diff --git a/block/blk-cgroup.c b/block/blk-cgroup.c
index d0b770391ad..5dea4e8dbc5 100644
--- a/block/blk-cgroup.c
+++ b/block/blk-cgroup.c
@@ -231,7 +231,7 @@ struct blkcg_gq *blkg_lookup_create(struct blkcg *blkcg,
 	 * we shouldn't allow anything to go through for a bypassing queue.
 	 */
 	if (unlikely(blk_queue_bypass(q)))
-		return ERR_PTR(blk_queue_dead(q) ? -EINVAL : -EBUSY);
+		return ERR_PTR(blk_queue_dying(q) ? -EINVAL : -EBUSY);
 	return __blkg_lookup_create(blkcg, q, NULL);
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(blkg_lookup_create);
diff --git a/block/blk-core.c b/block/blk-core.c
index ee0e5cafa85..1a95272cca5 100644
--- a/block/blk-core.c
+++ b/block/blk-core.c
@@ -473,20 +473,20 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(blk_queue_bypass_end);
  * blk_cleanup_queue - shutdown a request queue
  * @q: request queue to shutdown
  *
- * Mark @q DEAD, drain all pending requests, destroy and put it.  All
+ * Mark @q DYING, drain all pending requests, destroy and put it.  All
  * future requests will be failed immediately with -ENODEV.
  */
 void blk_cleanup_queue(struct request_queue *q)
 {
 	spinlock_t *lock = q->queue_lock;
 
-	/* mark @q DEAD, no new request or merges will be allowed afterwards */
+	/* mark @q DYING, no new request or merges will be allowed afterwards */
 	mutex_lock(&q->sysfs_lock);
-	queue_flag_set_unlocked(QUEUE_FLAG_DEAD, q);
+	queue_flag_set_unlocked(QUEUE_FLAG_DYING, q);
 	spin_lock_irq(lock);
 
 	/*
-	 * Dead queue is permanently in bypass mode till released.  Note
+	 * A dying queue is permanently in bypass mode till released.  Note
 	 * that, unlike blk_queue_bypass_start(), we aren't performing
 	 * synchronize_rcu() after entering bypass mode to avoid the delay
 	 * as some drivers create and destroy a lot of queues while
@@ -499,11 +499,11 @@ void blk_cleanup_queue(struct request_queue *q)
 
 	queue_flag_set(QUEUE_FLAG_NOMERGES, q);
 	queue_flag_set(QUEUE_FLAG_NOXMERGES, q);
-	queue_flag_set(QUEUE_FLAG_DEAD, q);
+	queue_flag_set(QUEUE_FLAG_DYING, q);
 	spin_unlock_irq(lock);
 	mutex_unlock(&q->sysfs_lock);
 
-	/* drain all requests queued before DEAD marking */
+	/* drain all requests queued before DYING marking */
 	blk_drain_queue(q, true);
 
 	/* @q won't process any more request, flush async actions */
@@ -716,7 +716,7 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL(blk_init_allocated_queue);
 
 bool blk_get_queue(struct request_queue *q)
 {
-	if (likely(!blk_queue_dead(q))) {
+	if (likely(!blk_queue_dying(q))) {
 		__blk_get_queue(q);
 		return true;
 	}
@@ -870,7 +870,7 @@ static struct request *__get_request(struct request_list *rl, int rw_flags,
 	const bool is_sync = rw_is_sync(rw_flags) != 0;
 	int may_queue;
 
-	if (unlikely(blk_queue_dead(q)))
+	if (unlikely(blk_queue_dying(q)))
 		return NULL;
 
 	may_queue = elv_may_queue(q, rw_flags);
@@ -1050,7 +1050,7 @@ retry:
 	if (rq)
 		return rq;
 
-	if (!(gfp_mask & __GFP_WAIT) || unlikely(blk_queue_dead(q))) {
+	if (!(gfp_mask & __GFP_WAIT) || unlikely(blk_queue_dying(q))) {
 		blk_put_rl(rl);
 		return NULL;
 	}
@@ -1910,7 +1910,7 @@ int blk_insert_cloned_request(struct request_queue *q, struct request *rq)
 		return -EIO;
 
 	spin_lock_irqsave(q->queue_lock, flags);
-	if (unlikely(blk_queue_dead(q))) {
+	if (unlikely(blk_queue_dying(q))) {
 		spin_unlock_irqrestore(q->queue_lock, flags);
 		return -ENODEV;
 	}
@@ -2885,9 +2885,9 @@ static void queue_unplugged(struct request_queue *q, unsigned int depth,
 	trace_block_unplug(q, depth, !from_schedule);
 
 	/*
-	 * Don't mess with dead queue.
+	 * Don't mess with a dying queue.
 	 */
-	if (unlikely(blk_queue_dead(q))) {
+	if (unlikely(blk_queue_dying(q))) {
 		spin_unlock(q->queue_lock);
 		return;
 	}
@@ -2996,7 +2996,7 @@ void blk_flush_plug_list(struct blk_plug *plug, bool from_schedule)
 		/*
 		 * Short-circuit if @q is dead
 		 */
-		if (unlikely(blk_queue_dead(q))) {
+		if (unlikely(blk_queue_dying(q))) {
 			__blk_end_request_all(rq, -ENODEV);
 			continue;
 		}
diff --git a/block/blk-exec.c b/block/blk-exec.c
index 8b6dc5bd4dd..4aec98df7ba 100644
--- a/block/blk-exec.c
+++ b/block/blk-exec.c
@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@ void blk_execute_rq_nowait(struct request_queue *q, struct gendisk *bd_disk,
 
 	spin_lock_irq(q->queue_lock);
 
