diff --git a/block/cfq-iosched.c b/block/cfq-iosched.c
index dee9d9378fee18658875fba10122ed0cbe308d04..8d5a2f2f7fb9029315cfd12643a34625992ab181 100644
--- a/block/cfq-iosched.c
+++ b/block/cfq-iosched.c
@@ -47,6 +47,7 @@ static const int cfq_hist_divisor = 4;
 #define CFQ_SERVICE_SHIFT       12
 
 #define CFQQ_SEEK_THR		(sector_t)(8 * 100)
+#define CFQQ_CLOSE_THR		(sector_t)(8 * 1024)
 #define CFQQ_SECT_THR_NONROT	(sector_t)(2 * 32)
 #define CFQQ_SEEKY(cfqq)	(hweight32(cfqq->seek_history) > 32/8)
 
@@ -1660,9 +1661,9 @@ static inline sector_t cfq_dist_from_last(struct cfq_data *cfqd,
 }
 
 static inline int cfq_rq_close(struct cfq_data *cfqd, struct cfq_queue *cfqq,
-			       struct request *rq, bool for_preempt)
+			       struct request *rq)
 {
-	return cfq_dist_from_last(cfqd, rq) <= CFQQ_SEEK_THR;
+	return cfq_dist_from_last(cfqd, rq) <= CFQQ_CLOSE_THR;
 }
 
 static struct cfq_queue *cfqq_close(struct cfq_data *cfqd,
@@ -1689,7 +1690,7 @@ static struct cfq_queue *cfqq_close(struct cfq_data *cfqd,
 	 * will contain the closest sector.
 	 */
 	__cfqq = rb_entry(parent, struct cfq_queue, p_node);
-	if (cfq_rq_close(cfqd, cur_cfqq, __cfqq->next_rq, false))
+	if (cfq_rq_close(cfqd, cur_cfqq, __cfqq->next_rq))
 		return __cfqq;
 
 	if (blk_rq_pos(__cfqq->next_rq) < sector)
@@ -1700,7 +1701,7 @@ static struct cfq_queue *cfqq_close(struct cfq_data *cfqd,
 		return NULL;
 
 	__cfqq = rb_entry(node, struct cfq_queue, p_node);
-	if (cfq_rq_close(cfqd, cur_cfqq, __cfqq->next_rq, false))
+	if (cfq_rq_close(cfqd, cur_cfqq, __cfqq->next_rq))
 		return __cfqq;
 
 	return NULL;
@@ -3103,7 +3104,7 @@ 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, true))
+	if (cfq_rq_close(cfqd, cfqq, rq))
 		return true;
 
 	return false;