diff --git a/block/blk-stat.c b/block/blk-stat.c
index 2ea01b5c1aca..da9407b7d4ab 100644
--- a/block/blk-stat.c
+++ b/block/blk-stat.c
@@ -189,7 +189,7 @@ void blk_stat_disable_accounting(struct request_queue *q)
 	unsigned long flags;
 
 	spin_lock_irqsave(&q->stats->lock, flags);
-	if (!--q->stats->accounting)
+	if (!--q->stats->accounting && list_empty(&q->stats->callbacks))
 		blk_queue_flag_clear(QUEUE_FLAG_STATS, q);
 	spin_unlock_irqrestore(&q->stats->lock, flags);
 }
@@ -200,7 +200,7 @@ void blk_stat_enable_accounting(struct request_queue *q)
 	unsigned long flags;
 
 	spin_lock_irqsave(&q->stats->lock, flags);
-	if (!q->stats->accounting++)
+	if (!q->stats->accounting++ && list_empty(&q->stats->callbacks))
 		blk_queue_flag_set(QUEUE_FLAG_STATS, q);
 	spin_unlock_irqrestore(&q->stats->lock, flags);
 }