A write request processing method and a memory controller, where the method includes, determining a second write request set, by the memory controller, after determining that a quantity of write requests in a to-be-scheduled first write request set is less than a quantity of unoccupied storage units in a memory, where the write request in the first write request set is located before a first memory barrier, where a write request in the second write request set is a log write request, and where the write request in the second write request set is located behind the first memory barrier. The memory controller sends the write request in the first write request set and the write request in the second write request set in parallel to different unoccupied storage units in the memory.