diff --git a/block/elevator.c b/block/elevator.c
index 4bb2f0c93fa6..fead386bb5ec 100644
--- a/block/elevator.c
+++ b/block/elevator.c
@@ -229,7 +229,7 @@ int elevator_init(struct request_queue *q, char *name)
         */
        if (q->mq_ops) {
            if (q->nr_hw_queues == 1)
-               e = elevator_get("mq-deadline", false);
+               e = elevator_get("bfq", false);
            if (!e)
                return 0;
        } else