diff --git a/block/blk-mq.c b/block/blk-mq.c
index 5189cb1e478a6b283609006364c01f9f8e31d082..ac8a0413664e67ca435bd82f3ac9cb025c65e494 100644
--- a/block/blk-mq.c
+++ b/block/blk-mq.c
@@ -1713,14 +1713,10 @@ static void blk_mq_del_queue_tag_set(struct request_queue *q)
 {
 	struct blk_mq_tag_set *set = q->tag_set;
 
-	blk_mq_freeze_queue(q);
-
 	mutex_lock(&set->tag_list_lock);
 	list_del_init(&q->tag_set_list);
 	blk_mq_update_tag_set_depth(set);
 	mutex_unlock(&set->tag_list_lock);
-
-	blk_mq_unfreeze_queue(q);
 }
 
 static void blk_mq_add_queue_tag_set(struct blk_mq_tag_set *set,