diff --git a/block/blk-sysfs.c b/block/blk-sysfs.c
index 35cd1df556805f05173789c3f2933233493fafc1..169e63ee05cbe8280e9d9b527bac959acbefb567 100644
--- a/block/blk-sysfs.c
+++ b/block/blk-sysfs.c
@@ -726,6 +726,8 @@ static void blk_free_queue_rcu(struct rcu_head *rcu_head)
 {
 	struct request_queue *q = container_of(rcu_head, struct request_queue,
 					       rcu_head);
+
+	percpu_ref_exit(&q->q_usage_counter);
 	kmem_cache_free(blk_requestq_cachep, q);
 }
 
@@ -784,8 +786,6 @@ static void blk_release_queue(struct kobject *kobj)
 
 	might_sleep();
 
-	percpu_ref_exit(&q->q_usage_counter);
-
 	if (test_bit(QUEUE_FLAG_POLL_STATS, &q->queue_flags))
 		blk_stat_remove_callback(q, q->poll_cb);
 	blk_stat_free_callback(q->poll_cb);