diff --git a/block/bfq-iosched.c b/block/bfq-iosched.c
index bad088103279..3b605d8d99bf 100644
--- a/block/bfq-iosched.c
+++ b/block/bfq-iosched.c
@@ -2267,8 +2267,6 @@ static int bfq_request_merge(struct request_queue *q, struct request **req,
 	return ELEVATOR_NO_MERGE;
 }
 
-static struct bfq_queue *bfq_init_rq(struct request *rq);
-
 static void bfq_request_merged(struct request_queue *q, struct request *req,
 			       enum elv_merge type)
 {
@@ -2277,7 +2275,7 @@ static void bfq_request_merged(struct request_queue *q, struct request *req,
 	    blk_rq_pos(req) <
 	    blk_rq_pos(container_of(rb_prev(&req->rb_node),
 				    struct request, rb_node))) {
-		struct bfq_queue *bfqq = bfq_init_rq(req);
+		struct bfq_queue *bfqq = RQ_BFQQ(req);
 		struct bfq_data *bfqd;
 		struct request *prev, *next_rq;
 
@@ -2329,8 +2327,8 @@ static void bfq_request_merged(struct request_queue *q, struct request *req,
 static void bfq_requests_merged(struct request_queue *q, struct request *rq,
 				struct request *next)
 {
-	struct bfq_queue *bfqq = bfq_init_rq(rq),
-		*next_bfqq = bfq_init_rq(next);
+	struct bfq_queue *bfqq = RQ_BFQQ(rq),
+		*next_bfqq = RQ_BFQQ(next);
 
 	if (!bfqq)
 		return;
@@ -5518,6 +5516,8 @@ static inline void bfq_update_insert_stats(struct request_queue *q,
 					   unsigned int cmd_flags) {}
 #endif /* CONFIG_BFQ_CGROUP_DEBUG */
 
+static struct bfq_queue *bfq_init_rq(struct request *rq);
+
 static void bfq_insert_request(struct blk_mq_hw_ctx *hctx, struct request *rq,
 			       bool at_head)
 {
@@ -5532,6 +5532,7 @@ static void bfq_insert_request(struct blk_mq_hw_ctx *hctx, struct request *rq,
 		bfqg_stats_update_legacy_io(q, rq);
 #endif
 	spin_lock_irq(&bfqd->lock);
+	bfqq = bfq_init_rq(rq);
 	if (blk_mq_sched_try_insert_merge(q, rq)) {
 		spin_unlock_irq(&bfqd->lock);
 		return;
@@ -5539,7 +5540,6 @@ static void bfq_insert_request(struct blk_mq_hw_ctx *hctx, struct request *rq,
 
 	blk_mq_sched_request_inserted(rq);
 
-	bfqq = bfq_init_rq(rq);
 	if (!bfqq || at_head || blk_rq_is_passthrough(rq)) {
 		if (at_head)
 			list_add(&rq->queuelist, &bfqd->dispatch);