diff --git a/block/blk-cgroup.c b/block/blk-cgroup.c
index 979cfdbb94e0..31610ae0ebff 100644
--- a/block/blk-cgroup.c
+++ b/block/blk-cgroup.c
@@ -182,6 +182,7 @@ static struct blkcg_gq *blkg_create(struct blkcg *blkcg,
 				    struct blkcg_gq *new_blkg)
 {
 	struct blkcg_gq *blkg;
+	struct bdi_writeback_congested *wb_congested;
 	int i, ret;
 
 	WARN_ON_ONCE(!rcu_read_lock_held());
@@ -193,22 +194,30 @@ static struct blkcg_gq *blkg_create(struct blkcg *blkcg,
 		goto err_free_blkg;
 	}
 
+	wb_congested = wb_congested_get_create(&q->backing_dev_info,
+					       blkcg->css.id, GFP_ATOMIC);
+	if (!wb_congested) {
+		ret = -ENOMEM;
+		goto err_put_css;
+	}
+
 	/* allocate */
 	if (!new_blkg) {
 		new_blkg = blkg_alloc(blkcg, q, GFP_ATOMIC);
 		if (unlikely(!new_blkg)) {
 			ret = -ENOMEM;
-			goto err_put_css;
+			goto err_put_congested;
 		}
 	}
 	blkg = new_blkg;
+	blkg->wb_congested = wb_congested;
 
 	/* link parent */
 	if (blkcg_parent(blkcg)) {
 		blkg->parent = __blkg_lookup(blkcg_parent(blkcg), q, false);
 		if (WARN_ON_ONCE(!blkg->parent)) {
 			ret = -EINVAL;
-			goto err_put_css;
+			goto err_put_congested;
 		}
 		blkg_get(blkg->parent);
 	}
@@ -245,6 +254,8 @@ static struct blkcg_gq *blkg_create(struct blkcg *blkcg,
 	blkg_put(blkg);
 	return ERR_PTR(ret);
 
+err_put_congested:
+	wb_congested_put(wb_congested);
 err_put_css:
 	css_put(&blkcg->css);
 err_free_blkg:
@@ -391,6 +402,8 @@ void __blkg_release_rcu(struct rcu_head *rcu_head)
 	if (blkg->parent)
 		blkg_put(blkg->parent);
 
+	wb_congested_put(blkg->wb_congested);
+
 	blkg_free(blkg);
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(__blkg_release_rcu);
diff --git a/include/linux/blk-cgroup.h b/include/linux/blk-cgroup.h
index 3033eb173eb4..07a32b813ed8 100644
--- a/include/linux/blk-cgroup.h
+++ b/include/linux/blk-cgroup.h
@@ -99,6 +99,12 @@ struct blkcg_gq {
 	struct hlist_node		blkcg_node;
 	struct blkcg			*blkcg;
 
+	/*
+	 * Each blkg gets congested separately and the congestion state is
+	 * propagated to the matching bdi_writeback_congested.
+	 */
+	struct bdi_writeback_congested	*wb_congested;
+
 	/* all non-root blkcg_gq's are guaranteed to have access to parent */
 	struct blkcg_gq			*parent;