diff --git a/block/bfq-cgroup.c b/block/bfq-cgroup.c
index ecd3d0ec2f3b68c7fe6b9ceb453402da2454c4ce..f60089b7269185c26d00051f665a5303de3b3314 100644
--- a/block/bfq-cgroup.c
+++ b/block/bfq-cgroup.c
@@ -567,6 +567,12 @@ void bfq_bfqq_move(struct bfq_data *bfqd, struct bfq_queue *bfqq,
 		bfq_bfqq_expire(bfqd, bfqd->in_service_queue,
 				false, BFQQE_PREEMPTED);
 
+	/*
+	 * get extra reference to prevent bfqq from being freed in
+	 * next possible deactivate
+	 */
+	bfqq->ref++;
+
 	if (bfq_bfqq_busy(bfqq))
 		bfq_deactivate_bfqq(bfqd, bfqq, false, false);
 	else if (entity->on_st)
@@ -585,6 +591,8 @@ void bfq_bfqq_move(struct bfq_data *bfqd, struct bfq_queue *bfqq,
 
 	if (!bfqd->in_service_queue && !bfqd->rq_in_driver)
 		bfq_schedule_dispatch(bfqd);
+	/* release extra ref taken above */
+	bfq_put_queue(bfqq);
 }
 
 /**