diff --git a/block/blk-ioc.c b/block/blk-ioc.c
index 98e6bf61b0ac8c505aac61ae37cc27b89a49cb55..3f65c8aadb2fb9ba6116f82653e314efce950a51 100644
--- a/block/blk-ioc.c
+++ b/block/blk-ioc.c
@@ -91,7 +91,7 @@ struct io_context *alloc_io_context(gfp_t gfp_flags, int node)
 		spin_lock_init(&ret->lock);
 		ret->ioprio_changed = 0;
 		ret->ioprio = 0;
-		ret->last_waited = jiffies; /* doesn't matter... */
+		ret->last_waited = 0; /* doesn't matter... */
 		ret->nr_batch_requests = 0; /* because this is 0 */
 		INIT_RADIX_TREE(&ret->radix_root, GFP_ATOMIC | __GFP_HIGH);
 		INIT_HLIST_HEAD(&ret->cic_list);