diff --git a/block/blk-ioc.c b/block/blk-ioc.c
index 57299f860d41..90c05971f71e 100644
--- a/block/blk-ioc.c
+++ b/block/blk-ioc.c
@@ -265,6 +265,7 @@ int create_task_io_context(struct task_struct *task, gfp_t gfp_flags, int node)
 	INIT_RADIX_TREE(&ioc->icq_tree, GFP_ATOMIC);
 	INIT_HLIST_HEAD(&ioc->icq_list);
 	INIT_WORK(&ioc->release_work, ioc_release_fn);
+	ioc->ioprio = IOPRIO_DEFAULT;
 
 	/*
 	 * Try to install.  ioc shouldn't be installed if someone else
diff --git a/block/ioprio.c b/block/ioprio.c
index 6f01d35a5145..6c830154856f 100644
--- a/block/ioprio.c
+++ b/block/ioprio.c
@@ -189,9 +189,9 @@ out:
 int ioprio_best(unsigned short aprio, unsigned short bprio)
 {
 	if (!ioprio_valid(aprio))
-		aprio = IOPRIO_DEFAULT;
+		aprio = IOPRIO_PRIO_VALUE(IOPRIO_CLASS_BE, IOPRIO_BE_NORM);
 	if (!ioprio_valid(bprio))
-		bprio = IOPRIO_DEFAULT;
+		bprio = IOPRIO_PRIO_VALUE(IOPRIO_CLASS_BE, IOPRIO_BE_NORM);
 
 	return min(aprio, bprio);
 }
diff --git a/include/linux/ioprio.h b/include/linux/ioprio.h
index 3f53bc27a19b..3d088a88f832 100644
--- a/include/linux/ioprio.h
+++ b/include/linux/ioprio.h
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@
 /*
  * Default IO priority.
  */
-#define IOPRIO_DEFAULT	IOPRIO_PRIO_VALUE(IOPRIO_CLASS_BE, IOPRIO_BE_NORM)
+#define IOPRIO_DEFAULT	IOPRIO_PRIO_VALUE(IOPRIO_CLASS_NONE, 0)
 
 /*
  * Check that a priority value has a valid class.