diff --git a/block/blk-mq.c b/block/blk-mq.c
index d10a7ab4207a..3647776a0f6e 100644
--- a/block/blk-mq.c
+++ b/block/blk-mq.c
@@ -2695,7 +2695,11 @@ struct request_queue *blk_mq_init_queue(struct blk_mq_tag_set *set)
 	if (!uninit_q)
 		return ERR_PTR(-ENOMEM);
 
-	q = blk_mq_init_allocated_queue(set, uninit_q);
+	/*
+	 * Initialize the queue without an elevator. device_add_disk() will do
+	 * the initialization.
+	 */
+	q = blk_mq_init_allocated_queue(set, uninit_q, false);
 	if (IS_ERR(q))
 		blk_cleanup_queue(uninit_q);
 
@@ -2846,7 +2850,8 @@ static unsigned int nr_hw_queues(struct blk_mq_tag_set *set)
 }
 
 struct request_queue *blk_mq_init_allocated_queue(struct blk_mq_tag_set *set,
-						  struct request_queue *q)
+						  struct request_queue *q,
+						  bool elevator_init)
 {
 	/* mark the queue as mq asap */
 	q->mq_ops = set->ops;
@@ -2908,7 +2913,8 @@ struct request_queue *blk_mq_init_allocated_queue(struct blk_mq_tag_set *set,
 	blk_mq_add_queue_tag_set(set, q);
 	blk_mq_map_swqueue(q);
 
-	elevator_init_mq(q);
+	if (elevator_init)
+		elevator_init_mq(q);
 
 	return q;
 
diff --git a/block/elevator.c b/block/elevator.c
index 520d6b224b74..096a670d22d7 100644
--- a/block/elevator.c
+++ b/block/elevator.c
@@ -712,7 +712,14 @@ void elevator_init_mq(struct request_queue *q)
 	if (!e)
 		return;
 
+	blk_mq_freeze_queue(q);
+	blk_mq_quiesce_queue(q);
+
 	err = blk_mq_init_sched(q, e);
+
+	blk_mq_unquiesce_queue(q);
+	blk_mq_unfreeze_queue(q);
+
 	if (err) {
 		pr_warn("\"%s\" elevator initialization failed, "
 			"falling back to \"none\"\n", e->elevator_name);
diff --git a/block/genhd.c b/block/genhd.c
index 54f1f0d381f4..26b31fcae217 100644
--- a/block/genhd.c
+++ b/block/genhd.c
@@ -695,6 +695,15 @@ static void __device_add_disk(struct device *parent, struct gendisk *disk,
 	dev_t devt;
 	int retval;
 
+	/*
+	 * The disk queue should now be all set with enough information about
+	 * the device for the elevator code to pick an adequate default
+	 * elevator if one is needed, that is, for devices requesting queue
+	 * registration.
+	 */
+	if (register_queue)
+		elevator_init_mq(disk->queue);
+
 	/* minors == 0 indicates to use ext devt from part0 and should
 	 * be accompanied with EXT_DEVT flag.  Make sure all
 	 * parameters make sense.
diff --git a/drivers/md/dm-rq.c b/drivers/md/dm-rq.c
index 21d5c1784d0c..3f8577e2c13b 100644
--- a/drivers/md/dm-rq.c
+++ b/drivers/md/dm-rq.c
@@ -563,7 +563,7 @@ int dm_mq_init_request_queue(struct mapped_device *md, struct dm_table *t)
 	if (err)
 		goto out_kfree_tag_set;
 
-	q = blk_mq_init_allocated_queue(md->tag_set, md->queue);
+	q = blk_mq_init_allocated_queue(md->tag_set, md->queue, true);
 	if (IS_ERR(q)) {
 		err = PTR_ERR(q);
 		goto out_tag_set;
diff --git a/include/linux/blk-mq.h b/include/linux/blk-mq.h
index 62a3bb715899..0bf056de5cc3 100644
--- a/include/linux/blk-mq.h
+++ b/include/linux/blk-mq.h
@@ -248,7 +248,8 @@ enum {
 
 struct request_queue *blk_mq_init_queue(struct blk_mq_tag_set *);
 struct request_queue *blk_mq_init_allocated_queue(struct blk_mq_tag_set *set,
-						  struct request_queue *q);
+						  struct request_queue *q,
+						  bool elevator_init);
 struct request_queue *blk_mq_init_sq_queue(struct blk_mq_tag_set *set,
 						const struct blk_mq_ops *ops,
 						unsigned int queue_depth,