio_blk.c
index 71a7ffeafb32..0a987f195630 100644
--- a/drivers/block/virtio_blk.c
+++ b/drivers/block/virtio_blk.c
@@ -1105,9 +1105,7 @@ cache_type_store(struct device *dev, struct device_attribute *attr,
 		lim.features |= BLK_FEAT_WRITE_CACHE;
 	else
 		lim.features &= ~BLK_FEAT_WRITE_CACHE;
-	blk_mq_freeze_queue(disk->queue);
 	i = queue_limits_commit_update(disk->queue, &lim);
-	blk_mq_unfreeze_queue(disk->queue);
 	if (i)
 		return i;
 	return count;
diff --git a/drivers/scsi/sd.c b/drivers/scsi/sd.c
index 8947dab132d7..af62a8ed8620 100644
--- a/drivers/scsi/sd.c
+++ b/drivers/scsi/sd.c
@@ -177,9 +177,8 @@ cache_type_store(struct device *dev, struct device_attribute *attr,
 
 		lim = queue_limits_start_update(sdkp->disk->queue);
 		sd_set_flush_flag(sdkp, &lim);
-		blk_mq_freeze_queue(sdkp->disk->queue);
-		ret = queue_limits_commit_update(sdkp->disk->queue, &lim);
-		blk_mq_unfreeze_queue(sdkp->disk->queue);
+		ret = queue_limits_commit_update_frozen(sdkp->disk->queue,
+				&lim);
 		if (ret)
 			return ret;
 		return count;
@@ -483,9 +482,7 @@ provisioning_mode_store(struct device *dev, struct device_attribute *attr,
 
 	lim = queue_limits_start_update(sdkp->disk->queue);
 	sd_config_discard(sdkp, &lim, mode);
-	blk_mq_freeze_queue(sdkp->disk->queue);
-	err = queue_limits_commit_update(sdkp->disk->queue, &lim);
-	blk_mq_unfreeze_queue(sdkp->disk->queue);
+	err = queue_limits_commit_update_frozen(sdkp->disk->queue, &lim);
 	if (err)
 		return err;
 	return count;
@@ -594,9 +591,7 @@ max_write_same_blocks_store(struct device *dev, struct device_attribute *attr,
 
 	lim = queue_limits_start_update(sdkp->disk->queue);
 	sd_config_write_same(sdkp, &lim);
-	blk_mq_freeze_queue(sdkp->disk->queue);
-	err = queue_limits_commit_update(sdkp->disk->queue, &lim);
-	blk_mq_unfreeze_queue(sdkp->disk->queue);
+	err = queue_limits_commit_update_frozen(sdkp->disk->queue, &lim);
 	if (err)
 		return err;
 	return count;
@@ -3803,9 +3798,7 @@ static int sd_revalidate_disk(struct gendisk *disk)
 	sd_config_write_same(sdkp, &lim);
 	kfree(buffer);
 
-	blk_mq_freeze_queue(sdkp->disk->queue);
-	err = queue_limits_commit_update(sdkp->disk->queue, &lim);
-	blk_mq_unfreeze_queue(sdkp->disk->queue);
+	err = queue_limits_commit_update_frozen(sdkp->disk->queue, &lim);
 	if (err)
 		return err;
 
diff --git a/drivers/scsi/sr.c b/drivers/scsi/sr.c
index 198bec87bb8e..b17796d5ee66 100644
--- a/drivers/scsi/sr.c
+++ b/drivers/scsi/sr.c
@@ -797,10 +797,7 @@ static int get_sectorsize(struct scsi_cd *cd)
 
 	lim = queue_limits_start_update(q);
 	lim.logical_block_size = sector_size;
-	blk_mq_freeze_queue(q);
-	err = queue_limits_commit_update(q, &lim);
-	blk_mq_unfreeze_queue(q);
-	return err;
+	return queue_limits_commit_update_frozen(q, &lim);
 }
 
 static int get_capabilities(struct scsi_cd *cd)
diff --git a/include/linux/blkdev.h b/include/linux/blkdev.h
index e781d4e6f92d..13d353351c37 100644
--- a/include/linux/blkdev.h
+++ b/include/linux/blkdev.h
@@ -952,6 +952,8 @@ queue_limits_start_update(struct request_queue *q)
 	mutex_lock(&q->limits_lock);
 	return q->limits;
 }
+int queue_limits_commit_update_frozen(struct request_queue *q,
+		struct queue_limits *lim);
 int queue_limits_commit_update(struct request_queue *q,
 		struct queue_limits *lim);
 int queue_limits_set(struct request_queue *q, struct queue_limits *lim);
