diff --git a/block/bfq-iosched.c b/block/bfq-iosched.c
index 7d45ac451745..e65b0da1007b 100644
--- a/block/bfq-iosched.c
+++ b/block/bfq-iosched.c
@@ -3760,6 +3760,7 @@ static void bfq_exit_icq_bfqq(struct bfq_io_cq *bic, bool is_sync)
 		unsigned long flags;
 
 		spin_lock_irqsave(&bfqd->lock, flags);
+		bfqq->bic = NULL;
 		bfq_exit_bfqq(bfqd, bfqq);
 		bic_set_bfqq(bic, NULL, is_sync);
 		spin_unlock_irqrestore(&bfqd->lock, flags);