diff --git a/block/Kconfig b/block/Kconfig
index fd732aede9223..6a9e172c1cb41 100644
--- a/block/Kconfig
+++ b/block/Kconfig
@@ -83,7 +83,7 @@ config BLK_DEV_INTEGRITY_T10
 
 config BLK_DEV_ZONED
 	bool "Zoned block device support"
-	select MQ_IOSCHED_DEADLINE
+	select IOSCHED_BFQ
 	help
 	Block layer zoned block device support. This option enables
 	support for ZAC/ZBC/ZNS host-managed and host-aware zoned block
diff --git a/block/Kconfig.iosched b/block/Kconfig.iosched
index 2f2158e05a91c..e58b2953ac16a 100644
--- a/block/Kconfig.iosched
+++ b/block/Kconfig.iosched
@@ -5,13 +5,11 @@ menu "IO Schedulers"
 
 config MQ_IOSCHED_DEADLINE
 	tristate "MQ deadline I/O scheduler"
-	default y
 	help
 	  MQ version of the deadline IO scheduler.
 
 config MQ_IOSCHED_KYBER
 	tristate "Kyber I/O scheduler"
-	default y
 	help
 	  The Kyber I/O scheduler is a low-overhead scheduler suitable for
 	  multiqueue and other fast devices. Given target latencies for reads and
@@ -20,6 +18,7 @@ config MQ_IOSCHED_KYBER
 
 config IOSCHED_BFQ
 	tristate "BFQ I/O scheduler"
+	default y
 	help
 	BFQ I/O scheduler for BLK-MQ. BFQ distributes the bandwidth of
 	of the device among all processes according to their weights,