diff --git a/block/blk-core.c b/block/blk-core.c
index af73015811723a37d073b647f7db662de4f47ac0..fd4749391e1757b462a40afd7447536daf2c9bfd 100644
--- a/block/blk-core.c
+++ b/block/blk-core.c
@@ -626,14 +626,14 @@ blk_init_allocated_queue_node(struct request_queue *q, request_fn_proc *rfn,
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(blk_init_allocated_queue_node);
 
-int blk_get_queue(struct request_queue *q)
+bool blk_get_queue(struct request_queue *q)
 {
 	if (likely(!blk_queue_dead(q))) {
-		kobject_get(&q->kobj);
-		return 0;
+		__blk_get_queue(q);
+		return true;
 	}
 
-	return 1;
+	return false;
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(blk_get_queue);
 
diff --git a/block/blk.h b/block/blk.h
index fc3c41b2fd24aa40cf4780a0d2f23a3debcc55c9..8d421156fefbfcab35874d83d84e8e0588559277 100644
--- a/block/blk.h
+++ b/block/blk.h
@@ -13,6 +13,11 @@ extern struct kmem_cache *blk_requestq_cachep;
 extern struct kobj_type blk_queue_ktype;
 extern struct ida blk_queue_ida;
 
+static inline void __blk_get_queue(struct request_queue *q)
+{
+	kobject_get(&q->kobj);
+}
+
 void init_request_from_bio(struct request *req, struct bio *bio);
 void blk_rq_bio_prep(struct request_queue *q, struct request *rq,
 			struct bio *bio);
diff --git a/block/bsg.c b/block/bsg.c
index 702f1316bb8fec6d68fcb7e0fc262c960530fc29..167d586cece6e110ae7a0f39bc475c95643f7dd4 100644
--- a/block/bsg.c
+++ b/block/bsg.c
@@ -769,12 +769,10 @@ static struct bsg_device *bsg_add_device(struct inode *inode,
 					 struct file *file)
 {
 	struct bsg_device *bd;
-	int ret;
 #ifdef BSG_DEBUG
 	unsigned char buf[32];
 #endif
-	ret = blk_get_queue(rq);
-	if (ret)
+	if (!blk_get_queue(rq))
 		return ERR_PTR(-ENXIO);
 
 	bd = bsg_alloc_device();
diff --git a/block/genhd.c b/block/genhd.c
index 02e9fca808256f762e0af44e8a1055c322b51b40..c958169d24f04c338624e842622955453f62b5ae 100644
--- a/block/genhd.c
+++ b/block/genhd.c
@@ -615,7 +615,7 @@ void add_disk(struct gendisk *disk)
 	 * Take an extra ref on queue which will be put on disk_release()
 	 * so that it sticks around as long as @disk is there.
 	 */
-	WARN_ON_ONCE(blk_get_queue(disk->queue));
+	WARN_ON_ONCE(!blk_get_queue(disk->queue));
 
 	retval = sysfs_create_link(&disk_to_dev(disk)->kobj, &bdi->dev->kobj,
 				   "bdi");
diff --git a/drivers/scsi/scsi_scan.c b/drivers/scsi/scsi_scan.c
index b3c6d957fbd8aa587dcd039547eaa82bd67b6476..89da43f73c00ca209b816ecc68b70a95fbfc0888 100644
--- a/drivers/scsi/scsi_scan.c
+++ b/drivers/scsi/scsi_scan.c
@@ -297,7 +297,7 @@ static struct scsi_device *scsi_alloc_sdev(struct scsi_target *starget,
 		kfree(sdev);
 		goto out;
 	}
-	blk_get_queue(sdev->request_queue);
+	WARN_ON_ONCE(!blk_get_queue(sdev->request_queue));
 	sdev->request_queue->queuedata = sdev;
 	scsi_adjust_queue_depth(sdev, 0, sdev->host->cmd_per_lun);
 
diff --git a/include/linux/blkdev.h b/include/linux/blkdev.h
index 8c8dbc4738eacc27f1888a253c135d89c21059e4..d1b6f4ed1f962ef1604674c5ec3f2ba4dc21412b 100644
--- a/include/linux/blkdev.h
+++ b/include/linux/blkdev.h
@@ -865,7 +865,7 @@ extern int blk_rq_map_sg(struct request_queue *, struct request *, struct scatte
 extern void blk_dump_rq_flags(struct request *, char *);
 extern long nr_blockdev_pages(void);
 
-int blk_get_queue(struct request_queue *);
+bool __must_check blk_get_queue(struct request_queue *);
 struct request_queue *blk_alloc_queue(gfp_t);
 struct request_queue *blk_alloc_queue_node(gfp_t, int);
 extern void blk_put_queue(struct request_queue *);