diff --git a/block/bfq-cgroup.c b/block/bfq-cgroup.c
index 4b571f3ea009..afbbe5750a1f 100644
--- a/block/bfq-cgroup.c
+++ b/block/bfq-cgroup.c
@@ -224,9 +224,9 @@ static void bfqg_and_blkg_get(struct bfq_group *bfqg)
 
 void bfqg_and_blkg_put(struct bfq_group *bfqg)
 {
-	bfqg_put(bfqg);
-
 	blkg_put(bfqg_to_blkg(bfqg));
+
+	bfqg_put(bfqg);
 }
 
 void bfqg_stats_update_io_add(struct bfq_group *bfqg, struct bfq_queue *bfqq,