diff --git a/block/blk-core.c b/block/blk-core.c
index 0c4a4e42ad87..fbbd59e6d7e1 100644
--- a/block/blk-core.c
+++ b/block/blk-core.c
@@ -405,8 +405,6 @@ void blk_cleanup_queue(struct request_queue *q)
 		blk_mq_sched_free_requests(q);
 	mutex_unlock(&q->sysfs_lock);
 
-	percpu_ref_exit(&q->q_usage_counter);
-
 	/* @q is and will stay empty, shutdown and put */
 	blk_put_queue(q);
 }
diff --git a/block/blk-sysfs.c b/block/blk-sysfs.c
index 00021f012370..4ea84e46a665 100644
--- a/block/blk-sysfs.c
+++ b/block/blk-sysfs.c
@@ -748,6 +748,8 @@ static void blk_free_queue_rcu(struct rcu_head *rcu_head)
 {
 	struct request_queue *q = container_of(rcu_head, struct request_queue,
 					       rcu_head);
+
+	percpu_ref_exit(&q->q_usage_counter);
 	kmem_cache_free(blk_requestq_cachep, q);
 }