diff --git a/block/blk-mq-sysfs.c b/block/blk-mq-sysfs.c
index 77fb238af2be..cb19ec16a7fc 100644
--- a/block/blk-mq-sysfs.c
+++ b/block/blk-mq-sysfs.c
@@ -17,6 +17,14 @@ static void blk_mq_sysfs_release(struct kobject *kobj)
 {
 }
 
+static void blk_mq_hw_sysfs_release(struct kobject *kobj)
+{
+	struct blk_mq_hw_ctx *hctx = container_of(kobj, struct blk_mq_hw_ctx,
+						  kobj);
+	kfree(hctx->ctxs);
+	kfree(hctx);
+}
+
 struct blk_mq_ctx_sysfs_entry {
 	struct attribute attr;
 	ssize_t (*show)(struct blk_mq_ctx *, char *);
@@ -200,7 +208,7 @@ static struct kobj_type blk_mq_ctx_ktype = {
 static struct kobj_type blk_mq_hw_ktype = {
 	.sysfs_ops	= &blk_mq_hw_sysfs_ops,
 	.default_attrs	= default_hw_ctx_attrs,
-	.release	= blk_mq_sysfs_release,
+	.release	= blk_mq_hw_sysfs_release,
 };
 
 static void blk_mq_unregister_hctx(struct blk_mq_hw_ctx *hctx)
@@ -244,12 +252,9 @@ static void __blk_mq_unregister_dev(struct device *dev, struct request_queue *q)
 	struct blk_mq_hw_ctx *hctx;
 	int i;
 
-	queue_for_each_hw_ctx(q, hctx, i) {
+	queue_for_each_hw_ctx(q, hctx, i)
 		blk_mq_unregister_hctx(hctx);
 
-		kobject_put(&hctx->kobj);
-	}
-
 	blk_mq_debugfs_unregister_hctxs(q);
 
 	kobject_uevent(&q->mq_kobj, KOBJ_REMOVE);
diff --git a/block/blk-mq.c b/block/blk-mq.c
index b985c236f50f..f70595e5fb86 100644
--- a/block/blk-mq.c
+++ b/block/blk-mq.c
@@ -2256,8 +2256,7 @@ void blk_mq_release(struct request_queue *q)
 	queue_for_each_hw_ctx(q, hctx, i) {
 		if (!hctx)
 			continue;
-		kfree(hctx->ctxs);
-		kfree(hctx);
+		kobject_put(&hctx->kobj);
 	}
 
 	q->mq_map = NULL;
@@ -2336,8 +2335,6 @@ static void blk_mq_realloc_hw_ctxs(struct blk_mq_tag_set *set,
 			blk_mq_exit_hctx(q, set, hctx, j);
 			free_cpumask_var(hctx->cpumask);
 			kobject_put(&hctx->kobj);
-			kfree(hctx->ctxs);
-			kfree(hctx);
 			hctxs[j] = NULL;
 
 		}