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diff --git a/block/bfq-iosched.c b/block/bfq-iosched.c
index 597f5a109092..b21ca9111b87 100644
--- a/block/bfq-iosched.c
+++ b/block/bfq-iosched.c
@@ -5647,9 +5647,13 @@ static struct bfq_queue *bfq_do_or_sched_stable_merge(struct bfq_data *bfqd,
* it has been set already, but too long ago, then move it
* forward to bfqq. Finally, move also if bfqq belongs to a
* different group than last_bfqq_created, or if bfqq has a
- * different ioprio or ioprio_class. If none of these
- * conditions holds true, then try an early stable merge or
- * schedule a delayed stable merge.
+ * different ioprio, ioprio_class or actuator_idx. If none of
+ * these conditions holds true, then try an early stable merge
+ * or schedule a delayed stable merge. As for the condition on
+ * actuator_idx, the reason is that, if queues associated with
+ * different actuators are merged, then control is lost on
+ * each actuator. Therefore some actuator may be
+ * underutilized, and throughput may decrease.
*
* A delayed merge is scheduled (instead of performing an
* early merge), in case bfqq might soon prove to be more
@@ -5667,7 +5671,8 @@ static struct bfq_queue *bfq_do_or_sched_stable_merge(struct bfq_data *bfqd,
bfqq->creation_time) ||
bfqq->entity.parent != last_bfqq_created->entity.parent ||
bfqq->ioprio != last_bfqq_created->ioprio ||
- bfqq->ioprio_class != last_bfqq_created->ioprio_class)
+ bfqq->ioprio_class != last_bfqq_created->ioprio_class ||
+ bfqq->actuator_idx != last_bfqq_created->actuator_idx)
*source_bfqq = bfqq;
else if (time_after_eq(last_bfqq_created->creation_time +
bfqd->bfq_burst_interval,