diff --git a/block/blk-cgroup.h b/block/blk-cgroup.h
index 624c03c8fe64..fd482439afbc 100644
--- a/block/blk-cgroup.h
+++ b/block/blk-cgroup.h
@@ -249,8 +249,6 @@ static inline struct blkcg_gq *blkg_lookup(struct blkcg *blkcg,
 {
 	struct blkcg_gq *blkg;
 
-	WARN_ON_ONCE(!rcu_read_lock_held());
-
 	if (blkcg == &blkcg_root)
 		return q->root_blkg;