diff --git a/block/blk-cgroup.c b/block/blk-cgroup.c
index 0676cf7a41b5..40161a3f68d0 100644
--- a/block/blk-cgroup.c
+++ b/block/blk-cgroup.c
@@ -298,7 +298,6 @@ static struct blkcg_gq *blkg_create(struct blkcg *blkcg,
 	struct blkcg_gq *blkg;
 	int i, ret;
 
-	WARN_ON_ONCE(!rcu_read_lock_held());
 	lockdep_assert_held(&q->queue_lock);
 
 	/* request_queue is dying, do not create/recreate a blkg */