diff --git a/block/bfq-iosched.c b/block/bfq-iosched.c
index b8b6e9eae94b..85120d7b5cf0 100644
--- a/block/bfq-iosched.c
+++ b/block/bfq-iosched.c
@@ -5251,8 +5251,8 @@ static void bfq_exit_icq_bfqq(struct bfq_io_cq *bic, bool is_sync)
 		unsigned long flags;
 
 		spin_lock_irqsave(&bfqd->lock, flags);
-		bfq_exit_bfqq(bfqd, bfqq);
 		bic_set_bfqq(bic, NULL, is_sync);
+		bfq_exit_bfqq(bfqd, bfqq);
 		spin_unlock_irqrestore(&bfqd->lock, flags);
 	}
 }