diff --git a/block/blk-cgroup.c b/block/blk-cgroup.c
index 3a88f8c011d2..4180de4cbb3e 100644
--- a/block/blk-cgroup.c
+++ b/block/blk-cgroup.c
@@ -915,8 +915,7 @@ static void blkcg_fill_root_iostats(void)
 	class_dev_iter_init(&iter, &block_class, NULL, &disk_type);
 	while ((dev = class_dev_iter_next(&iter))) {
 		struct block_device *bdev = dev_to_bdev(dev);
-		struct blkcg_gq *blkg =
-			blk_queue_root_blkg(bdev_get_queue(bdev));
+		struct blkcg_gq *blkg = bdev->bd_disk->queue->root_blkg;
 		struct blkg_iostat tmp;
 		int cpu;
 		unsigned long flags;
diff --git a/block/blk-cgroup.h b/block/blk-cgroup.h
index d2724d1dd7c9..c1fb00a1dfc0 100644
--- a/block/blk-cgroup.h
+++ b/block/blk-cgroup.h
@@ -268,17 +268,6 @@ static inline struct blkcg_gq *blkg_lookup(struct blkcg *blkcg,
 	return __blkg_lookup(blkcg, q, false);
 }
 
-/**
- * blk_queue_root_blkg - return blkg for the (blkcg_root, @q) pair
- * @q: request_queue of interest
- *
- * Lookup blkg for @q at the root level. See also blkg_lookup().
- */
-static inline struct blkcg_gq *blk_queue_root_blkg(struct request_queue *q)
-{
-	return q->root_blkg;
-}
-
 /**
  * blkg_to_pdata - get policy private data
  * @blkg: blkg of interest
@@ -507,8 +496,6 @@ struct blkcg {
 };
 
 static inline struct blkcg_gq *blkg_lookup(struct blkcg *blkcg, void *key) { return NULL; }
-static inline struct blkcg_gq *blk_queue_root_blkg(struct request_queue *q)
-{ return NULL; }
 static inline int blkcg_init_queue(struct request_queue *q) { return 0; }
 static inline void blkcg_exit_queue(struct request_queue *q) { }
 static inline int blkcg_policy_register(struct blkcg_policy *pol) { return 0; }