diff --git a/kernel/trace/blktrace.c b/kernel/trace/blktrace.c
index d5d94510afd3..1af3c8aa78a3 100644
--- a/kernel/trace/blktrace.c
+++ b/kernel/trace/blktrace.c
@@ -311,7 +311,7 @@ static void __blk_add_trace(struct blk_trace *bt, sector_t sector, int bytes,
 	local_irq_restore(flags);
 }
 
-static void blk_trace_free(struct request_queue *q, struct blk_trace *bt)
+static void blk_trace_free_top(struct request_queue *q, struct blk_trace *bt)
 {
 	relay_close(bt->rchan);
 
@@ -325,11 +325,21 @@ static void blk_trace_free(struct request_queue *q, struct blk_trace *bt)
 	} else {
 		debugfs_remove(bt->dir);
 	}
+}
+
+static void blk_trace_free_bt(struct blk_trace *bt)
+{
 	free_percpu(bt->sequence);
 	free_percpu(bt->msg_data);
 	kfree(bt);
 }
 
+static void blk_trace_free(struct request_queue *q, struct blk_trace *bt)
+{
+	blk_trace_free_top(q, bt);
+	blk_trace_free_bt(bt);
+}
+
 static void get_probe_ref(void)
 {
 	mutex_lock(&blk_probe_mutex);
@@ -377,12 +387,23 @@ static int blk_trace_stop(struct blk_trace *bt)
 	return 0;
 }
 
+static void blk_trace_rcu_free(struct rcu_head *rcu)
+{
+	struct blk_trace *bt;
+
+	bt = container_of(rcu, struct blk_trace, rcu);
+	if (bt)
+		blk_trace_free_bt(bt);
+}
+
 static void blk_trace_cleanup(struct request_queue *q, struct blk_trace *bt)
 {
 	blk_trace_stop(bt);
-	synchronize_rcu();
-	blk_trace_free(q, bt);
+	mutex_unlock(&q->debugfs_mutex);
+	blk_trace_free_top(q, bt);
 	put_probe_ref();
+	call_rcu(&bt->rcu, blk_trace_rcu_free);
+	mutex_lock(&q->debugfs_mutex);
 }
 
 static int __blk_trace_remove(struct request_queue *q)
diff --git a/include/linux/blktrace_api.h b/include/linux/blktrace_api.h
index 122c62e561fc..5f927328b7e6 100644
--- a/include/linux/blktrace_api.h
+++ b/include/linux/blktrace_api.h
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@ struct blk_trace {
 	struct dentry *dir;
 	struct list_head running_list;
 	atomic_t dropped;
+	struct rcu_head rcu;
 };
 
 extern int blk_trace_ioctl(struct block_device *, unsigned, char __user *);