diff --git a/block/blk-flush.c b/block/blk-flush.c
index 7942ca6ed3211c684437c6875e678841888b583b..1002f6c581816d111f28b085fb647931d591b32d 100644
--- a/block/blk-flush.c
+++ b/block/blk-flush.c
@@ -219,8 +219,6 @@ static void flush_end_io(struct request *flush_rq, blk_status_t error)
 	unsigned long flags = 0;
 	struct blk_flush_queue *fq = blk_get_flush_queue(q, flush_rq->mq_ctx);
 
-	blk_account_io_flush(flush_rq);
-
 	/* release the tag's ownership to the req cloned from */
 	spin_lock_irqsave(&fq->mq_flush_lock, flags);
 
@@ -230,6 +228,7 @@ static void flush_end_io(struct request *flush_rq, blk_status_t error)
 		return;
 	}
 
+	blk_account_io_flush(flush_rq);
 	/*
 	 * Flush request has to be marked as IDLE when it is really ended
 	 * because its .end_io() is called from timeout code path too for