diff --git a/block/bfq-iosched.c b/block/bfq-iosched.c
index 962701d3f46b..c73c8b0f5e40 100644
--- a/block/bfq-iosched.c
+++ b/block/bfq-iosched.c
@@ -420,6 +420,8 @@ static struct bfq_io_cq *bfq_bic_lookup(struct bfq_data *bfqd,
  */
 void bfq_schedule_dispatch(struct bfq_data *bfqd)
 {
+	lockdep_assert_held(&bfqd->lock);
+
 	if (bfqd->queued != 0) {
 		bfq_log(bfqd, "schedule dispatch");
 		blk_mq_run_hw_queues(bfqd->queue, true);
@@ -6257,8 +6259,8 @@ bfq_idle_slice_timer_body(struct bfq_data *bfqd, struct bfq_queue *bfqq)
 	bfq_bfqq_expire(bfqd, bfqq, true, reason);
 
 schedule_dispatch:
-	spin_unlock_irqrestore(&bfqd->lock, flags);
 	bfq_schedule_dispatch(bfqd);
+	spin_unlock_irqrestore(&bfqd->lock, flags);
 }
 
 /*