diff --git a/block/blk-sysfs.c b/block/blk-sysfs.c
index 7881477..6206a93 100644
--- a/block/blk-sysfs.c
+++ b/block/blk-sysfs.c
@@ -497,6 +497,13 @@
 	return res;
 }
 
+static void blk_free_queue_rcu(struct rcu_head *rcu_head)
+{
+	struct request_queue *q = container_of(rcu_head, struct request_queue,
+					       rcu_head);
+	kmem_cache_free(blk_requestq_cachep, q);
+}
+
 /**
  * blk_release_queue: - release a &struct request_queue when it is no longer needed
  * @kobj:    the kobj belonging to the request queue to be released
@@ -538,7 +545,7 @@
 	bdi_destroy(&q->backing_dev_info);
 
 	ida_simple_remove(&blk_queue_ida, q->id);
-	kmem_cache_free(blk_requestq_cachep, q);
+	call_rcu(&q->rcu_head, blk_free_queue_rcu);
 }
 
 static const struct sysfs_ops queue_sysfs_ops = {
diff --git a/include/linux/blkdev.h b/include/linux/blkdev.h
index f94bc83..406343c 100644
--- a/include/linux/blkdev.h
+++ b/include/linux/blkdev.h
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@
 #include <linux/gfp.h>
 #include <linux/bsg.h>
 #include <linux/smp.h>
+#include <linux/rcupdate.h>
 
 #include <asm/scatterlist.h>
 
@@ -437,6 +438,7 @@
 	/* Throttle data */
 	struct throtl_data *td;
 #endif
+	struct rcu_head		rcu_head;
 };
 
 #define QUEUE_FLAG_QUEUED	1	/* uses generic tag queueing */