diff --git a/block/blk-mq.c b/block/blk-mq.c
index 22074a1e37cd48..ac61bcc67a89e0 100644
--- a/block/blk-mq.c
+++ b/block/blk-mq.c
@@ -1711,11 +1711,12 @@ void blk_mq_flush_plug_list(struct blk_plug *plug, bool from_schedule)
 	unsigned int depth;
 
 	list_splice_init(&plug->mq_list, &list);
-	plug->rq_count = 0;
 
 	if (plug->rq_count > 2 && plug->multiple_queues)
 		list_sort(NULL, &list, plug_rq_cmp);
 
+	plug->rq_count = 0;
+
 	this_q = NULL;
 	this_hctx = NULL;
 	this_ctx = NULL;