diff --git a/block/blk-tag.c b/block/blk-tag.c
index 3f33d86..a185b86 100644
--- a/block/blk-tag.c
+++ b/block/blk-tag.c
@@ -27,18 +27,15 @@
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(blk_queue_find_tag);
 
 /**
- * __blk_free_tags - release a given set of tag maintenance info
+ * blk_free_tags - release a given set of tag maintenance info
  * @bqt:	the tag map to free
  *
- * Tries to free the specified @bqt.  Returns true if it was
- * actually freed and false if there are still references using it
+ * Drop the reference count on @bqt and frees it when the last reference
+ * is dropped.
  */
-static int __blk_free_tags(struct blk_queue_tag *bqt)
+void blk_free_tags(struct blk_queue_tag *bqt)
 {
-	int retval;
-
-	retval = atomic_dec_and_test(&bqt->refcnt);
-	if (retval) {
+	if (atomic_dec_and_test(&bqt->refcnt)) {
 		BUG_ON(find_first_bit(bqt->tag_map, bqt->max_depth) <
 							bqt->max_depth);
 
@@ -50,9 +47,8 @@
 
 		kfree(bqt);
 	}
-
-	return retval;
 }
+EXPORT_SYMBOL(blk_free_tags);
 
 /**
  * __blk_queue_free_tags - release tag maintenance info
@@ -69,28 +65,13 @@
 	if (!bqt)
 		return;
 
-	__blk_free_tags(bqt);
+	blk_free_tags(bqt);
 
 	q->queue_tags = NULL;
 	queue_flag_clear_unlocked(QUEUE_FLAG_QUEUED, q);
 }
 
 /**
- * blk_free_tags - release a given set of tag maintenance info
- * @bqt:	the tag map to free
- *
- * For externally managed @bqt frees the map.  Callers of this
- * function must guarantee to have released all the queues that
- * might have been using this tag map.
- */
-void blk_free_tags(struct blk_queue_tag *bqt)
-{
-	if (unlikely(!__blk_free_tags(bqt)))
-		BUG();
-}
-EXPORT_SYMBOL(blk_free_tags);
-
-/**
  * blk_queue_free_tags - release tag maintenance info
  * @q:  the request queue for the device
  *