diff --git a/block/blk-throttle.c b/block/blk-throttle.c
index 3960787358b6..7dbd0e695df0 100644
--- a/block/blk-throttle.c
+++ b/block/blk-throttle.c
@@ -85,9 +85,6 @@ struct throtl_grp {
 	unsigned long slice_start[2];
 	unsigned long slice_end[2];
 
-	/* Some throttle limits got updated for the group */
-	int limits_changed;
-
 	/* Per cpu stats pointer */
 	struct tg_stats_cpu __percpu *stats_cpu;
 
@@ -112,8 +109,6 @@ struct throtl_data
 
 	/* Work for dispatching throttled bios */
 	struct delayed_work throtl_work;
-
-	int limits_changed;
 };
 
 /* list and work item to allocate percpu group stats */
@@ -223,7 +218,6 @@ static void throtl_pd_init(struct blkcg_gq *blkg)
 	RB_CLEAR_NODE(&tg->rb_node);
 	bio_list_init(&tg->bio_lists[0]);
 	bio_list_init(&tg->bio_lists[1]);
-	tg->limits_changed = false;
 
 	tg->bps[READ] = -1;
 	tg->bps[WRITE] = -1;
@@ -826,45 +820,6 @@ static int throtl_select_dispatch(struct throtl_data *td, struct bio_list *bl)
 	return nr_disp;
 }
 
-static void throtl_process_limit_change(struct throtl_data *td)
-{
-	struct request_queue *q = td->queue;
-	struct blkcg_gq *blkg, *n;
-
-	if (!td->limits_changed)
-		return;
-
-	xchg(&td->limits_changed, false);
-
-	throtl_log(td, "limits changed");
-
-	list_for_each_entry_safe(blkg, n, &q->blkg_list, q_node) {
-		struct throtl_grp *tg = blkg_to_tg(blkg);
-
-		if (!tg->limits_changed)
-			continue;
-
-		if (!xchg(&tg->limits_changed, false))
-			continue;
-
-		throtl_log_tg(td, tg, "limit change rbps=%llu wbps=%llu"
-			" riops=%u wiops=%u", tg->bps[READ], tg->bps[WRITE],
-			tg->iops[READ], tg->iops[WRITE]);
-
-		/*
-		 * Restart the slices for both READ and WRITES. It
-		 * might happen that a group's limit are dropped
-		 * suddenly and we don't want to account recently
-		 * dispatched IO with new low rate
-		 */
-		throtl_start_new_slice(td, tg, 0);
-		throtl_start_new_slice(td, tg, 1);
-
-		if (throtl_tg_on_rr(tg))
-			tg_update_disptime(td, tg);
-	}
-}
-
 /* Dispatch throttled bios. Should be called without queue lock held. */
 static int throtl_dispatch(struct request_queue *q)
 {
@@ -876,8 +831,6 @@ static int throtl_dispatch(struct request_queue *q)
 
 	spin_lock_irq(q->queue_lock);
 
-	throtl_process_limit_change(td);
-
 	if (!total_nr_queued(td))
 		goto out;
 
@@ -925,8 +878,7 @@ throtl_schedule_delayed_work(struct throtl_data *td, unsigned long delay)
 
 	struct delayed_work *dwork = &td->throtl_work;
 
-	/* schedule work if limits changed even if no bio is queued */
-	if (total_nr_queued(td) || td->limits_changed) {
+	if (total_nr_queued(td)) {
 		mod_delayed_work(kthrotld_workqueue, dwork, delay);
 		throtl_log(td, "schedule work. delay=%lu jiffies=%lu",
 				delay, jiffies);
@@ -1023,10 +975,25 @@ static int tg_set_conf(struct cgroup *cgrp, struct cftype *cft, const char *buf,
 	else
 		*(unsigned int *)((void *)tg + cft->private) = ctx.v;
 
-	/* XXX: we don't need the following deferred processing */
-	xchg(&tg->limits_changed, true);
-	xchg(&td->limits_changed, true);
-	throtl_schedule_delayed_work(td, 0);
+	throtl_log_tg(td, tg, "limit change rbps=%llu wbps=%llu riops=%u wiops=%u",
+		      tg->bps[READ], tg->bps[WRITE],
+		      tg->iops[READ], tg->iops[WRITE]);
+
+	/*
+	 * We're already holding queue_lock and know @tg is valid.  Let's
+	 * apply the new config directly.
+	 *
+	 * Restart the slices for both READ and WRITES. It might happen
+	 * that a group's limit are dropped suddenly and we don't want to
+	 * account recently dispatched IO with new low rate.
+	 */
+	throtl_start_new_slice(td, tg, 0);
+	throtl_start_new_slice(td, tg, 1);
+
+	if (throtl_tg_on_rr(tg)) {
+		tg_update_disptime(td, tg);
+		throtl_schedule_next_dispatch(td);
+	}
 
 	blkg_conf_finish(&ctx);
 	return 0;
@@ -1239,7 +1206,6 @@ int blk_throtl_init(struct request_queue *q)
 		return -ENOMEM;
 
 	td->tg_service_tree = THROTL_RB_ROOT;
-	td->limits_changed = false;
 	INIT_DELAYED_WORK(&td->throtl_work, blk_throtl_work);
 
 	q->td = td;