diff --git a/block/blk-iocost.c b/block/blk-iocost.c
index 16705fbd0699..a19f2db4eeb2 100644
--- a/block/blk-iocost.c
+++ b/block/blk-iocost.c
@@ -2893,15 +2893,21 @@ static int blk_iocost_init(struct request_queue *q)
 	 * called before policy activation completion, can't assume that the
 	 * target bio has an iocg associated and need to test for NULL iocg.
 	 */
-	rq_qos_add(q, rqos);
+	ret = rq_qos_add(q, rqos);
+	if (ret)
+		goto err_free_ioc;
+
 	ret = blkcg_activate_policy(q, &blkcg_policy_iocost);
-	if (ret) {
-		rq_qos_del(q, rqos);
-		free_percpu(ioc->pcpu_stat);
-		kfree(ioc);
-		return ret;
-	}
+	if (ret)
+		goto err_del_qos;
 	return 0;
+
+err_del_qos:
+	rq_qos_del(q, rqos);
+err_free_ioc:
+	free_percpu(ioc->pcpu_stat);
+	kfree(ioc);
+	return ret;
 }
 
 static struct blkcg_policy_data *ioc_cpd_alloc(gfp_t gfp)
diff --git a/block/blk-iolatency.c b/block/blk-iolatency.c
index 9568bf8dfe82..7845dca5fcfd 100644
--- a/block/blk-iolatency.c
+++ b/block/blk-iolatency.c
@@ -773,19 +773,23 @@ int blk_iolatency_init(struct request_queue *q)
 	rqos->ops = &blkcg_iolatency_ops;
 	rqos->q = q;
 
-	rq_qos_add(q, rqos);
-
+	ret = rq_qos_add(q, rqos);
+	if (ret)
+		goto err_free;
 	ret = blkcg_activate_policy(q, &blkcg_policy_iolatency);
-	if (ret) {
-		rq_qos_del(q, rqos);
-		kfree(blkiolat);
-		return ret;
-	}
+	if (ret)
+		goto err_qos_del;
 
 	timer_setup(&blkiolat->timer, blkiolatency_timer_fn, 0);
 	INIT_WORK(&blkiolat->enable_work, blkiolatency_enable_work_fn);
 
 	return 0;
+
+err_qos_del:
+	rq_qos_del(q, rqos);
+err_free:
+	kfree(blkiolat);
+	return ret;
 }
 
 static void iolatency_set_min_lat_nsec(struct blkcg_gq *blkg, u64 val)
diff --git a/block/blk-rq-qos.h b/block/blk-rq-qos.h
index 0e46052b018a..08b856570ad1 100644
--- a/block/blk-rq-qos.h
+++ b/block/blk-rq-qos.h
@@ -86,7 +86,7 @@ static inline void rq_wait_init(struct rq_wait *rq_wait)
 	init_waitqueue_head(&rq_wait->wait);
 }
 
-static inline void rq_qos_add(struct request_queue *q, struct rq_qos *rqos)
+static inline int rq_qos_add(struct request_queue *q, struct rq_qos *rqos)
 {
 	/*
 	 * No IO can be in-flight when adding rqos, so freeze queue, which
@@ -98,6 +98,8 @@ static inline void rq_qos_add(struct request_queue *q, struct rq_qos *rqos)
 	blk_mq_freeze_queue(q);
 
 	spin_lock_irq(&q->queue_lock);
+	if (rq_qos_id(q, rqos->id))
+		goto ebusy;
 	rqos->next = q->rq_qos;
 	q->rq_qos = rqos;
 	spin_unlock_irq(&q->queue_lock);
@@ -109,6 +111,13 @@ static inline void rq_qos_add(struct request_queue *q, struct rq_qos *rqos)
 		blk_mq_debugfs_register_rqos(rqos);
 		mutex_unlock(&q->debugfs_mutex);
 	}
+
+	return 0;
+ebusy:
+	spin_unlock_irq(&q->queue_lock);
+	blk_mq_unfreeze_queue(q);
+	return -EBUSY;
+
 }
 
 static inline void rq_qos_del(struct request_queue *q, struct rq_qos *rqos)
diff --git a/block/blk-wbt.c b/block/blk-wbt.c
index 0c119be0e813..ae6ea0b54579 100644
--- a/block/blk-wbt.c
+++ b/block/blk-wbt.c
@@ -820,6 +820,7 @@ int wbt_init(struct request_queue *q)
 {
 	struct rq_wb *rwb;
 	int i;
+	int ret;
 
 	rwb = kzalloc(sizeof(*rwb), GFP_KERNEL);
 	if (!rwb)
@@ -846,7 +847,10 @@ int wbt_init(struct request_queue *q)
 	/*
 	 * Assign rwb and add the stats callback.
 	 */
-	rq_qos_add(q, &rwb->rqos);
+	ret = rq_qos_add(q, &rwb->rqos);
+	if (ret)
+		goto err_free;
+
 	blk_stat_add_callback(q, rwb->cb);
 
 	rwb->min_lat_nsec = wbt_default_latency_nsec(q);
@@ -855,4 +859,10 @@ int wbt_init(struct request_queue *q)
 	wbt_set_write_cache(q, test_bit(QUEUE_FLAG_WC, &q->queue_flags));
 
 	return 0;
+
+err_free:
+	blk_stat_free_callback(rwb->cb);
+	kfree(rwb);
+	return ret;
+
 }