diff --git a/include/linux/ioprio.h b/include/linux/ioprio.h
index b25377b6ea98..5210e8371238 100644
--- a/include/linux/ioprio.h
+++ b/include/linux/ioprio.h
@@ -60,7 +60,8 @@ static inline int __get_task_ioprio(struct task_struct *p)
 	int prio;
 
 	if (!ioc)
-		return IOPRIO_DEFAULT;
+		return IOPRIO_PRIO_VALUE(task_nice_ioclass(p),
+					 task_nice_ioprio(p));
 
 	if (p != current)
 		lockdep_assert_held(&p->alloc_lock);