diff --git a/block/blk-sysfs.c b/block/blk-sysfs.c
index fc20489f0d2b..f85723332288 100644
--- a/block/blk-sysfs.c
+++ b/block/blk-sysfs.c
@@ -844,23 +844,6 @@ struct kobj_type blk_queue_ktype = {
 	.release	= blk_release_queue,
 };
 
-static void blk_wb_init(struct request_queue *q)
-{
-#ifndef CONFIG_BLK_WBT_MQ
-	if (q->mq_ops)
-		return;
-#endif
-#ifndef CONFIG_BLK_WBT_SQ
-	if (q->request_fn)
-		return;
-#endif
-
-	/*
-	 * If this fails, we don't get throttling
-	 */
-	wbt_init(q);
-}
-
 int blk_register_queue(struct gendisk *disk)
 {
 	int ret;
@@ -908,7 +891,7 @@ int blk_register_queue(struct gendisk *disk)
 
 	kobject_uevent(&q->kobj, KOBJ_ADD);
 
-	blk_wb_init(q);
+	wbt_enable_default(q);
 
 	blk_throtl_register_queue(q);
 
diff --git a/block/blk-wbt.c b/block/blk-wbt.c
index b3b79149d3a0..26e1bb617877 100644
--- a/block/blk-wbt.c
+++ b/block/blk-wbt.c
@@ -665,6 +665,25 @@ void wbt_disable_default(struct request_queue *q)
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(wbt_disable_default);
 
+/*
+ * Enable wbt if defaults are configured that way
+ */
+void wbt_enable_default(struct request_queue *q)
+{
+	/* Throttling already enabled? */
+	if (q->rq_wb)
+		return;
+
+	/* Queue not registered? Maybe shutting down... */
+	if (!test_bit(QUEUE_FLAG_REGISTERED, &q->queue_flags))
+		return;
+
+	if ((q->mq_ops && IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_BLK_WBT_MQ)) ||
+	    (q->request_fn && IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_BLK_WBT_SQ)))
+		wbt_init(q);
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(wbt_enable_default);
+
 u64 wbt_default_latency_nsec(struct request_queue *q)
 {
 	/*
diff --git a/block/blk-wbt.h b/block/blk-wbt.h
index ad6c78507c3a..df6de50c5d59 100644
--- a/block/blk-wbt.h
+++ b/block/blk-wbt.h
@@ -117,6 +117,7 @@ void wbt_update_limits(struct rq_wb *);
 void wbt_requeue(struct rq_wb *, struct blk_issue_stat *);
 void wbt_issue(struct rq_wb *, struct blk_issue_stat *);
 void wbt_disable_default(struct request_queue *);
+void wbt_enable_default(struct request_queue *);
 
 void wbt_set_queue_depth(struct rq_wb *, unsigned int);
 void wbt_set_write_cache(struct rq_wb *, bool);
@@ -155,6 +156,9 @@ static inline void wbt_issue(struct rq_wb *rwb, struct blk_issue_stat *stat)
 static inline void wbt_disable_default(struct request_queue *q)
 {
 }
+static inline void wbt_enable_default(struct request_queue *q)
+{
+}
 static inline void wbt_set_queue_depth(struct rq_wb *rwb, unsigned int depth)
 {
 }
diff --git a/block/elevator.c b/block/elevator.c
index dbeecf7be719..fb50416b5aae 100644
--- a/block/elevator.c
+++ b/block/elevator.c
@@ -41,6 +41,7 @@
 
 #include "blk.h"
 #include "blk-mq-sched.h"
+#include "blk-wbt.h"
 
 static DEFINE_SPINLOCK(elv_list_lock);
 static LIST_HEAD(elv_list);
@@ -877,6 +878,8 @@ void elv_unregister_queue(struct request_queue *q)
 		kobject_uevent(&e->kobj, KOBJ_REMOVE);
 		kobject_del(&e->kobj);
 		e->registered = 0;
+		/* Re-enable throttling in case elevator disabled it */
+		wbt_enable_default(q);
 	}
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(elv_unregister_queue);