diff --git a/block/mq-deadline.c b/block/mq-deadline.c
index 8a4694619bcf..a92142128acb 100644
--- a/block/mq-deadline.c
+++ b/block/mq-deadline.c
@@ -306,14 +306,11 @@ static struct request *deadline_skip_seq_writes(struct deadline_data *dd,
 						struct request *rq)
 {
 	sector_t pos = blk_rq_pos(rq);
-	sector_t skipped_sectors = 0;
 
-	while (rq) {
-		if (blk_rq_pos(rq) != pos + skipped_sectors)
-			break;
-		skipped_sectors += blk_rq_sectors(rq);
+	do {
+		pos += blk_rq_sectors(rq);
 		rq = deadline_latter_request(rq);
-	}
+	} while (rq && blk_rq_pos(rq) == pos);
 
 	return rq;
 }