diff --git a/block/mq-deadline.c b/block/mq-deadline.c
index 6556aa2182a5..2d488228a73e 100644
--- a/block/mq-deadline.c
+++ b/block/mq-deadline.c
@@ -737,6 +737,7 @@ static void dd_insert_request(struct blk_mq_hw_ctx *hctx, struct request *rq,
 
 	if (at_head) {
 		list_add(&rq->queuelist, &per_prio->dispatch);
+		rq->fifo_time = jiffies;
 	} else {
 		deadline_add_rq_rb(per_prio, rq);