diff --git a/block/blk-cgroup-rwstat.c b/block/blk-cgroup-rwstat.c
index aae910713814..2e9bf081cce2 100644
--- a/block/blk-cgroup-rwstat.c
+++ b/block/blk-cgroup-rwstat.c
@@ -88,8 +88,7 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(blkg_prfill_rwstat);
  * @sum: blkg_rwstat_sample structure containing the results
  *
  * Collect the blkg_rwstat specified by @blkg, @pol and @off and all its
- * online descendants and their aux counts.  The caller must be holding the
- * queue lock for online tests.
+ * online descendants and their aux counts.
  *
  * If @pol is NULL, blkg_rwstat is at @off bytes into @blkg; otherwise, it
  * is at @off bytes into @blkg's blkg_policy_data of the policy.
@@ -107,7 +106,7 @@ void blkg_rwstat_recursive_sum(struct blkcg_gq *blkg, struct blkcg_policy *pol,
 	blkg_for_each_descendant_pre(pos_blkg, pos_css, blkg) {
 		struct blkg_rwstat *rwstat;
 
-		if (!pos_blkg->online)
+		if (!data_race(pos_blkg->online))
 			continue;
 
 		if (pol) {