diff --git a/block/blk-softirq.c b/block/blk-softirq.c
index 57790c1a97ebb2..b5c37d96cf0e48 100644
--- a/block/blk-softirq.c
+++ b/block/blk-softirq.c
@@ -30,8 +30,8 @@ static void blk_done_softirq(struct softirq_action *h)
 	while (!list_empty(&local_list)) {
 		struct request *rq;
 
-		rq = list_entry(local_list.next, struct request, csd.list);
-		list_del_init(&rq->csd.list);
+		rq = list_entry(local_list.next, struct request, queuelist);
+		list_del_init(&rq->queuelist);
 		rq->q->softirq_done_fn(rq);
 	}
 }
@@ -45,9 +45,14 @@ static void trigger_softirq(void *data)
 
 	local_irq_save(flags);
 	list = this_cpu_ptr(&blk_cpu_done);
-	list_add_tail(&rq->csd.list, list);
+	/*
+	 * We reuse queuelist for a list of requests to process. Since the
+	 * queuelist is used by the block layer only for requests waiting to be
+	 * submitted to the device it is unused now.
+	 */
+	list_add_tail(&rq->queuelist, list);
 
-	if (list->next == &rq->csd.list)
+	if (list->next == &rq->queuelist)
 		raise_softirq_irqoff(BLOCK_SOFTIRQ);
 
 	local_irq_restore(flags);
@@ -136,7 +141,7 @@ void __blk_complete_request(struct request *req)
 		struct list_head *list;
 do_local:
 		list = this_cpu_ptr(&blk_cpu_done);
-		list_add_tail(&req->csd.list, list);
+		list_add_tail(&req->queuelist, list);
 
 		/*
 		 * if the list only contains our just added request,
@@ -144,7 +149,7 @@ void __blk_complete_request(struct request *req)
 		 * entries there, someone already raised the irq but it
 		 * hasn't run yet.
 		 */
-		if (list->next == &req->csd.list)
+		if (list->next == &req->queuelist)
 			raise_softirq_irqoff(BLOCK_SOFTIRQ);
 	} else if (raise_blk_irq(ccpu, req))
 		goto do_local;