diff --git a/block/blk-mq.c b/block/blk-mq.c
index a7d4a98..eb8e694 100644
--- a/block/blk-mq.c
+++ b/block/blk-mq.c
@@ -1374,7 +1374,8 @@
 	size_t rq_size, left;
 
 	tags = blk_mq_init_tags(set->queue_depth, set->reserved_tags,
-				set->numa_node);
+				set->numa_node,
+				BLK_MQ_FLAG_TO_ALLOC_POLICY(set->flags));
 	if (!tags)
 		return NULL;