diff --git a/block/elevator.c b/block/elevator.c
index 4400eb8fe54f..2e18513dcd73 100644
--- a/block/elevator.c
+++ b/block/elevator.c
@@ -723,6 +723,7 @@ ssize_t elv_iosched_store(struct gendisk *disk, const char *buf,
 	int ret;
 	unsigned int memflags;
 	struct request_queue *q = disk->queue;
+	struct blk_mq_tag_set *set = q->tag_set;
 
 	/*
 	 * If the attribute needs to load a module, do it before freezing the
@@ -734,6 +735,7 @@ ssize_t elv_iosched_store(struct gendisk *disk, const char *buf,
 
 	elv_iosched_load_module(name);
 
+	down_read(&set->update_nr_hwq_lock);
 	memflags = blk_mq_freeze_queue(q);
 	mutex_lock(&q->elevator_lock);
 	ret = elevator_change(q, name);
@@ -741,6 +743,7 @@ ssize_t elv_iosched_store(struct gendisk *disk, const char *buf,
 		ret = count;
 	mutex_unlock(&q->elevator_lock);
 	blk_mq_unfreeze_queue(q, memflags);
+	up_read(&set->update_nr_hwq_lock);
 	return ret;
 }