diff --git a/block/blk-core.c b/block/blk-core.c
index 5d50dd16e2a5..d3dd439a8ed4 100644
--- a/block/blk-core.c
+++ b/block/blk-core.c
@@ -269,6 +269,19 @@ void blk_put_queue(struct request_queue *q)
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(blk_put_queue);
 
+void blk_freeze_queue_start(struct request_queue *q)
+{
+	mutex_lock(&q->mq_freeze_lock);
+	if (++q->mq_freeze_depth == 1) {
+		percpu_ref_kill(&q->q_usage_counter);
+		mutex_unlock(&q->mq_freeze_lock);
+		if (queue_is_mq(q))
+			blk_mq_run_hw_queues(q, false);
+	} else {
+		mutex_unlock(&q->mq_freeze_lock);
+	}
+}
+
 void blk_queue_start_drain(struct request_queue *q)
 {
 	/*
diff --git a/block/blk-mq.c b/block/blk-mq.c
index e0654a2e80b9..d638bd0fb4d8 100644
--- a/block/blk-mq.c
+++ b/block/blk-mq.c
@@ -161,19 +161,20 @@ void blk_mq_in_flight_rw(struct request_queue *q, struct block_device *part,
 	inflight[1] = mi.inflight[1];
 }
 
-void blk_freeze_queue_start(struct request_queue *q)
+void blk_mq_freeze_queue_start(struct request_queue *q)
 {
-	mutex_lock(&q->mq_freeze_lock);
-	if (++q->mq_freeze_depth == 1) {
-		percpu_ref_kill(&q->q_usage_counter);
-		mutex_unlock(&q->mq_freeze_lock);
-		if (queue_is_mq(q))
-			blk_mq_run_hw_queues(q, false);
-	} else {
-		mutex_unlock(&q->mq_freeze_lock);
-	}
+	/*
+	 * Warn on non-blk-mq usages.
+	 */
+	WARN_ON_ONCE(!queue_is_mq(q));
+
+	/*
+	 * Just an alias of blk_freeze_queue_start to keep the consistency of the
+	 * blk_mq_* namespace.
+	 */
+	blk_freeze_queue_start(q);
 }
-EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(blk_freeze_queue_start);
+EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(blk_mq_freeze_queue_start);
 
 void blk_mq_freeze_queue_wait(struct request_queue *q)
 {
@@ -196,7 +197,7 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(blk_mq_freeze_queue_wait_timeout);
  */
 void blk_mq_freeze_queue(struct request_queue *q)
 {
-	blk_freeze_queue_start(q);
+	blk_mq_freeze_queue_start(q);
 	blk_mq_freeze_queue_wait(q);
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(blk_mq_freeze_queue);
@@ -1570,7 +1571,7 @@ static void blk_mq_timeout_work(struct work_struct *work)
 	 * percpu_ref_tryget directly, because we need to be able to
 	 * obtain a reference even in the short window between the queue
 	 * starting to freeze, by dropping the first reference in
-	 * blk_freeze_queue_start, and the moment the last request is
+	 * blk_mq_freeze_queue_start, and the moment the last request is
 	 * consumed, marked by the instant q_usage_counter reaches
 	 * zero.
 	 */
diff --git a/block/blk-pm.c b/block/blk-pm.c
index 2dad62cc1572..ae2b950ed45d 100644
--- a/block/blk-pm.c
+++ b/block/blk-pm.c
@@ -80,7 +80,7 @@ int blk_pre_runtime_suspend(struct request_queue *q)
 	blk_set_pm_only(q);
 	ret = -EBUSY;
 	/* Switch q_usage_counter from per-cpu to atomic mode. */
-	blk_freeze_queue_start(q);
+	blk_mq_freeze_queue_start(q);
 	/*
 	 * Wait until atomic mode has been reached. Since that
 	 * involves calling call_rcu(), it is guaranteed that later
diff --git a/block/blk.h b/block/blk.h
index e9addea2838a..ee576bb74382 100644
--- a/block/blk.h
+++ b/block/blk.h
@@ -37,6 +37,7 @@ struct blk_flush_queue *blk_alloc_flush_queue(int node, int cmd_size,
 					      gfp_t flags);
 void blk_free_flush_queue(struct blk_flush_queue *q);
 
+void blk_freeze_queue_start(struct request_queue *q);
 void __blk_mq_unfreeze_queue(struct request_queue *q, bool force_atomic);
 void blk_queue_start_drain(struct request_queue *q);
 int __bio_queue_enter(struct request_queue *q, struct bio *bio);
diff --git a/drivers/nvme/host/core.c b/drivers/nvme/host/core.c
index 0090dc0b3ae6..e2d5c54c651a 100644
--- a/drivers/nvme/host/core.c
+++ b/drivers/nvme/host/core.c
@@ -5199,7 +5199,7 @@ void nvme_start_freeze(struct nvme_ctrl *ctrl)
 
 	down_read(&ctrl->namespaces_rwsem);
 	list_for_each_entry(ns, &ctrl->namespaces, list)
-		blk_freeze_queue_start(ns->queue);
+		blk_mq_freeze_queue_start(ns->queue);
 	up_read(&ctrl->namespaces_rwsem);
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(nvme_start_freeze);
diff --git a/drivers/nvme/host/multipath.c b/drivers/nvme/host/multipath.c
index 0ea7e441e080..3bb358bd0cde 100644
--- a/drivers/nvme/host/multipath.c
+++ b/drivers/nvme/host/multipath.c
@@ -77,7 +77,7 @@ void nvme_mpath_start_freeze(struct nvme_subsystem *subsys)
 	lockdep_assert_held(&subsys->lock);
 	list_for_each_entry(h, &subsys->nsheads, entry)
 		if (h->disk)
-			blk_freeze_queue_start(h->disk->queue);
+			blk_mq_freeze_queue_start(h->disk->queue);
 }
 
 void nvme_failover_req(struct request *req)
diff --git a/include/linux/blk-mq.h b/include/linux/blk-mq.h
index 569053ed959d..8600d4b4aa80 100644
--- a/include/linux/blk-mq.h
+++ b/include/linux/blk-mq.h
@@ -887,7 +887,7 @@ void blk_mq_tagset_busy_iter(struct blk_mq_tag_set *tagset,
 void blk_mq_tagset_wait_completed_request(struct blk_mq_tag_set *tagset);
 void blk_mq_freeze_queue(struct request_queue *q);
 void blk_mq_unfreeze_queue(struct request_queue *q);
-void blk_freeze_queue_start(struct request_queue *q);
+void blk_mq_freeze_queue_start(struct request_queue *q);
 void blk_mq_freeze_queue_wait(struct request_queue *q);
 int blk_mq_freeze_queue_wait_timeout(struct request_queue *q,
 				     unsigned long timeout);
