static void rq_attach_root(struct rq *rq, struct root_domain *rd)
 {
+       struct root_domain *old_rd = NULL;
        unsigned long flags;
 
        spin_lock_irqsave(&rq->lock, flags);
 
        if (rq->rd) {
-               struct root_domain *old_rd = rq->rd;
+               old_rd = rq->rd;
 
                if (cpumask_test_cpu(rq->cpu, old_rd->online))
                        set_rq_offline(rq);
 
                cpumask_clear_cpu(rq->cpu, old_rd->span);
 
-               if (atomic_dec_and_test(&old_rd->refcount))
-                       free_rootdomain(old_rd);
+               /*
+                * If we dont want to free the old_rt yet then
+                * set old_rd to NULL to skip the freeing later
+                * in this function:
+                */
+               if (!atomic_dec_and_test(&old_rd->refcount))
+                       old_rd = NULL;
        }
 
        atomic_inc(&rd->refcount);
                set_rq_online(rq);
 
        spin_unlock_irqrestore(&rq->lock, flags);
+
+       if (old_rd)
+               free_rootdomain(old_rd);
 }
 
 static int __init_refok init_rootdomain(struct root_domain *rd, bool bootmem)