diff --git a/block/bfq-iosched.c b/block/bfq-iosched.c
index 29c15079c4d5..ed25bcd1e820 100644
--- a/block/bfq-iosched.c
+++ b/block/bfq-iosched.c
@@ -5529,11 +5529,8 @@ static void bfq_insert_request(struct blk_mq_hw_ctx *hctx, struct request *rq,
 		return;
 	}
 
-	spin_unlock_irq(&bfqd->lock);
-
 	blk_mq_sched_request_inserted(rq);
 
-	spin_lock_irq(&bfqd->lock);
 	bfqq = bfq_init_rq(rq);
 	if (!bfqq || at_head || blk_rq_is_passthrough(rq)) {
 		if (at_head)