diff --git a/block/bio.c b/block/bio.c
index 8aef4460b32e..e1d01acce807 100644
--- a/block/bio.c
+++ b/block/bio.c
@@ -1737,12 +1737,12 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(bio_associate_blkg);
  */
 void bio_clone_blkg_association(struct bio *dst, struct bio *src)
 {
-	rcu_read_lock();
-
-	if (src->bi_blkg)
-		__bio_associate_blkg(dst, src->bi_blkg);
-
-	rcu_read_unlock();
+	if (src->bi_blkg) {
+		if (dst->bi_blkg)
+			blkg_put(dst->bi_blkg);
+		blkg_get(src->bi_blkg);
+		dst->bi_blkg = src->bi_blkg;
+	}
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(bio_clone_blkg_association);
 #endif /* CONFIG_BLK_CGROUP */