diff --git a/block/blk-wbt.c b/block/blk-wbt.c
index 4ec0a018a2ad..bafdb8098893 100644
--- a/block/blk-wbt.c
+++ b/block/blk-wbt.c
@@ -840,6 +840,10 @@ int wbt_init(struct request_queue *q)
 	rwb->enable_state = WBT_STATE_ON_DEFAULT;
 	rwb->wc = 1;
 	rwb->rq_depth.default_depth = RWB_DEF_DEPTH;
+	rwb->min_lat_nsec = wbt_default_latency_nsec(q);
+
+	wbt_queue_depth_changed(&rwb->rqos);
+	wbt_set_write_cache(q, test_bit(QUEUE_FLAG_WC, &q->queue_flags));
 
 	/*
 	 * Assign rwb and add the stats callback.
@@ -847,10 +851,5 @@ int wbt_init(struct request_queue *q)
 	rq_qos_add(q, &rwb->rqos);
 	blk_stat_add_callback(q, rwb->cb);
 
-	rwb->min_lat_nsec = wbt_default_latency_nsec(q);
-
-	wbt_queue_depth_changed(&rwb->rqos);
-	wbt_set_write_cache(q, test_bit(QUEUE_FLAG_WC, &q->queue_flags));
-
 	return 0;
 }