diff --git a/block/cfq-iosched.c b/block/cfq-iosched.c
index 8917f2b..70b48ea 100644
--- a/block/cfq-iosched.c
+++ b/block/cfq-iosched.c
@@ -181,6 +181,8 @@
 	 * Fallback dummy cfqq for extreme OOM conditions
 	 */
 	struct cfq_queue oom_cfqq;
+
+	unsigned long last_end_sync_rq;
 };
 
 enum cfqq_state_flags {
@@ -1314,6 +1316,8 @@
 	 * Does this cfqq already have too much IO in flight?
 	 */
 	if (cfqq->dispatched >= max_dispatch) {
+		unsigned long load_at = cfqd->last_end_sync_rq + cfq_slice_sync;
+
 		/*
 		 * idle queue must always only have a single IO in flight
 		 */
@@ -1327,6 +1331,14 @@
 			return 0;
 
 		/*
+		 * If a sync request has completed recently, don't overload
+		 * the dispatch queue yet with async requests.
+		 */
+		if (cfqd->cfq_desktop && !cfq_cfqq_sync(cfqq)
+		    && time_before(jiffies, load_at))
+			return 0;
+
+		/*
 		 * we are the only queue, allow up to 4 times of 'quantum'
 		 */
 		if (cfqq->dispatched >= 4 * max_dispatch)
@@ -2158,8 +2170,10 @@
 	if (cfq_cfqq_sync(cfqq))
 		cfqd->sync_flight--;
 
-	if (sync)
+	if (sync) {
 		RQ_CIC(rq)->last_end_request = now;
+		cfqd->last_end_sync_rq = now;
+	}
 
 	/*
 	 * If this is the active queue, check if it needs to be expired,
@@ -2483,7 +2497,7 @@
 	cfqd->cfq_slice_idle = cfq_slice_idle;
 	cfqd->cfq_desktop = 1;
 	cfqd->hw_tag = 1;
-
+	cfqd->last_end_sync_rq = jiffies;
 	return cfqd;
 }