diff --git a/block/blk-mq.c b/block/blk-mq.c
index f2224ffd225d..1bcccedcc74f 100644
--- a/block/blk-mq.c
+++ b/block/blk-mq.c
@@ -2641,7 +2641,8 @@ int blk_mq_update_nr_requests(struct request_queue *q, unsigned int nr)
 	return ret;
 }
 
-void blk_mq_update_nr_hw_queues(struct blk_mq_tag_set *set, int nr_hw_queues)
+static void __blk_mq_update_nr_hw_queues(struct blk_mq_tag_set *set,
+							int nr_hw_queues)
 {
 	struct request_queue *q;
 
@@ -2665,6 +2666,13 @@ void blk_mq_update_nr_hw_queues(struct blk_mq_tag_set *set, int nr_hw_queues)
 	list_for_each_entry(q, &set->tag_list, tag_set_list)
 		blk_mq_unfreeze_queue(q);
 }
+
+void blk_mq_update_nr_hw_queues(struct blk_mq_tag_set *set, int nr_hw_queues)
+{
+	mutex_lock(&set->tag_list_lock);
+	__blk_mq_update_nr_hw_queues(set, nr_hw_queues);
+	mutex_unlock(&set->tag_list_lock);
+}
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(blk_mq_update_nr_hw_queues);
 
 /* Enable polling stats and return whether they were already enabled. */