diff --git a/block/blk-mq.c b/block/blk-mq.c
index 12bb7a49c5ba..c28d6b3088a0 100644
--- a/block/blk-mq.c
+++ b/block/blk-mq.c
@@ -2314,6 +2314,9 @@ static void blk_mq_realloc_hw_ctxs(struct blk_mq_tag_set *set,
 	struct blk_mq_hw_ctx **hctxs = q->queue_hw_ctx;
 
 	blk_mq_sysfs_unregister(q);
+
+	/* protect against switching io scheduler  */
+	mutex_lock(&q->sysfs_lock);
 	for (i = 0; i < set->nr_hw_queues; i++) {
 		int node;
 
@@ -2358,6 +2361,7 @@ static void blk_mq_realloc_hw_ctxs(struct blk_mq_tag_set *set,
 		}
 	}
 	q->nr_hw_queues = i;
+	mutex_unlock(&q->sysfs_lock);
 	blk_mq_sysfs_register(q);
 }