diff --git a/block/bfq-cgroup.c b/block/bfq-cgroup.c
index 5611769e1569..c90c4556bf44 100644
--- a/block/bfq-cgroup.c
+++ b/block/bfq-cgroup.c
@@ -697,10 +697,7 @@ static struct bfq_group *__bfq_bic_change_cgroup(struct bfq_data *bfqd,
 
 		if (entity->sched_data != &bfqg->sched_data) {
 			bic_set_bfqq(bic, NULL, 0);
-			bfq_log_bfqq(bfqd, async_bfqq,
-				     "bic_change_group: %p %d",
-				     async_bfqq, async_bfqq->ref);
-			bfq_put_queue(async_bfqq);
+			bfq_release_process_ref(bfqd, async_bfqq);
 		}
 	}
 
diff --git a/block/bfq-iosched.c b/block/bfq-iosched.c
index 5a825f9f1ea0..88497bff1135 100644
--- a/block/bfq-iosched.c
+++ b/block/bfq-iosched.c
@@ -2717,8 +2717,6 @@ static void bfq_bfqq_save_state(struct bfq_queue *bfqq)
 	}
 }
 
-
-static
 void bfq_release_process_ref(struct bfq_data *bfqd, struct bfq_queue *bfqq)
 {
 	/*
diff --git a/block/bfq-iosched.h b/block/bfq-iosched.h
index 1553a4e8f7ad..c0232975075d 100644
--- a/block/bfq-iosched.h
+++ b/block/bfq-iosched.h
@@ -950,6 +950,7 @@ void bfq_bfqq_expire(struct bfq_data *bfqd, struct bfq_queue *bfqq,
 		     bool compensate, enum bfqq_expiration reason);
 void bfq_put_queue(struct bfq_queue *bfqq);
 void bfq_end_wr_async_queues(struct bfq_data *bfqd, struct bfq_group *bfqg);
+void bfq_release_process_ref(struct bfq_data *bfqd, struct bfq_queue *bfqq);
 void bfq_schedule_dispatch(struct bfq_data *bfqd);
 void bfq_put_async_queues(struct bfq_data *bfqd, struct bfq_group *bfqg);