diff --git a/block/row-iosched.c b/block/row-iosched.c
index b7965c61099d..583e75b9572d 100644
--- a/block/row-iosched.c
+++ b/block/row-iosched.c
@@ -272,7 +272,39 @@ static void row_add_request(struct request_queue *q,
 	row_log_rowq(rd, rqueue->prio, "added request");
 }
 
-/*
+/**
+ * row_reinsert_req() - Reinsert request back to the scheduler
+ * @q:	requests queue
+ * @rq:	request to add
+ *
+ * Reinsert the given request back to the queue it was
+ * dispatched from as if it was never dispatched.
+ *
+ * Returns 0 on success, error code otherwise
+ */
+static int row_reinsert_req(struct request_queue *q,
+			    struct request *rq)
+{
+	struct row_data    *rd = q->elevator->elevator_data;
+	struct row_queue   *rqueue = RQ_ROWQ(rq);
+
+	/* Verify rqueue is legitimate */
+	if (rqueue->prio >= ROWQ_MAX_PRIO) {
+		pr_err("\n\nROW BUG: row_reinsert_req() rqueue->prio = %d\n",
+			   rqueue->prio);
+		blk_dump_rq_flags(rq, "");
+		return -EIO;
+	}
+
+	list_add(&rq->queuelist, &rqueue->fifo);
+	rd->nr_reqs[rq_data_dir(rq)]++;
+
+	row_log_rowq(rd, rqueue->prio, "request reinserted");
+
+	return 0;
+}
+
+/**
  * row_remove_request() -  Remove given request from scheduler
  * @q:	requests queue
  * @rq:	request to remove
@@ -656,6 +688,7 @@ static struct elevator_type iosched_row = {
 		.elevator_merge_req_fn		= row_merged_requests,
 		.elevator_dispatch_fn		= row_dispatch_requests,
 		.elevator_add_req_fn		= row_add_request,
+		.elevator_reinsert_req_fn	= row_reinsert_req,
 		.elevator_former_req_fn		= elv_rb_former_request,
 		.elevator_latter_req_fn		= elv_rb_latter_request,
 		.elevator_set_req_fn		= row_set_request,