diff --git a/block/bfq-iosched.c b/block/bfq-iosched.c
index e1183596de06..4ecfcb6e9a2d 100644
--- a/block/bfq-iosched.c
+++ b/block/bfq-iosched.c
@@ -6012,11 +6012,8 @@ static void bfq_insert_request(struct blk_mq_hw_ctx *hctx, struct request *rq,
 		return;
 	}
 
-	spin_unlock_irq(&bfqd->lock);
-
 	trace_block_rq_insert(rq);
 
-	spin_lock_irq(&bfqd->lock);
 	bfqq = bfq_init_rq(rq);
 	if (!bfqq || at_head) {
 		if (at_head)