diff --git a/block/blk-sysfs.c b/block/blk-sysfs.c
index a663dbcbdd19cdfee2ac4cb7c2c0083dc750c938..711724a41fc74ef5da70227180c4c24d51f5f837 100644
--- a/block/blk-sysfs.c
+++ b/block/blk-sysfs.c
@@ -959,13 +959,11 @@ int blk_register_queue(struct gendisk *disk)
 		blk_mq_debugfs_register(q);
 	}
 
-	/*
-	 * The flag of QUEUE_FLAG_REGISTERED isn't set yet, so elevator
-	 * switch won't happen at all.
-	 */
+	mutex_lock(&q->sysfs_lock);
 	if (q->request_fn || (q->mq_ops && q->elevator)) {
 		ret = elv_register_queue(q, false);
 		if (ret) {
+			mutex_unlock(&q->sysfs_lock);
 			mutex_unlock(&q->sysfs_dir_lock);
 			kobject_del(&q->kobj);
 			blk_trace_remove_sysfs(dev);
@@ -975,7 +973,6 @@ int blk_register_queue(struct gendisk *disk)
 		has_elevator = true;
 	}
 
-	mutex_lock(&q->sysfs_lock);
 	blk_queue_flag_set(QUEUE_FLAG_REGISTERED, q);
 	wbt_enable_default(q);
 	blk_throtl_register_queue(q);
@@ -1049,12 +1046,10 @@ void blk_unregister_queue(struct gendisk *disk)
 
 	blk_trace_remove_sysfs(disk_to_dev(disk));
 
-	/*
-	 * q->kobj has been removed, so it is safe to check if elevator
-	 * exists without holding q->sysfs_lock.
-	 */
+	mutex_lock(&q->sysfs_lock);
 	if (q->request_fn || (q->mq_ops && q->elevator))
 		elv_unregister_queue(q);
+	mutex_unlock(&q->sysfs_lock);
 	mutex_unlock(&q->sysfs_dir_lock);
 
 	/* Now that we've deleted all child objects, we can delete the queue. */
diff --git a/block/elevator.c b/block/elevator.c
index a1e62af8bf338e9222d3ba05d600f4f1f260e1e0..77fde865bf7aa2261036fde8b0258be3eeb437d8 100644
--- a/block/elevator.c
+++ b/block/elevator.c
@@ -864,11 +864,9 @@ int elv_register_queue(struct request_queue *q, bool uevent)
 		if (uevent)
 			kobject_uevent(&e->kobj, KOBJ_ADD);
 
-		mutex_lock(&q->sysfs_lock);
 		e->registered = 1;
 		if (!e->uses_mq && e->type->ops.sq.elevator_registered_fn)
 			e->type->ops.sq.elevator_registered_fn(q);
-		mutex_unlock(&q->sysfs_lock);
 	}
 	return error;
 }
@@ -886,9 +884,7 @@ void elv_unregister_queue(struct request_queue *q)
 		kobject_uevent(&e->kobj, KOBJ_REMOVE);
 		kobject_del(&e->kobj);
 
-		mutex_lock(&q->sysfs_lock);
 		e->registered = 0;
-		mutex_unlock(&q->sysfs_lock);
 	}
 }
 
@@ -959,32 +955,11 @@ int elevator_switch_mq(struct request_queue *q,
 	lockdep_assert_held(&q->sysfs_lock);
 
 	if (q->elevator) {
-		if (q->elevator->registered) {
-			mutex_unlock(&q->sysfs_lock);
-
-			/*
-			 * Concurrent elevator switch can't happen becasue
-			 * sysfs write is always exclusively on same file.
-			 *
-			 * Also the elevator queue won't be freed after
-			 * sysfs_lock is released becasue kobject_del() in
-			 * blk_unregister_queue() waits for completion of
-			 * .store & .show on its attributes.
-			 */
+		if (q->elevator->registered)
 			elv_unregister_queue(q);
 
-			mutex_lock(&q->sysfs_lock);
-		}
 		ioc_clear_queue(q);
 		elevator_exit(q, q->elevator);
-
-		/*
-		 * sysfs_lock may be dropped, so re-check if queue is
-		 * unregistered. If yes, don't switch to new elevator
-		 * any more
-		 */
-		if (!test_bit(QUEUE_FLAG_REGISTERED, &q->queue_flags))
-			return 0;
 	}
 
 	ret = blk_mq_init_sched(q, new_e);
@@ -992,11 +967,7 @@ int elevator_switch_mq(struct request_queue *q,
 		goto out;
 
 	if (new_e) {
-		mutex_unlock(&q->sysfs_lock);
-
 		ret = elv_register_queue(q, true);
-
-		mutex_lock(&q->sysfs_lock);
 		if (ret) {
 			elevator_exit(q, q->elevator);
 			goto out;