diff --git a/block/bfq-cgroup.c b/block/bfq-cgroup.c
index 09b69a3ed490362a13ff290b5d46ee1b477277ad..f0ff6654af2894359e54395fe72d0ce03f207406 100644
--- a/block/bfq-cgroup.c
+++ b/block/bfq-cgroup.c
@@ -610,12 +610,13 @@ struct bfq_group *bfq_find_set_group(struct bfq_data *bfqd,
 	 */
 	entity = &bfqg->entity;
 	for_each_entity(entity) {
-		bfqg = container_of(entity, struct bfq_group, entity);
-		if (bfqg != bfqd->root_group) {
-			parent = bfqg_parent(bfqg);
+		struct bfq_group *curr_bfqg = container_of(entity,
+						struct bfq_group, entity);
+		if (curr_bfqg != bfqd->root_group) {
+			parent = bfqg_parent(curr_bfqg);
 			if (!parent)
 				parent = bfqd->root_group;
-			bfq_group_set_parent(bfqg, parent);
+			bfq_group_set_parent(curr_bfqg, parent);
 		}
 	}