diff --git a/block/bfq-iosched.c b/block/bfq-iosched.c
index a9275ed57726..6bfbfa65610b 100644
--- a/block/bfq-iosched.c
+++ b/block/bfq-iosched.c
@@ -623,26 +623,6 @@ void bfq_pos_tree_add_move(struct bfq_data *bfqd, struct bfq_queue *bfqq)
 		bfqq->pos_root = NULL;
 }
 
-/*
- * Tell whether there are active queues with different weights or
- * active groups.
- */
-static bool bfq_varied_queue_weights_or_active_groups(struct bfq_data *bfqd)
-{
-	/*
-	 * For queue weights to differ, queue_weights_tree must contain
-	 * at least two nodes.
-	 */
-	return (!RB_EMPTY_ROOT(&bfqd->queue_weights_tree) &&
-		(bfqd->queue_weights_tree.rb_node->rb_left ||
-		 bfqd->queue_weights_tree.rb_node->rb_right)
-#ifdef CONFIG_BFQ_GROUP_IOSCHED
-	       ) ||
-		(bfqd->num_groups_with_pending_reqs > 0
-#endif
-	       );
-}
-
 /*
  * The following function returns true if every queue must receive the
  * same share of the throughput (this condition is used when deciding
@@ -651,25 +631,48 @@ static bool bfq_varied_queue_weights_or_active_groups(struct bfq_data *bfqd)
  *
  * Such a scenario occurs when:
  * 1) all active queues have the same weight,
- * 2) all active groups at the same level in the groups tree have the same
- *    weight,
+ * 2) all active queues belong to the same I/O-priority class,
  * 3) all active groups at the same level in the groups tree have the same
+ *    weight,
+ * 4) all active groups at the same level in the groups tree have the same
  *    number of children.
  *
  * Unfortunately, keeping the necessary state for evaluating exactly
  * the last two symmetry sub-conditions above would be quite complex
- * and time consuming.  Therefore this function evaluates, instead,
- * only the following stronger two sub-conditions, for which it is
+ * and time consuming. Therefore this function evaluates, instead,
+ * only the following stronger three sub-conditions, for which it is
  * much easier to maintain the needed state:
  * 1) all active queues have the same weight,
- * 2) there are no active groups.
+ * 2) all active queues belong to the same I/O-priority class,
+ * 3) there are no active groups.
  * In particular, the last condition is always true if hierarchical
  * support or the cgroups interface are not enabled, thus no state
  * needs to be maintained in this case.
  */
 static bool bfq_symmetric_scenario(struct bfq_data *bfqd)
 {
-	return !bfq_varied_queue_weights_or_active_groups(bfqd);
+	/*
+	 * For queue weights to differ, queue_weights_tree must contain
+	 * at least two nodes.
+	 */
+	bool varied_queue_weights = !RB_EMPTY_ROOT(&bfqd->queue_weights_tree) &&
+		(bfqd->queue_weights_tree.rb_node->rb_left ||
+		 bfqd->queue_weights_tree.rb_node->rb_right);
+
+	bool multiple_classes_busy =
+		(bfqd->busy_queues[0] && bfqd->busy_queues[1]) ||
+		(bfqd->busy_queues[0] && bfqd->busy_queues[2]) ||
+		(bfqd->busy_queues[1] && bfqd->busy_queues[2]);
+
+	/*
+	 * For queue weights to differ, queue_weights_tree must contain
+	 * at least two nodes.
+	 */
+	return !(varied_queue_weights || multiple_classes_busy
+#ifdef BFQ_GROUP_IOSCHED_ENABLED
+	       || bfqd->num_groups_with_pending_reqs > 0
+#endif
+		);
 }
 
 /*
@@ -728,15 +731,14 @@ void bfq_weights_tree_add(struct bfq_data *bfqd, struct bfq_queue *bfqq,
 	/*
 	 * In the unlucky event of an allocation failure, we just
 	 * exit. This will cause the weight of queue to not be
-	 * considered in bfq_varied_queue_weights_or_active_groups,
-	 * which, in its turn, causes the scenario to be deemed
-	 * wrongly symmetric in case bfqq's weight would have been
-	 * the only weight making the scenario asymmetric.  On the
-	 * bright side, no unbalance will however occur when bfqq
-	 * becomes inactive again (the invocation of this function
-	 * is triggered by an activation of queue).  In fact,
-	 * bfq_weights_tree_remove does nothing if
-	 * !bfqq->weight_counter.
+	 * considered in bfq_symmetric_scenario, which, in its turn,
+	 * causes the scenario to be deemed wrongly symmetric in case
+	 * bfqq's weight would have been the only weight making the
+	 * scenario asymmetric.  On the bright side, no unbalance will
+	 * however occur when bfqq becomes inactive again (the
+	 * invocation of this function is triggered by an activation
+	 * of queue).  In fact, bfq_weights_tree_remove does nothing
+	 * if !bfqq->weight_counter.
 	 */
 	if (unlikely(!bfqq->weight_counter))
 		return;
@@ -2227,7 +2229,7 @@ bfq_setup_cooperator(struct bfq_data *bfqd, struct bfq_queue *bfqq,
 		return NULL;
 
