diff --git a/block/blk-sysfs.c b/block/blk-sysfs.c
index e71b3b43927c..7b98c7074771 100644
--- a/block/blk-sysfs.c
+++ b/block/blk-sysfs.c
@@ -470,6 +470,9 @@ static ssize_t queue_wb_lat_show(struct request_queue *q, char *page)
 	if (!wbt_rq_qos(q))
 		return -EINVAL;
 
+	if (wbt_disabled(q))
+		return sprintf(page, "0\n");
+
 	return sprintf(page, "%llu\n", div_u64(wbt_get_min_lat(q), 1000));
 }
 
diff --git a/block/blk-wbt.c b/block/blk-wbt.c
index 4680691a96bc..07ed0b0aee1f 100644
--- a/block/blk-wbt.c
+++ b/block/blk-wbt.c
@@ -422,6 +422,14 @@ static void wbt_update_limits(struct rq_wb *rwb)
 	rwb_wake_all(rwb);
 }
 
+bool wbt_disabled(struct request_queue *q)
+{
+	struct rq_qos *rqos = wbt_rq_qos(q);
+
+	return !rqos || RQWB(rqos)->enable_state == WBT_STATE_OFF_DEFAULT ||
+	       RQWB(rqos)->enable_state == WBT_STATE_OFF_MANUAL;
+}
+
 u64 wbt_get_min_lat(struct request_queue *q)
 {
 	struct rq_qos *rqos = wbt_rq_qos(q);
diff --git a/block/blk-wbt.h b/block/blk-wbt.h
index 7fe98638fff5..e3ea6e7e2900 100644
--- a/block/blk-wbt.h
+++ b/block/blk-wbt.h
@@ -96,6 +96,7 @@ void wbt_enable_default(struct request_queue *);
 
 u64 wbt_get_min_lat(struct request_queue *q);
 void wbt_set_min_lat(struct request_queue *q, u64 val);
+bool wbt_disabled(struct request_queue *);
 
 void wbt_set_write_cache(struct request_queue *, bool);
 
@@ -127,6 +128,10 @@ static inline u64 wbt_default_latency_nsec(struct request_queue *q)
 {
 	return 0;
 }
+static inline bool wbt_disabled(struct request_queue *q)
+{
+	return true;
+}
 
 #endif /* CONFIG_BLK_WBT */