diff --git a/block/blk-mq.c b/block/blk-mq.c
index 174fe8051d6086..30f4565623a8ff 100644
--- a/block/blk-mq.c
+++ b/block/blk-mq.c
@@ -133,7 +133,8 @@ static bool blk_mq_check_inflight(struct request *rq, void *priv,
 {
 	struct mq_inflight *mi = priv;
 
-	if ((!mi->part->bd_partno || rq->part == mi->part) &&
+	if (rq->part && blk_do_io_stat(rq) &&
+	    (!mi->part->bd_partno || rq->part == mi->part) &&
 	    blk_mq_rq_state(rq) == MQ_RQ_IN_FLIGHT)
 		mi->inflight[rq_data_dir(rq)]++;