diff --git a/block/blk-wbt.c b/block/blk-wbt.c
index 0ce0883df3d6..3ed71b8da887 100644
--- a/block/blk-wbt.c
+++ b/block/blk-wbt.c
@@ -636,9 +636,13 @@ void wbt_set_write_cache(struct request_queue *q, bool write_cache_on)
 void wbt_enable_default(struct request_queue *q)
 {
 	struct rq_qos *rqos = wbt_rq_qos(q);
+
 	/* Throttling already enabled? */
-	if (rqos)
+	if (rqos) {
+		if (RQWB(rqos)->enable_state == WBT_STATE_OFF_DEFAULT)
+			RQWB(rqos)->enable_state = WBT_STATE_ON_DEFAULT;
 		return;
+	}
 
 	/* Queue not registered? Maybe shutting down... */
 	if (!blk_queue_registered(q))