diff --git a/block/cfq-iosched.c b/block/cfq-iosched.c
index 286008cf889ed2f4d00ff391ec3a66e269dfcf46..0f3eb70f9ce192bd3554c05e2efc29d6c11eeb1c 100644
--- a/block/cfq-iosched.c
+++ b/block/cfq-iosched.c
@@ -1094,7 +1094,7 @@ static struct cfq_group *cfq_get_cfqg(struct cfq_data *cfqd, int create)
 
 static inline struct cfq_group *cfq_ref_get_cfqg(struct cfq_group *cfqg)
 {
-	return NULL;
+	return cfqg;
 }
 
 static inline void