diff --git a/block/bfq-iosched.c b/block/bfq-iosched.c
index 28c2bb06e859..95dd7b795935 100644
--- a/block/bfq-iosched.c
+++ b/block/bfq-iosched.c
@@ -582,23 +582,31 @@ static struct request *bfq_choose_req(struct bfq_data *bfqd,
 #define BFQ_LIMIT_INLINE_DEPTH 16
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_BFQ_GROUP_IOSCHED
-static bool bfqq_request_over_limit(struct bfq_queue *bfqq, int limit)
+static bool bfqq_request_over_limit(struct bfq_data *bfqd,
+				    struct bfq_io_cq *bic, blk_opf_t opf,
+				    unsigned int act_idx, int limit)
 {
-	struct bfq_data *bfqd = bfqq->bfqd;
-	struct bfq_entity *entity = &bfqq->entity;
 	struct bfq_entity *inline_entities[BFQ_LIMIT_INLINE_DEPTH];
 	struct bfq_entity **entities = inline_entities;
-	int depth, level, alloc_depth = BFQ_LIMIT_INLINE_DEPTH;
-	int class_idx = bfqq->ioprio_class - 1;
+	int alloc_depth = BFQ_LIMIT_INLINE_DEPTH;
 	struct bfq_sched_data *sched_data;
+	struct bfq_entity *entity;
+	struct bfq_queue *bfqq;
 	unsigned long wsum;
 	bool ret = false;
-
-	if (!entity->on_st_or_in_serv)
-		return false;
+	int depth;
+	int level;
 
 retry:
 	spin_lock_irq(&bfqd->lock);
+	bfqq = bic_to_bfqq(bic, op_is_sync(opf), act_idx);
+	if (!bfqq)
+		goto out;
+
+	entity = &bfqq->entity;
+	if (!entity->on_st_or_in_serv)
+		goto out;
+
 	/* +1 for bfqq entity, root cgroup not included */
 	depth = bfqg_to_blkg(bfqq_group(bfqq))->blkcg->css.cgroup->level + 1;
 	if (depth > alloc_depth) {
@@ -643,7 +651,7 @@ static bool bfqq_request_over_limit(struct bfq_queue *bfqq, int limit)
 			 * class.
 			 */
 			wsum = 0;
-			for (i = 0; i <= class_idx; i++) {
+			for (i = 0; i <= bfqq->ioprio_class - 1; i++) {
 				wsum = wsum * IOPRIO_BE_NR +
 					sched_data->service_tree[i].wsum;
 			}
@@ -666,7 +674,9 @@ static bool bfqq_request_over_limit(struct bfq_queue *bfqq, int limit)
 	return ret;
 }
 #else
-static bool bfqq_request_over_limit(struct bfq_queue *bfqq, int limit)
+static bool bfqq_request_over_limit(struct bfq_data *bfqd,
+				    struct bfq_io_cq *bic, blk_opf_t opf,
+				    unsigned int act_idx, int limit)
 {
 	return false;
 }
@@ -704,8 +714,9 @@ static void bfq_limit_depth(blk_opf_t opf, struct blk_mq_alloc_data *data)
 	}
 
 	for (act_idx = 0; bic && act_idx < bfqd->num_actuators; act_idx++) {
-		struct bfq_queue *bfqq =
-			bic_to_bfqq(bic, op_is_sync(opf), act_idx);
+		/* Fast path to check if bfqq is already allocated. */
+		if (!bic_to_bfqq(bic, op_is_sync(opf), act_idx))
+			continue;
 
 		/*
 		 * Does queue (or any parent entity) exceed number of
@@ -713,7 +724,7 @@ static void bfq_limit_depth(blk_opf_t opf, struct blk_mq_alloc_data *data)
 		 * limit depth so that it cannot consume more
 		 * available requests and thus starve other entities.
 		 */
-		if (bfqq && bfqq_request_over_limit(bfqq, limit)) {
+		if (bfqq_request_over_limit(bfqd, bic, opf, act_idx, limit)) {
 			depth = 1;
 			break;
 		}