diff --git a/block/bfq-iosched.c b/block/bfq-iosched.c
index 7c0b7f60811cfe54e76cda5fb2fd4eadd3ceef30..5e6f837f663e2514289acb817936bfc6effbfc43 100644
--- a/block/bfq-iosched.c
+++ b/block/bfq-iosched.c
@@ -4893,10 +4893,10 @@ static void bfq_exit_queue(struct elevator_queue *e)
 
 	hrtimer_cancel(&bfqd->idle_slice_timer);
 
+#ifdef CONFIG_BFQ_GROUP_IOSCHED
 	/* release oom-queue reference to root group */
 	bfqg_and_blkg_put(bfqd->root_group);
 
-#ifdef CONFIG_BFQ_GROUP_IOSCHED
 	blkcg_deactivate_policy(bfqd->queue, &blkcg_policy_bfq);
 #else
 	spin_lock_irq(&bfqd->lock);