diff --git a/block/blk-cgroup.c b/block/blk-cgroup.c
index 5215bc7af551..aaf9903ad7b2 100644
--- a/block/blk-cgroup.c
+++ b/block/blk-cgroup.c
@@ -624,8 +624,13 @@ static int blkcg_reset_stats(struct cgroup_subsys_state *css,
 			struct blkg_iostat_set *bis =
 				per_cpu_ptr(blkg->iostat_cpu, cpu);
 			memset(bis, 0, sizeof(*bis));
+
+			/* Re-initialize the cleared blkg_iostat_set */
+			u64_stats_init(&bis->sync);
+			bis->blkg = blkg;
 		}
 		memset(&blkg->iostat, 0, sizeof(blkg->iostat));
+		u64_stats_init(&blkg->iostat.sync);
 
 		for (i = 0; i < BLKCG_MAX_POLS; i++) {
 			struct blkcg_policy *pol = blkcg_policy[i];