-	if (unlikely(blk_queue_dead(q))) {
+	if (unlikely(blk_queue_dying(q))) {
 		rq->errors = -ENXIO;
 		if (rq->end_io)
 			rq->end_io(rq, rq->errors);
diff --git a/block/blk-sysfs.c b/block/blk-sysfs.c
index ce620460882..788147797a7 100644
--- a/block/blk-sysfs.c
+++ b/block/blk-sysfs.c
@@ -466,7 +466,7 @@ queue_attr_show(struct kobject *kobj, struct attribute *attr, char *page)
 	if (!entry->show)
 		return -EIO;
 	mutex_lock(&q->sysfs_lock);
-	if (blk_queue_dead(q)) {
+	if (blk_queue_dying(q)) {
 		mutex_unlock(&q->sysfs_lock);
 		return -ENOENT;
 	}
@@ -488,7 +488,7 @@ queue_attr_store(struct kobject *kobj, struct attribute *attr,
 
 	q = container_of(kobj, struct request_queue, kobj);
 	mutex_lock(&q->sysfs_lock);
-	if (blk_queue_dead(q)) {
+	if (blk_queue_dying(q)) {
 		mutex_unlock(&q->sysfs_lock);
 		return -ENOENT;
 	}
diff --git a/block/blk-throttle.c b/block/blk-throttle.c
index a9664fa0b60..31146225f3d 100644
--- a/block/blk-throttle.c
+++ b/block/blk-throttle.c
@@ -302,7 +302,7 @@ static struct throtl_grp *throtl_lookup_create_tg(struct throtl_data *td,
 		/* if %NULL and @q is alive, fall back to root_tg */
 		if (!IS_ERR(blkg))
 			tg = blkg_to_tg(blkg);
-		else if (!blk_queue_dead(q))
+		else if (!blk_queue_dying(q))
 			tg = td_root_tg(td);
 	}
 
diff --git a/block/blk.h b/block/blk.h
index ca51543b248..2218a8a7829 100644
--- a/block/blk.h
+++ b/block/blk.h
@@ -96,7 +96,7 @@ static inline struct request *__elv_next_request(struct request_queue *q)
 			q->flush_queue_delayed = 1;
 			return NULL;
 		}
-		if (unlikely(blk_queue_dead(q)) ||
+		if (unlikely(blk_queue_dying(q)) ||
 		    !q->elevator->type->ops.elevator_dispatch_fn(q, 0))
 			return NULL;
 	}
diff --git a/drivers/scsi/scsi_lib.c b/drivers/scsi/scsi_lib.c
index da36a3a81a9..f29a1a9b54d 100644
--- a/drivers/scsi/scsi_lib.c
+++ b/drivers/scsi/scsi_lib.c
@@ -1406,7 +1406,7 @@ static int scsi_lld_busy(struct request_queue *q)
 	struct scsi_device *sdev = q->queuedata;
 	struct Scsi_Host *shost;
 
-	if (blk_queue_dead(q))
+	if (blk_queue_dying(q))
 		return 0;
 
 	shost = sdev->host;
diff --git a/include/linux/blkdev.h b/include/linux/blkdev.h
index 1756001210d..aba8246afe7 100644
--- a/include/linux/blkdev.h
+++ b/include/linux/blkdev.h
@@ -437,7 +437,7 @@ struct request_queue {
 #define QUEUE_FLAG_STOPPED	2	/* queue is stopped */
 #define	QUEUE_FLAG_SYNCFULL	3	/* read queue has been filled */
 #define QUEUE_FLAG_ASYNCFULL	4	/* write queue has been filled */
-#define QUEUE_FLAG_DEAD		5	/* queue being torn down */
+#define QUEUE_FLAG_DYING	5	/* queue being torn down */
 #define QUEUE_FLAG_BYPASS	6	/* act as dumb FIFO queue */
 #define QUEUE_FLAG_BIDI		7	/* queue supports bidi requests */
 #define QUEUE_FLAG_NOMERGES     8	/* disable merge attempts */
@@ -521,7 +521,7 @@ static inline void queue_flag_clear(unsigned int flag, struct request_queue *q)
 
 #define blk_queue_tagged(q)	test_bit(QUEUE_FLAG_QUEUED, &(q)->queue_flags)
 #define blk_queue_stopped(q)	test_bit(QUEUE_FLAG_STOPPED, &(q)->queue_flags)
-#define blk_queue_dead(q)	test_bit(QUEUE_FLAG_DEAD, &(q)->queue_flags)
+#define blk_queue_dying(q)	test_bit(QUEUE_FLAG_DYING, &(q)->queue_flags)
 #define blk_queue_bypass(q)	test_bit(QUEUE_FLAG_BYPASS, &(q)->queue_flags)
 #define blk_queue_nomerges(q)	test_bit(QUEUE_FLAG_NOMERGES, &(q)->queue_flags)
 #define blk_queue_noxmerges(q)	\