diff --git a/block/blk-core.c b/block/blk-core.c
index 919629ce4015..2792f7cf7bef 100644
--- a/block/blk-core.c
+++ b/block/blk-core.c
@@ -520,6 +520,7 @@ struct request_queue *blk_alloc_queue_node(gfp_t gfp_mask, int node_id)
 	mutex_init(&q->blk_trace_mutex);
 #endif
 	mutex_init(&q->sysfs_lock);
+	mutex_init(&q->sysfs_dir_lock);
 	spin_lock_init(&q->queue_lock);
 
 	init_waitqueue_head(&q->mq_freeze_wq);
diff --git a/block/blk-mq-sysfs.c b/block/blk-mq-sysfs.c
index 6ddde3774ebe..a0d3ce30fa08 100644
--- a/block/blk-mq-sysfs.c
+++ b/block/blk-mq-sysfs.c
@@ -270,7 +270,7 @@ void blk_mq_unregister_dev(struct device *dev, struct request_queue *q)
 	struct blk_mq_hw_ctx *hctx;
 	int i;
 
-	lockdep_assert_held(&q->sysfs_lock);
+	lockdep_assert_held(&q->sysfs_dir_lock);
 
 	queue_for_each_hw_ctx(q, hctx, i)
 		blk_mq_unregister_hctx(hctx);
@@ -320,7 +320,7 @@ int __blk_mq_register_dev(struct device *dev, struct request_queue *q)
 	int ret, i;
 
 	WARN_ON_ONCE(!q->kobj.parent);
-	lockdep_assert_held(&q->sysfs_lock);
+	lockdep_assert_held(&q->sysfs_dir_lock);
 
 	ret = kobject_add(q->mq_kobj, kobject_get(&dev->kobj), "%s", "mq");
 	if (ret < 0)
@@ -354,7 +354,7 @@ void blk_mq_sysfs_unregister(struct request_queue *q)
 	struct blk_mq_hw_ctx *hctx;
 	int i;
 
-	mutex_lock(&q->sysfs_lock);
+	mutex_lock(&q->sysfs_dir_lock);
 	if (!q->mq_sysfs_init_done)
 		goto unlock;
 
@@ -362,7 +362,7 @@ void blk_mq_sysfs_unregister(struct request_queue *q)
 		blk_mq_unregister_hctx(hctx);
 
 unlock:
-	mutex_unlock(&q->sysfs_lock);
+	mutex_unlock(&q->sysfs_dir_lock);
 }
 
 int blk_mq_sysfs_register(struct request_queue *q)
@@ -370,7 +370,7 @@ int blk_mq_sysfs_register(struct request_queue *q)
 	struct blk_mq_hw_ctx *hctx;
 	int i, ret = 0;
 
-	mutex_lock(&q->sysfs_lock);
+	mutex_lock(&q->sysfs_dir_lock);
 	if (!q->mq_sysfs_init_done)
 		goto unlock;
 
@@ -381,7 +381,7 @@ int blk_mq_sysfs_register(struct request_queue *q)
 	}
 
 unlock:
-	mutex_unlock(&q->sysfs_lock);
+	mutex_unlock(&q->sysfs_dir_lock);
 
 	return ret;
 }
diff --git a/block/blk-sysfs.c b/block/blk-sysfs.c
index 5b0b5224cfd4..5941a0176f87 100644
--- a/block/blk-sysfs.c
+++ b/block/blk-sysfs.c
@@ -938,6 +938,7 @@ int blk_register_queue(struct gendisk *disk)
 	int ret;
 	struct device *dev = disk_to_dev(disk);
 	struct request_queue *q = disk->queue;
+	bool has_elevator = false;
 
 	if (WARN_ON(!q))
 		return -ENXIO;
@@ -945,7 +946,6 @@ int blk_register_queue(struct gendisk *disk)
 	WARN_ONCE(blk_queue_registered(q),
 		  "%s is registering an already registered queue\n",
 		  kobject_name(&dev->kobj));
-	blk_queue_flag_set(QUEUE_FLAG_REGISTERED, q);
 
 	/*
 	 * SCSI probing may synchronously create and destroy a lot of
@@ -966,7 +966,7 @@ int blk_register_queue(struct gendisk *disk)
 		return ret;
 
