diff --git a/block/blk-sysfs.c b/block/blk-sysfs.c
index 4a7f1a349998..c94b8b6ab024 100644
--- a/block/blk-sysfs.c
+++ b/block/blk-sysfs.c
@@ -620,6 +620,11 @@ static ssize_t queue_wb_lat_store(struct gendisk *disk, const char *page,
 	if (val < -1)
 		return -EINVAL;
 
+	/*
+	 * Ensure that the queue is idled, in case the latency update
+	 * ends up either enabling or disabling wbt completely. We can't
+	 * have IO inflight if that happens.
+	 */
 	memflags = blk_mq_freeze_queue(q);
 
 	rqos = wbt_rq_qos(q);
@@ -638,11 +643,6 @@ static ssize_t queue_wb_lat_store(struct gendisk *disk, const char *page,
 	if (wbt_get_min_lat(q) == val)
 		goto out;
 
-	/*
-	 * Ensure that the queue is idled, in case the latency update
-	 * ends up either enabling or disabling wbt completely. We can't
-	 * have IO inflight if that happens.
-	 */
 	blk_mq_quiesce_queue(q);
 
 	mutex_lock(&disk->rqos_state_mutex);