diff --git a/block/bfq-iosched.c b/block/bfq-iosched.c
index f038b4d16d86cb3320868ccb4d8be7d006dd7fe3..698c5918ad10d86767c84042c8d3aa399d3db9a0 100644
--- a/block/bfq-iosched.c
+++ b/block/bfq-iosched.c
@@ -5654,6 +5654,8 @@ static void bfq_init_bfqq(struct bfq_data *bfqd, struct bfq_queue *bfqq,
 
 	/* first request is almost certainly seeky */
 	bfqq->seek_history = 1;
+
+	bfqq->decrease_time_jif = jiffies;
 }
 
 static struct bfq_queue **bfq_async_queue_prio(struct bfq_data *bfqd,