diff --git a/block/bfq-cgroup.c b/block/bfq-cgroup.c
index b3796a40a61a..59f46904cb11 100644
--- a/block/bfq-cgroup.c
+++ b/block/bfq-cgroup.c
@@ -1046,7 +1046,8 @@ struct blkcg_policy blkcg_policy_bfq = {
 struct cftype bfq_blkcg_legacy_files[] = {
 	{
 		.name = "bfq.weight",
-		.flags = CFTYPE_NOT_ON_ROOT,
+		.link_name = "weight",
+		.flags = CFTYPE_NOT_ON_ROOT | CFTYPE_SYMLINKED,
 		.seq_show = bfq_io_show_weight,
 		.write_u64 = bfq_io_set_weight_legacy,
 	},
@@ -1166,7 +1167,8 @@ struct cftype bfq_blkcg_legacy_files[] = {
 struct cftype bfq_blkg_files[] = {
 	{
 		.name = "bfq.weight",
-		.flags = CFTYPE_NOT_ON_ROOT,
+		.link_name = "weight",
+		.flags = CFTYPE_NOT_ON_ROOT | CFTYPE_SYMLINKED,
 		.seq_show = bfq_io_show_weight,
 		.write = bfq_io_set_weight,
 	},