diff --git a/block/elevator.c b/block/elevator.c
index 9430cde..43ba4ab 100644
--- a/block/elevator.c
+++ b/block/elevator.c
@@ -598,13 +598,19 @@ void elevator_init_mq(struct request_queue *q)
 	 * drain any dispatch activities originated from passthrough
 	 * requests, then no need to quiesce queue which may add long boot
 	 * latency, especially when lots of disks are involved.
+	 *
+	 * Disk isn't added yet, so verifying queue lock only manually.
 	 */
-	blk_mq_freeze_queue(q);
+	blk_freeze_queue_start_non_owner(q);
+	blk_freeze_acquire_lock(q, true, false);
+	blk_mq_freeze_queue_wait(q);
+
 	blk_mq_cancel_work_sync(q);
 
 	err = blk_mq_init_sched(q, e);
 
-	blk_mq_unfreeze_queue(q);
+	blk_unfreeze_release_lock(q, true, false);
+	blk_mq_unfreeze_queue_non_owner(q);
 
 	if (err) {
 		pr_warn("\"%s\" elevator initialization failed, "