diff --git a/block/blk-iolatency.c b/block/blk-iolatency.c
index c128d50cb410..71a82528d4bf 100644
--- a/block/blk-iolatency.c
+++ b/block/blk-iolatency.c
@@ -832,7 +832,11 @@ static ssize_t iolatency_set_limit(struct kernfs_open_file *of, char *buf,
 
 	enable = iolatency_set_min_lat_nsec(blkg, lat_val);
 	if (enable) {
-		WARN_ON_ONCE(!blk_get_queue(blkg->q));
+		if (!blk_get_queue(blkg->q)) {
+			ret = -ENODEV;
+			goto out;
+		}
+
 		blkg_get(blkg);
 	}