diff --git a/block/blk-rq-qos.c b/block/blk-rq-qos.c
index 656460636ad3..e83af7bc7591 100644
--- a/block/blk-rq-qos.c
+++ b/block/blk-rq-qos.c
@@ -266,8 +266,8 @@ void rq_qos_wait(struct rq_wait *rqw, void *private_data,
 	if (!has_sleeper && acquire_inflight_cb(rqw, private_data))
 		return;
 
-	prepare_to_wait_exclusive(&rqw->wait, &data.wq, TASK_UNINTERRUPTIBLE);
-	has_sleeper = !wq_has_single_sleeper(&rqw->wait);
+	has_sleeper = !prepare_to_wait_exclusive(&rqw->wait, &data.wq,
+						 TASK_UNINTERRUPTIBLE);
 	do {
 		/* The memory barrier in set_task_state saves us here. */
 		if (data.got_token)
diff --git a/include/linux/wait.h b/include/linux/wait.h
index 3eb7cae8206c..032ae61c22a2 100644
--- a/include/linux/wait.h
+++ b/include/linux/wait.h
@@ -1121,7 +1121,7 @@ do {										\
  * Waitqueues which are removed from the waitqueue_head at wakeup time
  */
 void prepare_to_wait(struct wait_queue_head *wq_head, struct wait_queue_entry *wq_entry, int state);
-void prepare_to_wait_exclusive(struct wait_queue_head *wq_head, struct wait_queue_entry *wq_entry, int state);
+bool prepare_to_wait_exclusive(struct wait_queue_head *wq_head, struct wait_queue_entry *wq_entry, int state);
 long prepare_to_wait_event(struct wait_queue_head *wq_head, struct wait_queue_entry *wq_entry, int state);
 void finish_wait(struct wait_queue_head *wq_head, struct wait_queue_entry *wq_entry);
 long wait_woken(struct wait_queue_entry *wq_entry, unsigned mode, long timeout);
diff --git a/kernel/sched/wait.c b/kernel/sched/wait.c
index c1e566a114ca..84bd05117dc2 100644
--- a/kernel/sched/wait.c
+++ b/kernel/sched/wait.c
@@ -232,17 +232,22 @@ prepare_to_wait(struct wait_queue_head *wq_head, struct wait_queue_entry *wq_ent
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(prepare_to_wait);
 
-void
+/* Returns true if we are the first waiter in the queue, false otherwise. */
+bool
 prepare_to_wait_exclusive(struct wait_queue_head *wq_head, struct wait_queue_entry *wq_entry, int state)
 {
 	unsigned long flags;
+	bool was_empty = false;
 
 	wq_entry->flags |= WQ_FLAG_EXCLUSIVE;
 	spin_lock_irqsave(&wq_head->lock, flags);
-	if (list_empty(&wq_entry->entry))
+	if (list_empty(&wq_entry->entry)) {
+		was_empty = list_empty(&wq_head->head);
 		__add_wait_queue_entry_tail(wq_head, wq_entry);
+	}
 	set_current_state(state);
 	spin_unlock_irqrestore(&wq_head->lock, flags);
+	return was_empty;
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(prepare_to_wait_exclusive);