diff --git a/block/bfq-cgroup.c b/block/bfq-cgroup.c
index f0b265258891..463719a1d7a0 100644
--- a/block/bfq-cgroup.c
+++ b/block/bfq-cgroup.c
@@ -586,27 +586,11 @@ static void bfq_group_set_parent(struct bfq_group *bfqg,
 	entity->sched_data = &parent->sched_data;
 }
 
-static struct bfq_group *bfq_lookup_bfqg(struct bfq_data *bfqd,
-					 struct blkcg *blkcg)
+static void bfq_link_bfqg(struct bfq_data *bfqd, struct bfq_group *bfqg)
 {
-	struct blkcg_gq *blkg;
-
-	blkg = blkg_lookup(blkcg, bfqd->queue);
-	if (likely(blkg))
-		return blkg_to_bfqg(blkg);
-	return NULL;
-}
-
-struct bfq_group *bfq_find_set_group(struct bfq_data *bfqd,
-				     struct blkcg *blkcg)
-{
-	struct bfq_group *bfqg, *parent;
+	struct bfq_group *parent;
 	struct bfq_entity *entity;
 
-	bfqg = bfq_lookup_bfqg(bfqd, blkcg);
-	if (unlikely(!bfqg))
-		return NULL;
-
 	/*
 	 * Update chain of bfq_groups as we might be handling a leaf group
 	 * which, along with some of its relatives, has not been hooked yet
@@ -623,8 +607,15 @@ struct bfq_group *bfq_find_set_group(struct bfq_data *bfqd,
 			bfq_group_set_parent(curr_bfqg, parent);
 		}
 	}
+}
 
-	return bfqg;
+struct bfq_group *bfq_bio_bfqg(struct bfq_data *bfqd, struct bio *bio)
+{
+	struct blkcg_gq *blkg = bio->bi_blkg;
+
+	if (!blkg)
+		return bfqd->root_group;
+	return blkg_to_bfqg(blkg);
 }
 
 /**
@@ -706,25 +697,15 @@ void bfq_bfqq_move(struct bfq_data *bfqd, struct bfq_queue *bfqq,
  * Move bic to blkcg, assuming that bfqd->lock is held; which makes
  * sure that the reference to cgroup is valid across the call (see
  * comments in bfq_bic_update_cgroup on this issue)
- *
- * NOTE: an alternative approach might have been to store the current
- * cgroup in bfqq and getting a reference to it, reducing the lookup
- * time here, at the price of slightly more complex code.
  */
-static struct bfq_group *__bfq_bic_change_cgroup(struct bfq_data *bfqd,
-						struct bfq_io_cq *bic,
-						struct blkcg *blkcg)
+static void *__bfq_bic_change_cgroup(struct bfq_data *bfqd,
+				     struct bfq_io_cq *bic,
+				     struct bfq_group *bfqg)
 {
 	struct bfq_queue *async_bfqq = bic_to_bfqq(bic, 0);
 	struct bfq_queue *sync_bfqq = bic_to_bfqq(bic, 1);
-	struct bfq_group *bfqg;
 	struct bfq_entity *entity;
 
-	bfqg = bfq_find_set_group(bfqd, blkcg);
-
-	if (unlikely(!bfqg))
-		bfqg = bfqd->root_group;
-
 	if (async_bfqq) {
 		entity = &async_bfqq->entity;
 
@@ -776,20 +757,24 @@ static struct bfq_group *__bfq_bic_change_cgroup(struct bfq_data *bfqd,
 void bfq_bic_update_cgroup(struct bfq_io_cq *bic, struct bio *bio)
 {
 	struct bfq_data *bfqd = bic_to_bfqd(bic);
-	struct bfq_group *bfqg = NULL;
+	struct bfq_group *bfqg = bfq_bio_bfqg(bfqd, bio);
 	uint64_t serial_nr;
 
-	rcu_read_lock();
-	serial_nr = __bio_blkcg(bio)->css.serial_nr;
+	serial_nr = bfqg_to_blkg(bfqg)->blkcg->css.serial_nr;
 
