diff --git a/block/bfq-cgroup.c b/block/bfq-cgroup.c
index c818c64766e55095ba4a6fac8997ac8f43386488..cae488b58049cf7297db85c6249524dbd030cca1 100644
--- a/block/bfq-cgroup.c
+++ b/block/bfq-cgroup.c
@@ -1406,6 +1406,10 @@ struct bfq_group *bfqq_group(struct bfq_queue *bfqq)
 	return bfqq->bfqd->root_group;
 }
 
+void bfqg_and_blkg_get(struct bfq_group *bfqg) {}
+
+void bfqg_and_blkg_put(struct bfq_group *bfqg) {}
+
 struct bfq_group *bfq_create_group_hierarchy(struct bfq_data *bfqd, int node)
 {
 	struct bfq_group *bfqg;
diff --git a/block/bfq-iosched.c b/block/bfq-iosched.c
index 28770ec7c06f23e0490964882fe46de6815d058c..fff76c920968ed5577169751a791e4b52b4aef07 100644
--- a/block/bfq-iosched.c
+++ b/block/bfq-iosched.c
@@ -4825,9 +4825,7 @@ void bfq_put_queue(struct bfq_queue *bfqq)
 {
 	struct bfq_queue *item;
 	struct hlist_node *n;
-#ifdef CONFIG_BFQ_GROUP_IOSCHED
 	struct bfq_group *bfqg = bfqq_group(bfqq);
-#endif
 
 	if (bfqq->bfqd)
 		bfq_log_bfqq(bfqq->bfqd, bfqq, "put_queue: %p %d",
@@ -4900,9 +4898,7 @@ void bfq_put_queue(struct bfq_queue *bfqq)
 		bfqq->bfqd->last_completed_rq_bfqq = NULL;
 
 	kmem_cache_free(bfq_pool, bfqq);
-#ifdef CONFIG_BFQ_GROUP_IOSCHED
 	bfqg_and_blkg_put(bfqg);
-#endif
 }
 
 static void bfq_put_cooperator(struct bfq_queue *bfqq)
@@ -6390,10 +6386,10 @@ static void bfq_exit_queue(struct elevator_queue *e)
 
 	hrtimer_cancel(&bfqd->idle_slice_timer);
 
-#ifdef CONFIG_BFQ_GROUP_IOSCHED
 	/* release oom-queue reference to root group */
 	bfqg_and_blkg_put(bfqd->root_group);
 
+#ifdef CONFIG_BFQ_GROUP_IOSCHED
 	blkcg_deactivate_policy(bfqd->queue, &blkcg_policy_bfq);
 #else
 	spin_lock_irq(&bfqd->lock);
diff --git a/block/bfq-iosched.h b/block/bfq-iosched.h
index f1cb89def7f8a7b31981aff88fcf4c71317aa8d1..2c7cec737b2aeb7f2f2039edd81a3221ef3d4d5a 100644
--- a/block/bfq-iosched.h
+++ b/block/bfq-iosched.h
@@ -921,6 +921,7 @@ struct bfq_group {
 
 #else
 struct bfq_group {
+	struct bfq_entity entity;
 	struct bfq_sched_data sched_data;
 
 	struct bfq_queue *async_bfqq[2][IOPRIO_BE_NR];