1 files changed, 1 insertions, 7 deletions

diff --git a/block/blk-throttle.c b/block/blk-throttle.c
index f3f495ea4ee..ecba5fcef20 100644
--- a/block/blk-throttle.c
+++ b/block/blk-throttle.c
@@ -324,12 +324,8 @@ static struct throtl_grp * throtl_get_tg(struct throtl_data *td)
         /*
          * Need to allocate a group. Allocation of group also needs allocation
          * of per cpu stats which in-turn takes a mutex() and can block. Hence
-         * we need to drop rcu lock and queue_lock before we call alloc
-         *
-         * Take the request queue reference to make sure queue does not
-         * go away once we return from allocation.
+         * we need to drop rcu lock and queue_lock before we call alloc.
          */
-        blk_get_queue(q);
         rcu_read_unlock();
         spin_unlock_irq(q->queue_lock);
 
@@ -339,13 +335,11 @@ static struct throtl_grp * throtl_get_tg(struct throtl_data *td)
          * dead
          */
         if (unlikely(test_bit(QUEUE_FLAG_DEAD, &q->queue_flags))) {
-                blk_put_queue(q);
                 if (tg)
                         kfree(tg);
 
                 return ERR_PTR(-ENODEV);
         }
-        blk_put_queue(q);
 
         /* Group allocated and queue is still alive. take the lock */
         spin_lock_irq(q->queue_lock);