diff --git a/block/bfq-iosched.c b/block/bfq-iosched.c
index 0c6214497fcc..5498d05b873d 100644
--- a/block/bfq-iosched.c
+++ b/block/bfq-iosched.c
@@ -3444,6 +3444,10 @@ static void bfq_dispatch_remove(struct request_queue *q, struct request *rq)
 static bool idling_needed_for_service_guarantees(struct bfq_data *bfqd,
 						 struct bfq_queue *bfqq)
 {
+	/* No point in idling for bfqq if it won't get requests any longer */
+	if (unlikely(!bfqq_process_refs(bfqq)))
+		return false;
+
 	return (bfqq->wr_coeff > 1 &&
 		(bfqd->wr_busy_queues <
 		 bfq_tot_busy_queues(bfqd) ||
@@ -4077,6 +4081,10 @@ static bool idling_boosts_thr_without_issues(struct bfq_data *bfqd,
 		bfqq_sequential_and_IO_bound,
 		idling_boosts_thr;
 
+	/* No point in idling for bfqq if it won't get requests any longer */
+	if (unlikely(!bfqq_process_refs(bfqq)))
+		return false;
+
 	bfqq_sequential_and_IO_bound = !BFQQ_SEEKY(bfqq) &&
 		bfq_bfqq_IO_bound(bfqq) && bfq_bfqq_has_short_ttime(bfqq);
 
@@ -4170,6 +4178,10 @@ static bool bfq_better_to_idle(struct bfq_queue *bfqq)
 	struct bfq_data *bfqd = bfqq->bfqd;
 	bool idling_boosts_thr_with_no_issue, idling_needed_for_service_guar;
 
+	/* No point in idling for bfqq if it won't get requests any longer */
+	if (unlikely(!bfqq_process_refs(bfqq)))
+		return false;
+
 	if (unlikely(bfqd->strict_guarantees))
 		return true;