diff --git a/block/bio.c b/block/bio.c
index 5057047194c4..bbbcd1d2f85d 100644
--- a/block/bio.c
+++ b/block/bio.c
@@ -530,11 +530,13 @@ struct bio *bio_alloc_bioset(struct block_device *bdev, unsigned short nr_vecs,
 	struct bio *bio = NULL;
 	gfp_t saved_gfp = gfp;
 	void *p;
+	static DEFINE_MUTEX(bio_alloc_lock);
 
 	/* should not use nobvec bioset for nr_vecs > 0 */
 	if (WARN_ON_ONCE(!mempool_initialized(&bs->bvec_pool) && nr_vecs > 0))
 		return NULL;
 
+	mutex_lock(&bio_alloc_lock);
 	gfp = try_alloc_gfp(gfp);
 	if (bs->cache && nr_vecs <= BIO_INLINE_VECS) {
 		/*
@@ -570,8 +572,10 @@ struct bio *bio_alloc_bioset(struct block_device *bdev, unsigned short nr_vecs,
 		 * Give up if we are not allow to sleep as non-blocking mempool
 		 * allocations just go back to the slab allocation.
 		 */
-		if (!(saved_gfp & __GFP_DIRECT_RECLAIM))
+		if (!(saved_gfp & __GFP_DIRECT_RECLAIM)) {
+			mutex_unlock(&bio_alloc_lock);
 			return NULL;
+		}
 
 		punt_bios_to_rescuer(bs);
 
@@ -594,6 +598,7 @@ struct bio *bio_alloc_bioset(struct block_device *bdev, unsigned short nr_vecs,
 	else
 		bio_init(bio, bdev, bvecs, nr_vecs, opf);
 	bio->bi_pool = bs;
+	mutex_unlock(&bio_alloc_lock);
 	return bio;
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(bio_alloc_bioset);