diff --git a/block/blk-core.c b/block/blk-core.c
index 2af1040b2fa6..81d209568a26 100644
--- a/block/blk-core.c
+++ b/block/blk-core.c
@@ -375,7 +375,7 @@ void blk_cleanup_queue(struct request_queue *q)
 	blk_exit_queue(q);
 
 	if (queue_is_mq(q))
-		blk_mq_free_queue(q);
+		blk_mq_exit_queue(q);
 
 	percpu_ref_exit(&q->q_usage_counter);
 
diff --git a/block/blk-mq-sysfs.c b/block/blk-mq-sysfs.c
index 61efc2a29e58..7593c4c78975 100644
--- a/block/blk-mq-sysfs.c
+++ b/block/blk-mq-sysfs.c
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@
 #include <linux/smp.h>
 
 #include <linux/blk-mq.h>
+#include "blk.h"
 #include "blk-mq.h"
 #include "blk-mq-tag.h"
 
@@ -34,6 +35,11 @@ static void blk_mq_hw_sysfs_release(struct kobject *kobj)
 {
 	struct blk_mq_hw_ctx *hctx = container_of(kobj, struct blk_mq_hw_ctx,
 						  kobj);
+
+	if (hctx->flags & BLK_MQ_F_BLOCKING)
+		cleanup_srcu_struct(hctx->srcu);
+	blk_free_flush_queue(hctx->fq);
+	sbitmap_free(&hctx->ctx_map);
 	free_cpumask_var(hctx->cpumask);
 	kfree(hctx->ctxs);
 	kfree(hctx);
diff --git a/block/blk-mq.c b/block/blk-mq.c
index 741cf8d55e9c..1fdb8de92a10 100644
--- a/block/blk-mq.c
+++ b/block/blk-mq.c
@@ -2268,12 +2268,7 @@ static void blk_mq_exit_hctx(struct request_queue *q,
 	if (set->ops->exit_hctx)
 		set->ops->exit_hctx(hctx, hctx_idx);
 
-	if (hctx->flags & BLK_MQ_F_BLOCKING)
-		cleanup_srcu_struct(hctx->srcu);
-
 	blk_mq_remove_cpuhp(hctx);
-	blk_free_flush_queue(hctx->fq);
-	sbitmap_free(&hctx->ctx_map);
 }
 
 static void blk_mq_exit_hw_queues(struct request_queue *q,
@@ -2908,7 +2903,8 @@ err_exit:
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(blk_mq_init_allocated_queue);
 
-void blk_mq_free_queue(struct request_queue *q)
+/* tags can _not_ be used after returning from blk_mq_exit_queue */
+void blk_mq_exit_queue(struct request_queue *q)
 {
 	struct blk_mq_tag_set	*set = q->tag_set;
 
diff --git a/block/blk-mq.h b/block/blk-mq.h
index 423ea88ab6fb..633a5a77ee8b 100644
--- a/block/blk-mq.h
+++ b/block/blk-mq.h
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ struct blk_mq_ctx {
 	struct kobject		kobj;
 } ____cacheline_aligned_in_smp;
 
-void blk_mq_free_queue(struct request_queue *q);
+void blk_mq_exit_queue(struct request_queue *q);
 int blk_mq_update_nr_requests(struct request_queue *q, unsigned int nr);
 void blk_mq_wake_waiters(struct request_queue *q);
 bool blk_mq_dispatch_rq_list(struct request_queue *, struct list_head *, bool);