diff --git a/block/blk-core.c b/block/blk-core.c
index d9d632639bd1..10c08ac50697 100644
--- a/block/blk-core.c
+++ b/block/blk-core.c
@@ -539,6 +539,7 @@ struct request_queue *blk_alloc_queue(int node_id)
 		goto fail_stats;
 
 	q->backing_dev_info->ra_pages = VM_READAHEAD_PAGES;
+	q->backing_dev_info->io_pages = VM_READAHEAD_PAGES;
 	q->backing_dev_info->capabilities = BDI_CAP_CGROUP_WRITEBACK;
 	q->node = node_id;