diff --git a/drivers/block/cfq-iosched.c b/drivers/block/cfq-iosched.c
index 30c0903c7cddfdd46dbdd0de9c8e999c1ed7f349..cd056e7e64ec15d5cf81f16068623e29e07ad187 100644
--- a/drivers/block/cfq-iosched.c
+++ b/drivers/block/cfq-iosched.c
@@ -2260,6 +2260,8 @@ static void cfq_put_cfqd(struct cfq_data *cfqd)
 	if (!atomic_dec_and_test(&cfqd->ref))
 		return;
 
+	blk_put_queue(q);
+
 	cfq_shutdown_timer_wq(cfqd);
 	q->elevator->elevator_data = NULL;
 
@@ -2316,6 +2318,7 @@ static int cfq_init_queue(request_queue_t *q, elevator_t *e)
 	e->elevator_data = cfqd;
 
 	cfqd->queue = q;
+	atomic_inc(&q->refcnt);
 
 	cfqd->max_queued = q->nr_requests / 4;
 	q->nr_batching = cfq_queued;