diff --git a/drivers/block/ublk_drv.c b/drivers/block/ublk_drv.c
index 41bed67508f2..d6ca2f1097ad 100644
--- a/drivers/block/ublk_drv.c
+++ b/drivers/block/ublk_drv.c
@@ -1371,7 +1371,8 @@ static enum blk_eh_timer_return ublk_timeout(struct request *rq)
 	return BLK_EH_RESET_TIMER;
 }
 
-static blk_status_t ublk_prep_req(struct ublk_queue *ubq, struct request *rq)
+static blk_status_t ublk_prep_req(struct ublk_queue *ubq, struct request *rq,
+				  bool check_cancel)
 {
 	blk_status_t res;
 
@@ -1390,7 +1391,7 @@ static blk_status_t ublk_prep_req(struct ublk_queue *ubq, struct request *rq)
 	if (ublk_nosrv_should_queue_io(ubq) && unlikely(ubq->force_abort))
 		return BLK_STS_IOERR;
 
-	if (unlikely(ubq->canceling))
+	if (check_cancel && unlikely(ubq->canceling))
 		return BLK_STS_IOERR;
 
 	/* fill iod to slot in io cmd buffer */
@@ -1409,7 +1410,7 @@ static blk_status_t ublk_queue_rq(struct blk_mq_hw_ctx *hctx,
 	struct request *rq = bd->rq;
 	blk_status_t res;
 
-	res = ublk_prep_req(ubq, rq);
+	res = ublk_prep_req(ubq, rq, false);
 	if (res != BLK_STS_OK)
 		return res;
 
@@ -1441,7 +1442,7 @@ static void ublk_queue_rqs(struct rq_list *rqlist)
 			ublk_queue_cmd_list(ubq, &submit_list);
 		ubq = this_q;
 
-		if (ublk_prep_req(ubq, req) == BLK_STS_OK)
+		if (ublk_prep_req(ubq, req, true) == BLK_STS_OK)
 			rq_list_add_tail(&submit_list, req);
 		else
 			rq_list_add_tail(&requeue_list, req);