diff --git a/block/blk-core.c b/block/blk-core.c
index 78d04ddededc..ad388d5e309a 100644
--- a/block/blk-core.c
+++ b/block/blk-core.c
@@ -720,6 +720,10 @@ struct request_queue *blk_alloc_queue_node(gfp_t gfp_mask, int node_id)
 	if (!q->backing_dev_info)
 		goto fail_split;
 
+	q->stats = blk_alloc_queue_stats();
+	if (!q->stats)
+		goto fail_stats;
+
 	q->backing_dev_info->ra_pages =
 			(VM_MAX_READAHEAD * 1024) / PAGE_SIZE;
 	q->backing_dev_info->capabilities = BDI_CAP_CGROUP_WRITEBACK;
@@ -776,6 +780,8 @@ struct request_queue *blk_alloc_queue_node(gfp_t gfp_mask, int node_id)
 fail_ref:
 	percpu_ref_exit(&q->q_usage_counter);
 fail_bdi:
+	blk_free_queue_stats(q->stats);
+fail_stats:
 	bdi_put(q->backing_dev_info);
 fail_split:
 	bioset_free(q->bio_split);
@@ -852,10 +858,6 @@ static blk_qc_t blk_queue_bio(struct request_queue *q, struct bio *bio);
 
 int blk_init_allocated_queue(struct request_queue *q)
 {
-	q->stats = blk_alloc_queue_stats();
-	if (!q->stats)
-		return -ENOMEM;
-
 	q->fq = blk_alloc_flush_queue(q, NUMA_NO_NODE, q->cmd_size);
 	if (!q->fq)
 		return -ENOMEM;
diff --git a/block/blk-stat.c b/block/blk-stat.c
index 0d8721a60db9..188b535cf4d6 100644
--- a/block/blk-stat.c
+++ b/block/blk-stat.c
@@ -210,7 +210,8 @@ static void blk_stat_free_callback_rcu(struct rcu_head *head)
 
 void blk_stat_free_callback(struct blk_stat_callback *cb)
 {
-	call_rcu(&cb->rcu, blk_stat_free_callback_rcu);
+	if (cb)
+		call_rcu(&cb->rcu, blk_stat_free_callback_rcu);
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(blk_stat_free_callback);