diff --git a/block/blk-iocost.c b/block/blk-iocost.c
index ff534e9d92dc..4442c7a85112 100644
--- a/block/blk-iocost.c
+++ b/block/blk-iocost.c
@@ -800,7 +800,11 @@ static void ioc_refresh_period_us(struct ioc *ioc)
 	ioc_refresh_margins(ioc);
 }
 
-static int ioc_autop_idx(struct ioc *ioc)
+/*
+ *  ioc->rqos.disk isn't initialized when this function is called from
+ *  the init path.
+ */
+static int ioc_autop_idx(struct ioc *ioc, struct gendisk *disk)
 {
 	int idx = ioc->autop_idx;
 	const struct ioc_params *p = &autop[idx];
@@ -808,11 +812,11 @@ static int ioc_autop_idx(struct ioc *ioc)
 	u64 now_ns;
 
 	/* rotational? */
-	if (!blk_queue_nonrot(ioc->rqos.disk->queue))
+	if (!blk_queue_nonrot(disk->queue))
 		return AUTOP_HDD;
 
 	/* handle SATA SSDs w/ broken NCQ */
-	if (blk_queue_depth(ioc->rqos.disk->queue) == 1)
+	if (blk_queue_depth(disk->queue) == 1)
 		return AUTOP_SSD_QD1;
 
 	/* use one of the normal ssd sets */
@@ -901,14 +905,19 @@ static void ioc_refresh_lcoefs(struct ioc *ioc)
 		    &c[LCOEF_WPAGE], &c[LCOEF_WSEQIO], &c[LCOEF_WRANDIO]);
 }
 
-static bool ioc_refresh_params(struct ioc *ioc, bool force)
+/*
+ * struct gendisk is required as an argument because ioc->rqos.disk
+ * is not properly initialized when called from the init path.
+ */
+static bool ioc_refresh_params_disk(struct ioc *ioc, bool force,
+				    struct gendisk *disk)
 {
 	const struct ioc_params *p;
 	int idx;
 
 	lockdep_assert_held(&ioc->lock);
 
-	idx = ioc_autop_idx(ioc);
+	idx = ioc_autop_idx(ioc, disk);
 	p = &autop[idx];
 
 	if (idx == ioc->autop_idx && !force)
@@ -939,6 +948,11 @@ static bool ioc_refresh_params(struct ioc *ioc, bool force)
 	return true;
 }
 
+static bool ioc_refresh_params(struct ioc *ioc, bool force)
+{
+	return ioc_refresh_params_disk(ioc, force, ioc->rqos.disk);
+}
+
 /*
  * When an iocg accumulates too much vtime or gets deactivated, we throw away
  * some vtime, which lowers the overall device utilization. As the exact amount
@@ -2880,7 +2894,7 @@ static int blk_iocost_init(struct gendisk *disk)
 
 	spin_lock_irq(&ioc->lock);
 	ioc->autop_idx = AUTOP_INVALID;
-	ioc_refresh_params(ioc, true);
+	ioc_refresh_params_disk(ioc, true, disk);
 	spin_unlock_irq(&ioc->lock);
 
 	/*