}
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(blk_set_queue_dying);
 
+/* Unconfigure the I/O scheduler and dissociate from the cgroup controller. */
+void blk_exit_queue(struct request_queue *q)
+{
+       /*
+        * Since the I/O scheduler exit code may access cgroup information,
+        * perform I/O scheduler exit before disassociating from the block
+        * cgroup controller.
+        */
+       if (q->elevator) {
+               ioc_clear_queue(q);
+               elevator_exit(q, q->elevator);
+               q->elevator = NULL;
+       }
+
+       /*
+        * Remove all references to @q from the block cgroup controller before
+        * restoring @q->queue_lock to avoid that restoring this pointer causes
+        * e.g. blkcg_print_blkgs() to crash.
+        */
+       blkcg_exit_queue(q);
+
+       /*
+        * Since the cgroup code may dereference the @q->backing_dev_info
+        * pointer, only decrease its reference count after having removed the
+        * association with the block cgroup controller.
+        */
+       bdi_put(q->backing_dev_info);
+}
+
 /**
  * blk_cleanup_queue - shutdown a request queue
  * @q: request queue to shutdown
         */
        WARN_ON_ONCE(q->kobj.state_in_sysfs);
 
-       /*
-        * Since the I/O scheduler exit code may access cgroup information,
-        * perform I/O scheduler exit before disassociating from the block
-        * cgroup controller.
-        */
-       if (q->elevator) {
-               ioc_clear_queue(q);
-               elevator_exit(q, q->elevator);
-               q->elevator = NULL;
-       }
-
-       /*
-        * Remove all references to @q from the block cgroup controller before
-        * restoring @q->queue_lock to avoid that restoring this pointer causes
-        * e.g. blkcg_print_blkgs() to crash.
-        */
-       blkcg_exit_queue(q);
-
-       /*
-        * Since the cgroup code may dereference the @q->backing_dev_info
-        * pointer, only decrease its reference count after having removed the
-        * association with the block cgroup controller.
-        */
-       bdi_put(q->backing_dev_info);
+       blk_exit_queue(q);
 
        if (q->mq_ops)
                blk_mq_free_queue(q);
 
 int blk_init_rl(struct request_list *rl, struct request_queue *q,
                gfp_t gfp_mask);
 void blk_exit_rl(struct request_queue *q, struct request_list *rl);
+void blk_exit_queue(struct request_queue *q);
 void blk_rq_bio_prep(struct request_queue *q, struct request *rq,
                        struct bio *bio);
 void blk_queue_bypass_start(struct request_queue *q);