diff --git a/block/mq-deadline.c b/block/mq-deadline.c
index 8fc3aa5a54d89..e4e90761eab35 100644
--- a/block/mq-deadline.c
+++ b/block/mq-deadline.c
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@
 static const int read_expire = HZ / 2;  /* max time before a read is submitted. */
 static const int write_expire = 5 * HZ; /* ditto for writes, these limits are SOFT! */
 static const int writes_starved = 2;    /* max times reads can starve a write */
-static const int fifo_batch = 8;       /* # of sequential requests treated as one
+static const int fifo_batch = 16;       /* # of sequential requests treated as one
 				     by the above parameters. For throughput. */
 
 struct deadline_data {