diff --git a/drivers/block/loop.c b/drivers/block/loop.c
index 93b8d6047c14..a42c49e04954 100644
--- a/drivers/block/loop.c
+++ b/drivers/block/loop.c
@@ -214,7 +214,8 @@ static void __loop_update_dio(struct loop_device *lo, bool dio)
 	 * LO_FLAGS_READ_ONLY, both are set from kernel, and losetup
 	 * will get updated by ioctl(LOOP_GET_STATUS)
 	 */
-	blk_mq_freeze_queue(lo->lo_queue);
+	if (lo->lo_state == Lo_bound)
+		blk_mq_freeze_queue(lo->lo_queue);
 	lo->use_dio = use_dio;
 	if (use_dio) {
 		blk_queue_flag_clear(QUEUE_FLAG_NOMERGES, lo->lo_queue);
@@ -223,7 +224,8 @@ static void __loop_update_dio(struct loop_device *lo, bool dio)
 		blk_queue_flag_set(QUEUE_FLAG_NOMERGES, lo->lo_queue);
 		lo->lo_flags &= ~LO_FLAGS_DIRECT_IO;
 	}
-	blk_mq_unfreeze_queue(lo->lo_queue);
+	if (lo->lo_state == Lo_bound)
+		blk_mq_unfreeze_queue(lo->lo_queue);
 }
 
 static int