diff --git a/block/bfq-cgroup.c b/block/bfq-cgroup.c
index 3835cd920587..09d721b1f6ac 100644
--- a/block/bfq-cgroup.c
+++ b/block/bfq-cgroup.c
@@ -591,10 +591,19 @@ static void bfq_link_bfqg(struct bfq_data *bfqd, struct bfq_group *bfqg)
 struct bfq_group *bfq_bio_bfqg(struct bfq_data *bfqd, struct bio *bio)
 {
 	struct blkcg_gq *blkg = bio->bi_blkg;
+	struct bfq_group *bfqg;
 
-	if (!blkg)
-		return bfqd->root_group;
-	return blkg_to_bfqg(blkg);
+	while (blkg) {
+		bfqg = blkg_to_bfqg(blkg);
+		if (bfqg->online) {
+			bio_associate_blkg_from_css(bio, &blkg->blkcg->css);
+			return bfqg;
+		}
+		blkg = blkg->parent;
+	}
+	bio_associate_blkg_from_css(bio,
+				&bfqg_to_blkg(bfqd->root_group)->blkcg->css);
+	return bfqd->root_group;
 }
 
 /**