diff --git a/block/bfq-cgroup.c b/block/bfq-cgroup.c
index a942899273c0c16d6b10607d1d54ee3ddca2d9dd..f84a88b7a09dd29d6d409c02747e207b35c97ae5 100644
--- a/block/bfq-cgroup.c
+++ b/block/bfq-cgroup.c
@@ -728,9 +728,39 @@ static struct bfq_group *__bfq_bic_change_cgroup(struct bfq_data *bfqd,
 	}
 
 	if (sync_bfqq) {
-		entity = &sync_bfqq->entity;
-		if (entity->sched_data != &bfqg->sched_data)
-			bfq_bfqq_move(bfqd, sync_bfqq, bfqg);
+		if (!sync_bfqq->new_bfqq && !bfq_bfqq_coop(sync_bfqq)) {
+			/* We are the only user of this bfqq, just move it */
+			if (sync_bfqq->entity.sched_data != &bfqg->sched_data)
+				bfq_bfqq_move(bfqd, sync_bfqq, bfqg);
+		} else {
+			struct bfq_queue *bfqq;
+
+			/*
+			 * The queue was merged to a different queue. Check
+			 * that the merge chain still belongs to the same
+			 * cgroup.
+			 */
+			for (bfqq = sync_bfqq; bfqq; bfqq = bfqq->new_bfqq)
+				if (bfqq->entity.sched_data !=
+				    &bfqg->sched_data)
+					break;
+			if (bfqq) {
+				/*
+				 * Some queue changed cgroup so the merge is
+				 * not valid anymore. We cannot easily just
+				 * cancel the merge (by clearing new_bfqq) as
+				 * there may be other processes using this
+				 * queue and holding refs to all queues below
+				 * sync_bfqq->new_bfqq. Similarly if the merge
+				 * already happened, we need to detach from
+				 * bfqq now so that we cannot merge bio to a
+				 * request from the old cgroup.
+				 */
+				bfq_put_cooperator(sync_bfqq);
+				bfq_release_process_ref(bfqd, sync_bfqq);
+				bic_set_bfqq(bic, NULL, 1);
+			}
+		}
 	}
 
 	return bfqg;
diff --git a/block/bfq-iosched.c b/block/bfq-iosched.c
index 195ab5219736259e37b2292c4b9c2399b646fdcd..446d9c441a22eb360f60e961121680a8b91be6c4 100644
--- a/block/bfq-iosched.c
+++ b/block/bfq-iosched.c
@@ -4930,7 +4930,7 @@ void bfq_put_queue(struct bfq_queue *bfqq)
 	bfqg_and_blkg_put(bfqg);
 }
 
-static void bfq_put_cooperator(struct bfq_queue *bfqq)
+void bfq_put_cooperator(struct bfq_queue *bfqq)
 {
 	struct bfq_queue *__bfqq, *next;
 
diff --git a/block/bfq-iosched.h b/block/bfq-iosched.h
index 703895224562c69097d0968643c851bfdbf953eb..fb51e5ce9400f8e5c947bd818046de6ffeaf4b38 100644
--- a/block/bfq-iosched.h
+++ b/block/bfq-iosched.h
@@ -954,6 +954,7 @@ void bfq_weights_tree_remove(struct bfq_data *bfqd,
 void bfq_bfqq_expire(struct bfq_data *bfqd, struct bfq_queue *bfqq,
 		     bool compensate, enum bfqq_expiration reason);
 void bfq_put_queue(struct bfq_queue *bfqq);
+void bfq_put_cooperator(struct bfq_queue *bfqq);
 void bfq_end_wr_async_queues(struct bfq_data *bfqd, struct bfq_group *bfqg);
 void bfq_release_process_ref(struct bfq_data *bfqd, struct bfq_queue *bfqq);
 void bfq_schedule_dispatch(struct bfq_data *bfqd);