diff --git a/block/bfq-iosched.c b/block/bfq-iosched.c
index bcb6d21baf1269becc997c50a72bd53fd5e20c4c..0f48583b93806ba07cef4829ba397f32c55ad1b9 100644
--- a/block/bfq-iosched.c
+++ b/block/bfq-iosched.c
@@ -178,7 +178,7 @@ static struct kmem_cache *bfq_pool;
 #define BFQQ_SEEK_THR		(sector_t)(8 * 100)
 #define BFQQ_SECT_THR_NONROT	(sector_t)(2 * 32)
 #define BFQQ_CLOSE_THR		(sector_t)(8 * 1024)
-#define BFQQ_SEEKY(bfqq)	(hweight32(bfqq->seek_history) > 32/8)
+#define BFQQ_SEEKY(bfqq)	(hweight32(bfqq->seek_history) > 19)
 
 /* Min number of samples required to perform peak-rate update */
 #define BFQ_RATE_MIN_SAMPLES	32