 	/* Prevent changes through sysfs until registration is completed. */
-	mutex_lock(&q->sysfs_lock);
+	mutex_lock(&q->sysfs_dir_lock);
 
 	ret = kobject_add(&q->kobj, kobject_get(&dev->kobj), "%s", "queue");
 	if (ret < 0) {
@@ -987,26 +987,37 @@ int blk_register_queue(struct gendisk *disk)
 		blk_mq_debugfs_register(q);
 	}
 
-	kobject_uevent(&q->kobj, KOBJ_ADD);
-
-	wbt_enable_default(q);
-
-	blk_throtl_register_queue(q);
-
+	/*
+	 * The queue's kobject ADD uevent isn't sent out, also the
+	 * flag of QUEUE_FLAG_REGISTERED isn't set yet, so elevator
+	 * switch won't happen at all.
+	 */
 	if (q->elevator) {
-		ret = elv_register_queue(q);
+		ret = elv_register_queue(q, false);
 		if (ret) {
-			mutex_unlock(&q->sysfs_lock);
-			kobject_uevent(&q->kobj, KOBJ_REMOVE);
+			mutex_unlock(&q->sysfs_dir_lock);
 			kobject_del(&q->kobj);
 			blk_trace_remove_sysfs(dev);
 			kobject_put(&dev->kobj);
 			return ret;
 		}
+		has_elevator = true;
 	}
+
+	mutex_lock(&q->sysfs_lock);
+	blk_queue_flag_set(QUEUE_FLAG_REGISTERED, q);
+	wbt_enable_default(q);
+	blk_throtl_register_queue(q);
+	mutex_unlock(&q->sysfs_lock);
+
+	/* Now everything is ready and send out KOBJ_ADD uevent */
+	kobject_uevent(&q->kobj, KOBJ_ADD);
+	if (has_elevator)
+		kobject_uevent(&q->elevator->kobj, KOBJ_ADD);
+
 	ret = 0;
 unlock:
-	mutex_unlock(&q->sysfs_lock);
+	mutex_unlock(&q->sysfs_dir_lock);
 	return ret;
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(blk_register_queue);
@@ -1021,6 +1032,7 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(blk_register_queue);
 void blk_unregister_queue(struct gendisk *disk)
 {
 	struct request_queue *q = disk->queue;
+	bool has_elevator;
 
 	if (WARN_ON(!q))
 		return;
@@ -1035,25 +1047,25 @@ void blk_unregister_queue(struct gendisk *disk)
 	 * concurrent elv_iosched_store() calls.
 	 */
 	mutex_lock(&q->sysfs_lock);
-
 	blk_queue_flag_clear(QUEUE_FLAG_REGISTERED, q);
+	has_elevator = !!q->elevator;
+	mutex_unlock(&q->sysfs_lock);
 
+	mutex_lock(&q->sysfs_dir_lock);
 	/*
 	 * Remove the sysfs attributes before unregistering the queue data
 	 * structures that can be modified through sysfs.
 	 */
 	if (queue_is_mq(q))
 		blk_mq_unregister_dev(disk_to_dev(disk), q);
-	mutex_unlock(&q->sysfs_lock);
 
 	kobject_uevent(&q->kobj, KOBJ_REMOVE);
 	kobject_del(&q->kobj);
 	blk_trace_remove_sysfs(disk_to_dev(disk));
 
-	mutex_lock(&q->sysfs_lock);
-	if (q->elevator)
+	if (has_elevator)
 		elv_unregister_queue(q);
-	mutex_unlock(&q->sysfs_lock);
+	mutex_unlock(&q->sysfs_dir_lock);
 
 	kobject_put(&disk_to_dev(disk)->kobj);
 }
diff --git a/block/blk.h b/block/blk.h
index de6b2e146d6e..e4619fc5c99a 100644
--- a/block/blk.h
+++ b/block/blk.h
@@ -188,7 +188,7 @@ int elevator_init_mq(struct request_queue *q);
 int elevator_switch_mq(struct request_queue *q,
 			      struct elevator_type *new_e);
 void __elevator_exit(struct request_queue *, struct elevator_queue *);
-int elv_register_queue(struct request_queue *q);
+int elv_register_queue(struct request_queue *q, bool uevent);
 void elv_unregister_queue(struct request_queue *q);
 
 static inline void elevator_exit(struct request_queue *q,
diff --git a/block/elevator.c b/block/elevator.c
index 03d923196569..748a9888e348 100644
--- a/block/elevator.c
+++ b/block/elevator.c
@@ -470,13 +470,16 @@ static struct kobj_type elv_ktype = {
 	.release	= elevator_release,
 };
 
