diff --git a/block/elevator.c b/block/elevator.c
index 2f17d66d0e61..33c15fb54ed1 100644
--- a/block/elevator.c
+++ b/block/elevator.c
@@ -607,23 +607,19 @@ int elevator_init_mq(struct request_queue *q)
 	if (q->nr_hw_queues != 1)
 		return 0;
 
-	/*
-	 * q->sysfs_lock must be held to provide mutual exclusion between
-	 * elevator_switch() and here.
-	 */
-	mutex_lock(&q->sysfs_lock);
+	WARN_ON_ONCE(test_bit(QUEUE_FLAG_REGISTERED, &q->queue_flags));
+
 	if (unlikely(q->elevator))
-		goto out_unlock;
+		goto out;
 
 	e = elevator_get(q, "mq-deadline", false);
 	if (!e)
-		goto out_unlock;
+		goto out;
 
 	err = blk_mq_init_sched(q, e);
 	if (err)
 		elevator_put(e);
-out_unlock:
-	mutex_unlock(&q->sysfs_lock);
+out:
 	return err;
 }