diff --git a/block/cfq-iosched.c b/block/cfq-iosched.c
index 537244c2c7ef..69111c5c352c 100644
--- a/block/cfq-iosched.c
+++ b/block/cfq-iosched.c
@@ -3646,12 +3646,17 @@ static struct cfq_queue *
 cfq_get_queue(struct cfq_data *cfqd, bool is_sync, struct cfq_io_cq *cic,
 	      struct bio *bio, gfp_t gfp_mask)
 {
-	const int ioprio_class = IOPRIO_PRIO_CLASS(cic->ioprio);
-	const int ioprio = IOPRIO_PRIO_DATA(cic->ioprio);
+	int ioprio_class = IOPRIO_PRIO_CLASS(cic->ioprio);
+	int ioprio = IOPRIO_PRIO_DATA(cic->ioprio);
 	struct cfq_queue **async_cfqq = NULL;
 	struct cfq_queue *cfqq = NULL;
 
 	if (!is_sync) {
+		if (!ioprio_valid(cic->ioprio)) {
+			struct task_struct *tsk = current;
+			ioprio = task_nice_ioprio(tsk);
+			ioprio_class = task_nice_ioclass(tsk);
+		}
 		async_cfqq = cfq_async_queue_prio(cfqd, ioprio_class, ioprio);
 		cfqq = *async_cfqq;
 	}