diff --git a/block/cfq-iosched.c b/block/cfq-iosched.c
index 13b612f9f27ab572abaf177f94a8e30701c487c9..b700f41cafb30e67ebff900627d93b545989a8c6 100644
--- a/block/cfq-iosched.c
+++ b/block/cfq-iosched.c
@@ -2433,7 +2433,6 @@ cfq_should_preempt(struct cfq_data *cfqd, struct cfq_queue *new_cfqq,
 	 * if this request is as-good as one we would expect from the
 	 * current cfqq, let it preempt
 	 */
-	if (cfq_rq_close(cfqd, cfqq, rq))
 	if (cfq_rq_close(cfqd, cfqq, rq) && (!cfq_cfqq_coop(new_cfqq) ||
 	    cfqd->busy_queues == 1)) {
 		/*