unsigned long last_check_time;
 
-       unsigned long last_dispatch_time[2];
-
        /* When did we start a new slice */
        unsigned long slice_start[2];
        unsigned long slice_end[2];
         * Update has_rules[] after a new group is brought online.
         */
        tg_update_has_rules(tg);
-       tg->last_dispatch_time[READ] = jiffies;
-       tg->last_dispatch_time[WRITE] = jiffies;
 }
 
 static void blk_throtl_update_limit_valid(struct throtl_data *td)
                return true;
 
        if (time_after_eq(jiffies,
-            tg->last_dispatch_time[READ] + tg->td->throtl_slice) &&
-           time_after_eq(jiffies,
-            tg->last_dispatch_time[WRITE] + tg->td->throtl_slice))
+               tg_last_low_overflow_time(tg) + tg->td->throtl_slice) &&
+           throtl_tg_is_idle(tg))
                return true;
        return false;
 }
        return true;
 }
 
+static void throtl_upgrade_check(struct throtl_grp *tg)
+{
+       unsigned long now = jiffies;
+
+       if (tg->td->limit_index != LIMIT_LOW)
+               return;
+
+       if (time_after(tg->last_check_time + tg->td->throtl_slice, now))
+               return;
+
+       tg->last_check_time = now;
+
+       if (!time_after_eq(now,
+            __tg_last_low_overflow_time(tg) + tg->td->throtl_slice))
+               return;
+
+       if (throtl_can_upgrade(tg->td, NULL))
+               throtl_upgrade_state(tg->td);
+}
+
 static void throtl_upgrade_state(struct throtl_data *td)
 {
        struct cgroup_subsys_state *pos_css;
        struct throtl_data *td = tg->td;
        unsigned long now = jiffies;
 
-       if (time_after_eq(now, tg->last_dispatch_time[READ] +
-                                       td->throtl_slice) &&
-           time_after_eq(now, tg->last_dispatch_time[WRITE] +
-                                       td->throtl_slice))
-               return false;
        /*
         * If cgroup is below low limit, consider downgrade and throttle other
         * cgroups
         */
        if (time_after_eq(now, td->low_upgrade_time + td->throtl_slice) &&
            time_after_eq(now, tg_last_low_overflow_time(tg) +
-                                       td->throtl_slice))
+                                       td->throtl_slice) &&
+           (!throtl_tg_is_idle(tg) ||
+            !list_empty(&tg_to_blkg(tg)->blkcg->css.children)))
                return true;
        return false;
 }
 
 again:
        while (true) {
-               tg->last_dispatch_time[rw] = jiffies;
                if (tg->last_low_overflow_time[rw] == 0)
                        tg->last_low_overflow_time[rw] = jiffies;
                throtl_downgrade_check(tg);
+               throtl_upgrade_check(tg);
                /* throtl is FIFO - if bios are already queued, should queue */
                if (sq->nr_queued[rw])
                        break;