diff --git a/block/blk-wbt.c b/block/blk-wbt.c
index d5aa2a32df25..e91d334b2788 100644
--- a/block/blk-wbt.c
+++ b/block/blk-wbt.c
@@ -841,12 +841,11 @@ int wbt_init(struct request_queue *q)
 	rwb->last_comp = rwb->last_issue = jiffies;
 	rwb->win_nsec = RWB_WINDOW_NSEC;
 	rwb->enable_state = WBT_STATE_ON_DEFAULT;
-	rwb->wc = 1;
+	rwb->wc = test_bit(QUEUE_FLAG_WC, &q->queue_flags);
 	rwb->rq_depth.default_depth = RWB_DEF_DEPTH;
 	rwb->min_lat_nsec = wbt_default_latency_nsec(q);
 
 	wbt_queue_depth_changed(&rwb->rqos);
-	wbt_set_write_cache(q, test_bit(QUEUE_FLAG_WC, &q->queue_flags));
 
 	/*
 	 * Assign rwb and add the stats callback.