diff --git a/block/cfq-iosched.c b/block/cfq-iosched.c
index 8a02c955c6104..3c7b537bf9081 100644
--- a/block/cfq-iosched.c
+++ b/block/cfq-iosched.c
@@ -3786,9 +3786,6 @@ cfq_set_request(struct request_queue *q, struct request *rq, gfp_t gfp_mask)
 	return 0;
 
 queue_fail:
-	if (cic)
-		put_io_context(cic->ioc);
-
 	cfq_schedule_dispatch(cfqd);
 	spin_unlock_irqrestore(q->queue_lock, flags);
 	cfq_log(cfqd, "set_request fail");