diff --git a/fs/f2fs/checkpoint.c b/fs/f2fs/checkpoint.c
index 75b7196d2c81..a35595f8d3f5 100644
--- a/fs/f2fs/checkpoint.c
+++ b/fs/f2fs/checkpoint.c
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@
 #include "iostat.h"
 #include <trace/events/f2fs.h>
 
-#define DEFAULT_CHECKPOINT_IOPRIO (IOPRIO_PRIO_VALUE(IOPRIO_CLASS_BE, 3))
+#define DEFAULT_CHECKPOINT_IOPRIO (IOPRIO_PRIO_VALUE(IOPRIO_CLASS_RT, 3))
 
 static struct kmem_cache *ino_entry_slab;
 struct kmem_cache *f2fs_inode_entry_slab;