diff --git a/block/bfq-iosched.c b/block/bfq-iosched.c
index 1e024b512231214d764383a72171c20a18642a52..87849fe2de92f9d6d8e5bdbab86d92f57dfb319b 100644
--- a/block/bfq-iosched.c
+++ b/block/bfq-iosched.c
@@ -5552,11 +5552,8 @@ static void bfq_insert_request(struct blk_mq_hw_ctx *hctx, struct request *rq,
 		return;
 	}
 
-	spin_unlock_irq(&bfqd->lock);
-
 	blk_mq_sched_request_inserted(rq);
 
-	spin_lock_irq(&bfqd->lock);
 	bfqq = bfq_init_rq(rq);
 	if (!bfqq || at_head || blk_rq_is_passthrough(rq)) {
 		if (at_head)