diff --git a/block/blk-mq-tag.c b/block/blk-mq-tag.c
index 94e1ed667b6e..41317c50a446 100644
--- a/block/blk-mq-tag.c
+++ b/block/blk-mq-tag.c
@@ -322,16 +322,11 @@ void blk_mq_queue_tag_busy_iter(struct request_queue *q, busy_iter_fn *fn,
 
 	/*
 	 * __blk_mq_update_nr_hw_queues will update the nr_hw_queues and
-	 * queue_hw_ctx after freeze the queue. So we could use q_usage_counter
-	 * to avoid race with it. __blk_mq_update_nr_hw_queues will users
-	 * synchronize_rcu to ensure all of the users go out of the critical
-	 * section below and see zeroed q_usage_counter.
+	 * queue_hw_ctx after freeze the queue, so we use q_usage_counter
+	 * to avoid race with it.
 	 */
-	rcu_read_lock();
-	if (percpu_ref_is_zero(&q->q_usage_counter)) {
-		rcu_read_unlock();
+	if (!percpu_ref_tryget(&q->q_usage_counter))
 		return;
-	}
 
 	queue_for_each_hw_ctx(q, hctx, i) {
 		struct blk_mq_tags *tags = hctx->tags;
@@ -347,7 +342,7 @@ void blk_mq_queue_tag_busy_iter(struct request_queue *q, busy_iter_fn *fn,
 			bt_for_each(hctx, &tags->breserved_tags, fn, priv, true);
 		bt_for_each(hctx, &tags->bitmap_tags, fn, priv, false);
 	}
-	rcu_read_unlock();
+	blk_queue_exit(q);
 }
 
 static int bt_alloc(struct sbitmap_queue *bt, unsigned int depth,