diff --git a/block/bfq-iosched.c b/block/bfq-iosched.c
index 10294124d597c9d2c914b20021e907f9073eac17..b622e73a326ad7163cdf938425c75fb9c9e1cade 100644
--- a/block/bfq-iosched.c
+++ b/block/bfq-iosched.c
@@ -5081,10 +5081,13 @@ void bfq_put_async_queues(struct bfq_data *bfqd, struct bfq_group *bfqg)
 
 /*
  * See the comments on bfq_limit_depth for the purpose of
- * the depths set in the function.
+ * the depths set in the function. Return minimum shallow depth we'll use.
  */
-static void bfq_update_depths(struct bfq_data *bfqd, struct sbitmap_queue *bt)
+static unsigned int bfq_update_depths(struct bfq_data *bfqd,
+				      struct sbitmap_queue *bt)
 {
+	unsigned int i, j, min_shallow = UINT_MAX;
+
 	/*
 	 * In-word depths if no bfq_queue is being weight-raised:
 	 * leaving 25% of tags only for sync reads.
@@ -5115,14 +5118,22 @@ static void bfq_update_depths(struct bfq_data *bfqd, struct sbitmap_queue *bt)
 	bfqd->word_depths[1][0] = max(((1U << bt->sb.shift) * 3) >> 4, 1U);
 	/* no more than ~37% of tags for sync writes (~20% extra tags) */
 	bfqd->word_depths[1][1] = max(((1U << bt->sb.shift) * 6) >> 4, 1U);
+
+	for (i = 0; i < 2; i++)
+		for (j = 0; j < 2; j++)
+			min_shallow = min(min_shallow, bfqd->word_depths[i][j]);
+
+	return min_shallow;
 }
 
 static int bfq_init_hctx(struct blk_mq_hw_ctx *hctx, unsigned int index)
 {
 	struct bfq_data *bfqd = hctx->queue->elevator->elevator_data;
 	struct blk_mq_tags *tags = hctx->sched_tags;
+	unsigned int min_shallow;
 
-	bfq_update_depths(bfqd, &tags->bitmap_tags);
+	min_shallow = bfq_update_depths(bfqd, &tags->bitmap_tags);
+	sbitmap_queue_min_shallow_depth(&tags->bitmap_tags, min_shallow);
 	return 0;
 }