diff --git a/block/bfq-iosched.c b/block/bfq-iosched.c
index 7f94ad3fa9f8da4c104516c03d131b6e5fc9b7ad..574a5f6a2370f62d02203029845f65705affc6bb 100644
--- a/block/bfq-iosched.c
+++ b/block/bfq-iosched.c
@@ -6233,7 +6233,8 @@ static void bfq_update_idle_window(struct bfq_data *bfqd,
 
 	if (atomic_read(&bic->icq.ioc->active_ref) == 0 ||
 	    bfqd->bfq_slice_idle == 0 ||
-		(bfqd->hw_tag && BFQQ_SEEKY(bfqq)))
+		(bfqd->hw_tag && BFQQ_SEEKY(bfqq) &&
+			bfqq->wr_coeff == 1))
 		enable_idle = 0;
 	else if (bfq_sample_valid(bfqq->ttime.ttime_samples)) {
 		if (bfqq->ttime.ttime_mean > bfqd->bfq_slice_idle &&