diff --git a/block/blk-sysfs.c b/block/blk-sysfs.c
index 76b54c7750b0..e35eb1a05ad2 100644
--- a/block/blk-sysfs.c
+++ b/block/blk-sysfs.c
@@ -740,7 +740,6 @@ static void blk_exit_queue(struct request_queue *q)
 	if (q->elevator) {
 		ioc_clear_queue(q);
 		__elevator_exit(q, q->elevator);
-		q->elevator = NULL;
 	}
 
 	/*
diff --git a/block/elevator.c b/block/elevator.c
index 90ed7a28c21d..7d76b61e157a 100644
--- a/block/elevator.c
+++ b/block/elevator.c
@@ -191,8 +191,7 @@ static void elevator_release(struct kobject *kobj)
 void __elevator_exit(struct request_queue *q, struct elevator_queue *e)
 {
 	mutex_lock(&e->sysfs_lock);
-	if (e->type->ops.exit_sched)
-		blk_mq_exit_sched(q, e);
+	blk_mq_exit_sched(q, e);
 	mutex_unlock(&e->sysfs_lock);
 
 	kobject_put(&e->kobj);