-int elv_register_queue(struct request_queue *q)
+/*
+ * elv_register_queue is called from either blk_register_queue or
+ * elevator_switch, elevator switch is prevented from being happen
+ * in the two paths, so it is safe to not hold q->sysfs_lock.
+ */
+int elv_register_queue(struct request_queue *q, bool uevent)
 {
 	struct elevator_queue *e = q->elevator;
 	int error;
 
-	lockdep_assert_held(&q->sysfs_lock);
-
 	error = kobject_add(&e->kobj, &q->kobj, "%s", "iosched");
 	if (!error) {
 		struct elv_fs_entry *attr = e->type->elevator_attrs;
@@ -487,24 +490,34 @@ int elv_register_queue(struct request_queue *q)
 				attr++;
 			}
 		}
-		kobject_uevent(&e->kobj, KOBJ_ADD);
+		if (uevent)
+			kobject_uevent(&e->kobj, KOBJ_ADD);
+
+		mutex_lock(&q->sysfs_lock);
 		e->registered = 1;
+		mutex_unlock(&q->sysfs_lock);
 	}
 	return error;
 }
 
+/*
+ * elv_unregister_queue is called from either blk_unregister_queue or
+ * elevator_switch, elevator switch is prevented from being happen
+ * in the two paths, so it is safe to not hold q->sysfs_lock.
+ */
 void elv_unregister_queue(struct request_queue *q)
 {
-	lockdep_assert_held(&q->sysfs_lock);
-
 	if (q) {
 		struct elevator_queue *e = q->elevator;
 
 		kobject_uevent(&e->kobj, KOBJ_REMOVE);
 		kobject_del(&e->kobj);
+
+		mutex_lock(&q->sysfs_lock);
 		e->registered = 0;
 		/* Re-enable throttling in case elevator disabled it */
 		wbt_enable_default(q);
+		mutex_unlock(&q->sysfs_lock);
 	}
 }
 
@@ -567,10 +580,23 @@ int elevator_switch_mq(struct request_queue *q,
 	lockdep_assert_held(&q->sysfs_lock);
 
 	if (q->elevator) {
-		if (q->elevator->registered)
+		if (q->elevator->registered) {
+			mutex_unlock(&q->sysfs_lock);
+
 			elv_unregister_queue(q);
+
+			mutex_lock(&q->sysfs_lock);
+		}
 		ioc_clear_queue(q);
 		elevator_exit(q, q->elevator);
+
+		/*
+		 * sysfs_lock may be dropped, so re-check if queue is
+		 * unregistered. If yes, don't switch to new elevator
+		 * any more
+		 */
+		if (!blk_queue_registered(q))
+			return 0;
 	}
 
 	ret = blk_mq_init_sched(q, new_e);
@@ -578,7 +604,11 @@ int elevator_switch_mq(struct request_queue *q,
 		goto out;
 
 	if (new_e) {
-		ret = elv_register_queue(q);
+		mutex_unlock(&q->sysfs_lock);
+
+		ret = elv_register_queue(q, true);
+
+		mutex_lock(&q->sysfs_lock);
 		if (ret) {
 			elevator_exit(q, q->elevator);
 			goto out;
diff --git a/include/linux/blkdev.h b/include/linux/blkdev.h
index 6041755984f4..e271c3a176fa 100644
--- a/include/linux/blkdev.h
+++ b/include/linux/blkdev.h
@@ -539,6 +539,7 @@ struct request_queue {
 	struct delayed_work	requeue_work;
 
 	struct mutex		sysfs_lock;
+	struct mutex		sysfs_dir_lock;
 
 	/*
 	 * for reusing dead hctx instance in case of updating