 	/* If there is only one backlogged queue, don't search. */
-	if (bfqd->busy_queues == 1)
+	if (bfq_tot_busy_queues(bfqd) == 1)
 		return NULL;
 
 	in_service_bfqq = bfqd->in_service_queue;
@@ -3681,7 +3683,8 @@ static bool bfq_better_to_idle(struct bfq_queue *bfqq)
 	 * the requests already queued in the device have been served.
 	 */
 	asymmetric_scenario = (bfqq->wr_coeff > 1 &&
-			       bfqd->wr_busy_queues < bfqd->busy_queues) ||
+			       bfqd->wr_busy_queues <
+			       bfq_tot_busy_queues(bfqd)) ||
 		!bfq_symmetric_scenario(bfqd);
 
 	/*
@@ -3960,7 +3963,7 @@ static struct request *bfq_dispatch_rq_from_bfqq(struct bfq_data *bfqd,
 	 * belongs to CLASS_IDLE and other queues are waiting for
 	 * service.
 	 */
-	if (!(bfqd->busy_queues > 1 && bfq_class_idle(bfqq)))
+	if (!(bfq_tot_busy_queues(bfqd) > 1 && bfq_class_idle(bfqq)))
 		goto return_rq;
 
 	bfq_bfqq_expire(bfqd, bfqq, false, BFQQE_BUDGET_EXHAUSTED);
@@ -3978,7 +3981,7 @@ static bool bfq_has_work(struct blk_mq_hw_ctx *hctx)
 	 * most a call to dispatch for nothing
 	 */
 	return !list_empty_careful(&bfqd->dispatch) ||
-		bfqd->busy_queues > 0;
+		bfq_tot_busy_queues(bfqd) > 0;
 }
 
 static struct request *__bfq_dispatch_request(struct blk_mq_hw_ctx *hctx)
@@ -4032,9 +4035,10 @@ static struct request *__bfq_dispatch_request(struct blk_mq_hw_ctx *hctx)
 		goto start_rq;
 	}
 
-	bfq_log(bfqd, "dispatch requests: %d busy queues", bfqd->busy_queues);
+	bfq_log(bfqd, "dispatch requests: %d busy queues",
+		bfq_tot_busy_queues(bfqd));
 
-	if (bfqd->busy_queues == 0)
+	if (bfq_tot_busy_queues(bfqd) == 0)
 		goto exit;
 
 	/*
diff --git a/block/bfq-iosched.h b/block/bfq-iosched.h
index 0b02bf302de0..30be669be465 100644
--- a/block/bfq-iosched.h
+++ b/block/bfq-iosched.h
@@ -501,10 +501,11 @@ struct bfq_data {
 	unsigned int num_groups_with_pending_reqs;
 
 	/*
-	 * Number of bfq_queues containing requests (including the
-	 * queue in service, even if it is idling).
+	 * Per-class (RT, BE, IDLE) number of bfq_queues containing
+	 * requests (including the queue in service, even if it is
+	 * idling).
 	 */
-	int busy_queues;
+	unsigned int busy_queues[3];
 	/* number of weight-raised busy @bfq_queues */
 	int wr_busy_queues;
 	/* number of queued requests */
@@ -974,6 +975,7 @@ extern struct blkcg_policy blkcg_policy_bfq;
 
 struct bfq_group *bfq_bfqq_to_bfqg(struct bfq_queue *bfqq);
 struct bfq_queue *bfq_entity_to_bfqq(struct bfq_entity *entity);
+unsigned int bfq_tot_busy_queues(struct bfq_data *bfqd);
 struct bfq_service_tree *bfq_entity_service_tree(struct bfq_entity *entity);
 struct bfq_entity *bfq_entity_of(struct rb_node *node);
 unsigned short bfq_ioprio_to_weight(int ioprio);
diff --git a/block/bfq-wf2q.c b/block/bfq-wf2q.c
index 72adbbe975d5..ce37d709a34f 100644
--- a/block/bfq-wf2q.c
+++ b/block/bfq-wf2q.c
@@ -44,6 +44,12 @@ static unsigned int bfq_class_idx(struct bfq_entity *entity)
 		BFQ_DEFAULT_GRP_CLASS - 1;
 }
 
+unsigned int bfq_tot_busy_queues(struct bfq_data *bfqd)
+{
+	return bfqd->busy_queues[0] + bfqd->busy_queues[1] +
+		bfqd->busy_queues[2];
+}
+
 static struct bfq_entity *bfq_lookup_next_entity(struct bfq_sched_data *sd,
 						 bool expiration);
 
@@ -1513,7 +1519,7 @@ struct bfq_queue *bfq_get_next_queue(struct bfq_data *bfqd)
 	struct bfq_sched_data *sd;
 	struct bfq_queue *bfqq;
 
-	if (bfqd->busy_queues == 0)
+	if (bfq_tot_busy_queues(bfqd) == 0)
 		return NULL;
 
 	/*
@@ -1665,7 +1671,7 @@ void bfq_del_bfqq_busy(struct bfq_data *bfqd, struct bfq_queue *bfqq,
 
 	bfq_clear_bfqq_busy(bfqq);
 
-	bfqd->busy_queues--;
+	bfqd->busy_queues[bfqq->ioprio_class - 1]--;
 
 	if (!bfqq->dispatched)
 		bfq_weights_tree_remove(bfqd, bfqq);
@@ -1688,7 +1694,7 @@ void bfq_add_bfqq_busy(struct bfq_data *bfqd, struct bfq_queue *bfqq)
 	bfq_activate_bfqq(bfqd, bfqq);
 
 	bfq_mark_bfqq_busy(bfqq);
-	bfqd->busy_queues++;
+	bfqd->busy_queues[bfqq->ioprio_class - 1]++;
 
 	if (!bfqq->dispatched)
 		if (bfqq->wr_coeff == 1)
