diff --git a/block/bfq-iosched.c b/block/bfq-iosched.c
index 6d14f18..bd8499e 100644
--- a/block/bfq-iosched.c
+++ b/block/bfq-iosched.c
@@ -4401,11 +4401,11 @@
 
 	spin_lock_irq(&bfqd->lock);
 
-	bfq_check_ioprio_change(bic, bio);
-
 	if (!bic)
 		goto queue_fail;
 
+	bfq_check_ioprio_change(bic, bio);
+
 	bfq_bic_update_cgroup(bic, bio);
 
 	bfqq = bfq_get_bfqq_handle_split(bfqd, bic, bio, false, is_sync,