diff --git a/block/blk-core.c b/block/blk-core.c
index e1a5344c2257..47400a4fe851 100644
--- a/block/blk-core.c
+++ b/block/blk-core.c
@@ -907,12 +907,6 @@ int bio_poll(struct bio *bio, struct io_comp_batch *iob, unsigned int flags)
 	    !test_bit(QUEUE_FLAG_POLL, &q->queue_flags))
 		return 0;
 
-	/*
-	 * As the requests that require a zone lock are not plugged in the
-	 * first place, directly accessing the plug instead of using
-	 * blk_mq_plug() should not have any consequences during flushing for
-	 * zoned devices.
-	 */
 	blk_flush_plug(current->plug, false);
 
 	/*
diff --git a/block/blk-merge.c b/block/blk-merge.c
index 7a9f8187ea62..3228868283a4 100644
--- a/block/blk-merge.c
+++ b/block/blk-merge.c
@@ -1112,10 +1112,9 @@ static enum bio_merge_status blk_attempt_bio_merge(struct request_queue *q,
 bool blk_attempt_plug_merge(struct request_queue *q, struct bio *bio,
 		unsigned int nr_segs)
 {
-	struct blk_plug *plug;
+	struct blk_plug *plug = current->plug;
 	struct request *rq;
 
-	plug = blk_mq_plug(bio);
 	if (!plug || rq_list_empty(plug->mq_list))
 		return false;
 
diff --git a/block/blk-mq.c b/block/blk-mq.c
index e1e13d755033..045b195faad4 100644
--- a/block/blk-mq.c
+++ b/block/blk-mq.c
@@ -1330,11 +1330,6 @@ void blk_execute_rq_nowait(struct request *rq, bool at_head)
 
 	blk_account_io_start(rq);
 
-	/*
-	 * As plugging can be enabled for passthrough requests on a zoned
-	 * device, directly accessing the plug instead of using blk_mq_plug()
-	 * should not have any consequences.
-	 */
 	if (current->plug && !at_head) {
 		blk_add_rq_to_plug(current->plug, rq);
 		return;
@@ -2932,7 +2927,7 @@ static void blk_mq_use_cached_rq(struct request *rq, struct blk_plug *plug,
 void blk_mq_submit_bio(struct bio *bio)
 {
 	struct request_queue *q = bdev_get_queue(bio->bi_bdev);
-	struct blk_plug *plug = blk_mq_plug(bio);
+	struct blk_plug *plug = current->plug;
 	const int is_sync = op_is_sync(bio->bi_opf);
 	struct blk_mq_hw_ctx *hctx;
 	unsigned int nr_segs = 1;
diff --git a/block/blk-mq.h b/block/blk-mq.h
index f75a9ecfebde..260beea8e332 100644
--- a/block/blk-mq.h
+++ b/block/blk-mq.h
@@ -365,37 +365,6 @@ static inline void blk_mq_clear_mq_map(struct blk_mq_queue_map *qmap)
 		qmap->mq_map[cpu] = 0;
 }
 
-/*
- * blk_mq_plug() - Get caller context plug
- * @bio : the bio being submitted by the caller context
- *
- * Plugging, by design, may delay the insertion of BIOs into the elevator in
- * order to increase BIO merging opportunities. This however can cause BIO
- * insertion order to change from the order in which submit_bio() is being
- * executed in the case of multiple contexts concurrently issuing BIOs to a
- * device, even if these context are synchronized to tightly control BIO issuing
- * order. While this is not a problem with regular block devices, this ordering
- * change can cause write BIO failures with zoned block devices as these
- * require sequential write patterns to zones. Prevent this from happening by
- * ignoring the plug state of a BIO issuing context if it is for a zoned block
- * device and the BIO to plug is a write operation.
- *
- * Return current->plug if the bio can be plugged and NULL otherwise
- */
-static inline struct blk_plug *blk_mq_plug( struct bio *bio)
-{
-	/* Zoned block device write operation case: do not plug the BIO */
-	if (IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_BLK_DEV_ZONED) &&
-	    bdev_op_is_zoned_write(bio->bi_bdev, bio_op(bio)))
-		return NULL;
-
-	/*
-	 * For regular block devices or read operations, use the context plug
-	 * which may be NULL if blk_start_plug() was not executed.
-	 */
-	return current->plug;
-}
-
 /* Free all requests on the list */
 static inline void blk_mq_free_requests(struct list_head *list)
 {
diff --git a/include/linux/blkdev.h b/include/linux/blkdev.h
index d8cc24a1635b..5b86af75a29f 100644
--- a/include/linux/blkdev.h
+++ b/include/linux/blkdev.h
@@ -1300,18 +1300,6 @@ static inline unsigned int bdev_zone_no(struct block_device *bdev, sector_t sec)
 	return disk_zone_no(bdev->bd_disk, sec);
 }
 
-/* Whether write serialization is required for @op on zoned devices. */
-static inline bool op_needs_zoned_write_locking(enum req_op op)
-{
-	return op == REQ_OP_WRITE || op == REQ_OP_WRITE_ZEROES;
-}
-
-static inline bool bdev_op_is_zoned_write(struct block_device *bdev,
-					  enum req_op op)
-{
-	return bdev_is_zoned(bdev) && op_needs_zoned_write_locking(op);
-}
-
 static inline sector_t bdev_zone_sectors(struct block_device *bdev)
 {
 	struct request_queue *q = bdev_get_queue(bdev);
