diff --git a/block/bfq-cgroup.c b/block/bfq-cgroup.c
index 58c6efa9f9a99970e7599b673df3f65f5f4a9810..9fe5952d117d553f12f32055fde8683c554b06a8 100644
--- a/block/bfq-cgroup.c
+++ b/block/bfq-cgroup.c
@@ -275,9 +275,9 @@ static void bfqg_and_blkg_get(struct bfq_group *bfqg)
 
 void bfqg_and_blkg_put(struct bfq_group *bfqg)
 {
-	bfqg_put(bfqg);
-
 	blkg_put(bfqg_to_blkg(bfqg));
+
+	bfqg_put(bfqg);
 }
 
 /* @stats = 0 */