diff --git a/block/bfq-iosched.c b/block/bfq-iosched.c
index b33be928d164..5a2bbd8613a8 100644
--- a/block/bfq-iosched.c
+++ b/block/bfq-iosched.c
@@ -2025,7 +2025,21 @@ static void bfq_add_request(struct request *rq)
 			 * be set when rq will be dispatched.
 			 */
 			bfqd->wait_dispatch = true;
-			bfqd->rqs_injected = false;
+			/*
+			 * If there is no I/O in service in the drive,
+			 * then possible injection occurred before the
+			 * arrival of rq will not affect the total
+			 * service time of rq. So the injection limit
+			 * must not be updated as a function of such
+			 * total service time, unless new injection
+			 * occurs before rq is completed. To have the
+			 * injection limit updated only in the latter
+			 * case, reset rqs_injected here (rqs_injected
+			 * will be set in case injection is performed
+			 * on bfqq before rq is completed).
+			 */
+			if (bfqd->rq_in_driver == 0)
+				bfqd->rqs_injected = false;
 		}
 	}
 
@@ -5784,7 +5798,7 @@ static void bfq_update_inject_limit(struct bfq_data *bfqd,
 	u64 tot_time_ns = ktime_get_ns() - bfqd->last_empty_occupied_ns;
 	unsigned int old_limit = bfqq->inject_limit;
 
-	if (bfqq->last_serv_time_ns > 0) {
+	if (bfqq->last_serv_time_ns > 0 && bfqd->rqs_injected) {
 		u64 threshold = (bfqq->last_serv_time_ns * 3)>>1;
 
 		if (tot_time_ns >= threshold && old_limit > 0) {
@@ -5830,6 +5844,7 @@ static void bfq_update_inject_limit(struct bfq_data *bfqd,
 
 	/* update complete, not waiting for any request completion any longer */
 	bfqd->waited_rq = NULL;
+	bfqd->rqs_injected = false;
 }
 
 /*