diff --git a/block/blk-wbt.c b/block/blk-wbt.c
index 8e20a0677dcf..8ac93fcbaa2e 100644
--- a/block/blk-wbt.c
+++ b/block/blk-wbt.c
@@ -310,6 +310,7 @@ static void scale_up(struct rq_wb *rwb)
 	rq_depth_scale_up(&rwb->rq_depth);
 	calc_wb_limits(rwb);
 	rwb->unknown_cnt = 0;
+	rwb_wake_all(rwb);
 	rwb_trace_step(rwb, "scale up");
 }
 
@@ -318,7 +319,6 @@ static void scale_down(struct rq_wb *rwb, bool hard_throttle)
 	rq_depth_scale_down(&rwb->rq_depth, hard_throttle);
 	calc_wb_limits(rwb);
 	rwb->unknown_cnt = 0;
-	rwb_wake_all(rwb);
 	rwb_trace_step(rwb, "scale down");
 }