diff --git a/block/blk-core.c b/block/blk-core.c
index 72544b462657d71d912dde21d15a389f8d7c5fce..25aea293ee9887c309e7fe62fb6c82602a7c4f2b 100644
--- a/block/blk-core.c
+++ b/block/blk-core.c
@@ -1630,14 +1630,19 @@ unsigned int blk_plug_queued_count(struct request_queue *q)
 
 void blk_init_request_from_bio(struct request *req, struct bio *bio)
 {
+	struct io_context *ioc = rq_ioc(bio);
+
 	if (bio->bi_opf & REQ_RAHEAD)
 		req->cmd_flags |= REQ_FAILFAST_MASK;
 
 	req->errors = 0;
 	req->__sector = bio->bi_iter.bi_sector;
-	blk_rq_set_prio(req, rq_ioc(bio));
 	if (ioprio_valid(bio_prio(bio)))
 		req->ioprio = bio_prio(bio);
+	else if (ioc)
+		req->ioprio = ioc->ioprio;
+	else
+		req->ioprio = IOPRIO_PRIO_VALUE(IOPRIO_CLASS_NONE, 0);
 	blk_rq_bio_prep(req->q, req, bio);
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(blk_init_request_from_bio);
diff --git a/include/linux/blkdev.h b/include/linux/blkdev.h
index 3470375952a101db6c194ba47f50afccb62f79a7..51c9e391798e68422649f95fc21b4bbf4645a35d 100644
--- a/include/linux/blkdev.h
+++ b/include/linux/blkdev.h
@@ -1087,20 +1087,6 @@ static inline unsigned int blk_rq_count_bios(struct request *rq)
 	return nr_bios;
 }
 
-/*
- * blk_rq_set_prio - associate a request with prio from ioc
- * @rq: request of interest
- * @ioc: target iocontext
- *
- * Assocate request prio with ioc prio so request based drivers
- * can leverage priority information.
- */
-static inline void blk_rq_set_prio(struct request *rq, struct io_context *ioc)
-{
-	if (ioc)
-		rq->ioprio = ioc->ioprio;
-}
-
 /*
  * Request issue related functions.
  */