diff --git a/block/blk-core.c b/block/blk-core.c
index d0d0dd8151f7..e5eeec801f56 100644
--- a/block/blk-core.c
+++ b/block/blk-core.c
@@ -414,8 +414,6 @@ 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 8c5816364dd1..9174137a913c 100644
--- a/block/blk-sysfs.c
+++ b/block/blk-sysfs.c
@@ -726,6 +726,8 @@ 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);
 }