diff --git a/block/bfq-iosched.c b/block/bfq-iosched.c
index 4df33cc08eee0..6dfda57349cc0 100644
--- a/block/bfq-iosched.c
+++ b/block/bfq-iosched.c
@@ -5258,7 +5258,7 @@ bfq_set_next_ioprio_data(struct bfq_queue *bfqq, struct bfq_io_cq *bic)
 	if (bfqq->new_ioprio >= IOPRIO_BE_NR) {
 		pr_crit("bfq_set_next_ioprio_data: new_ioprio %d\n",
 			bfqq->new_ioprio);
-		bfqq->new_ioprio = IOPRIO_BE_NR;
+		bfqq->new_ioprio = IOPRIO_BE_NR - 1;
 	}
 
 	bfqq->entity.new_weight = bfq_ioprio_to_weight(bfqq->new_ioprio);