diff --git a/block/bfq-iosched.h b/block/bfq-iosched.h
index bb8180c52a31..07288b9da389 100644
--- a/block/bfq-iosched.h
+++ b/block/bfq-iosched.h
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@
 #define BFQ_DEFAULT_GRP_IOPRIO	0
 #define BFQ_DEFAULT_GRP_CLASS	IOPRIO_CLASS_BE
 
-#define MAX_PID_STR_LENGTH 12
+#define MAX_BFQQ_NAME_LENGTH 16
 
 /*
  * Soft real-time applications are extremely more latency sensitive
@@ -1083,26 +1083,27 @@ void bfq_add_bfqq_busy(struct bfq_data *bfqd, struct bfq_queue *bfqq);
 /* --------------- end of interface of B-WF2Q+ ---------------- */
 
 /* Logging facilities. */
-static inline void bfq_pid_to_str(int pid, char *str, int len)
+static inline void bfq_bfqq_name(struct bfq_queue *bfqq, char *str, int len)
 {
-	if (pid != -1)
-		snprintf(str, len, "%d", pid);
+	char type = bfq_bfqq_sync(bfqq) ? 'S' : 'A';
+
+	if (bfqq->pid != -1)
+		snprintf(str, len, "bfq%d%c", bfqq->pid, type);
 	else
-		snprintf(str, len, "SHARED-");
+		snprintf(str, len, "bfqSHARED-%c", type);
 }
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_BFQ_GROUP_IOSCHED
 struct bfq_group *bfqq_group(struct bfq_queue *bfqq);
 
 #define bfq_log_bfqq(bfqd, bfqq, fmt, args...)	do {			\
-	char pid_str[MAX_PID_STR_LENGTH];	\
+	char pid_str[MAX_BFQQ_NAME_LENGTH];				\
 	if (likely(!blk_trace_note_message_enabled((bfqd)->queue)))	\
 		break;							\
-	bfq_pid_to_str((bfqq)->pid, pid_str, MAX_PID_STR_LENGTH);	\
+	bfq_bfqq_name((bfqq), pid_str, MAX_BFQQ_NAME_LENGTH);		\
 	blk_add_cgroup_trace_msg((bfqd)->queue,				\
 			bfqg_to_blkg(bfqq_group(bfqq))->blkcg,		\
-			"bfq%s%c " fmt, pid_str,			\
-			bfq_bfqq_sync((bfqq)) ? 'S' : 'A', ##args);	\
+			"%s " fmt, pid_str, ##args);			\
 } while (0)
 
 #define bfq_log_bfqg(bfqd, bfqg, fmt, args...)	do {			\
@@ -1113,13 +1114,11 @@ struct bfq_group *bfqq_group(struct bfq_queue *bfqq);
 #else /* CONFIG_BFQ_GROUP_IOSCHED */
 
 #define bfq_log_bfqq(bfqd, bfqq, fmt, args...) do {	\
-	char pid_str[MAX_PID_STR_LENGTH];	\
+	char pid_str[MAX_BFQQ_NAME_LENGTH];				\
 	if (likely(!blk_trace_note_message_enabled((bfqd)->queue)))	\
 		break;							\
-	bfq_pid_to_str((bfqq)->pid, pid_str, MAX_PID_STR_LENGTH);	\
-	blk_add_trace_msg((bfqd)->queue, "bfq%s%c " fmt, pid_str,	\
-			bfq_bfqq_sync((bfqq)) ? 'S' : 'A',		\
-				##args);	\
+	bfq_bfqq_name((bfqq), pid_str, MAX_BFQQ_NAME_LENGTH);		\
+	blk_add_trace_msg((bfqd)->queue, "%s " fmt, pid_str, ##args);	\
 } while (0)
 #define bfq_log_bfqg(bfqd, bfqg, fmt, args...)		do {} while (0)