diff --git a/block/blk-cgroup.c b/block/blk-cgroup.c
index fee8c9d5dc2c..e1bde48852ae 100644
--- a/block/blk-cgroup.c
+++ b/block/blk-cgroup.c
@@ -2134,16 +2134,20 @@ void bio_associate_blkg(struct bio *bio)
 	if (blk_op_is_passthrough(bio->bi_opf))
 		return;
 
-	rcu_read_lock();
-
-	if (bio->bi_blkg)
+	if (bio->bi_blkg) {
 		css = bio_blkcg_css(bio);
-	else
+		bio_associate_blkg_from_css(bio, css);
+	} else {
+		rcu_read_lock();
 		css = blkcg_css();
+		if (!css_tryget_online(css))
+			css = NULL;
+		rcu_read_unlock();
 
-	bio_associate_blkg_from_css(bio, css);
-
-	rcu_read_unlock();
+		bio_associate_blkg_from_css(bio, css);
+		if (css)
+			css_put(css);
+	}
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(bio_associate_blkg);