 	/*
 	 * Check whether blkcg has changed.  The condition may trigger
 	 * spuriously on a newly created cic but there's no harm.
 	 */
 	if (unlikely(!bfqd) || likely(bic->blkcg_serial_nr == serial_nr))
-		goto out;
+		return;
 
-	bfqg = __bfq_bic_change_cgroup(bfqd, bic, __bio_blkcg(bio));
+	/*
+	 * New cgroup for this process. Make sure it is linked to bfq internal
+	 * cgroup hierarchy.
+	 */
+	bfq_link_bfqg(bfqd, bfqg);
+	__bfq_bic_change_cgroup(bfqd, bic, bfqg);
 	/*
 	 * Update blkg_path for bfq_log_* functions. We cache this
 	 * path, and update it here, for the following
@@ -842,8 +827,6 @@ void bfq_bic_update_cgroup(struct bfq_io_cq *bic, struct bio *bio)
 	 */
 	blkg_path(bfqg_to_blkg(bfqg), bfqg->blkg_path, sizeof(bfqg->blkg_path));
 	bic->blkcg_serial_nr = serial_nr;
-out:
-	rcu_read_unlock();
 }
 
 /**
@@ -1461,7 +1444,7 @@ void bfq_end_wr_async(struct bfq_data *bfqd)
 	bfq_end_wr_async_queues(bfqd, bfqd->root_group);
 }
 
-struct bfq_group *bfq_find_set_group(struct bfq_data *bfqd, struct blkcg *blkcg)
+struct bfq_group *bfq_bio_bfqg(struct bfq_data *bfqd, struct bio *bio)
 {
 	return bfqd->root_group;
 }
diff --git a/block/bfq-iosched.c b/block/bfq-iosched.c
index e4a9761b9798..5d2d3fe65a9d 100644
--- a/block/bfq-iosched.c
+++ b/block/bfq-iosched.c
@@ -5730,14 +5730,7 @@ static struct bfq_queue *bfq_get_queue(struct bfq_data *bfqd,
 	struct bfq_queue *bfqq;
 	struct bfq_group *bfqg;
 
-	rcu_read_lock();
-
-	bfqg = bfq_find_set_group(bfqd, __bio_blkcg(bio));
-	if (!bfqg) {
-		bfqq = &bfqd->oom_bfqq;
-		goto out;
-	}
-
+	bfqg = bfq_bio_bfqg(bfqd, bio);
 	if (!is_sync) {
 		async_bfqq = bfq_async_queue_prio(bfqd, bfqg, ioprio_class,
 						  ioprio);
@@ -5783,8 +5776,6 @@ static struct bfq_queue *bfq_get_queue(struct bfq_data *bfqd,
 
 	if (bfqq != &bfqd->oom_bfqq && is_sync && !respawn)
 		bfqq = bfq_do_or_sched_stable_merge(bfqd, bfqq, bic);
-
-	rcu_read_unlock();
 	return bfqq;
 }
 
diff --git a/block/bfq-iosched.h b/block/bfq-iosched.h
index 2ded8b1e18a9..4149e1be1918 100644
--- a/block/bfq-iosched.h
+++ b/block/bfq-iosched.h
@@ -1011,8 +1011,7 @@ void bfq_bfqq_move(struct bfq_data *bfqd, struct bfq_queue *bfqq,
 void bfq_init_entity(struct bfq_entity *entity, struct bfq_group *bfqg);
 void bfq_bic_update_cgroup(struct bfq_io_cq *bic, struct bio *bio);
 void bfq_end_wr_async(struct bfq_data *bfqd);
-struct bfq_group *bfq_find_set_group(struct bfq_data *bfqd,
-				     struct blkcg *blkcg);
+struct bfq_group *bfq_bio_bfqg(struct bfq_data *bfqd, struct bio *bio);
 struct blkcg_gq *bfqg_to_blkg(struct bfq_group *bfqg);
 struct bfq_group *bfqq_group(struct bfq_queue *bfqq);
 struct bfq_group *bfq_create_group_hierarchy(struct bfq_data *bfqd, int node);