diff --git a/drivers/hid/hid-nintendo.c b/drivers/hid/hid-nintendo.c
index 342cd6893502..7ac9217d9096 100644
--- a/drivers/hid/hid-nintendo.c
+++ b/drivers/hid/hid-nintendo.c
@@ -2648,7 +2648,8 @@ static int nintendo_hid_probe(struct hid_device *hdev,
 	init_waitqueue_head(&ctlr->wait);
 	spin_lock_init(&ctlr->lock);
 	ctlr->rumble_queue = alloc_workqueue("hid-nintendo-rumble_wq",
-					     WQ_FREEZABLE | WQ_MEM_RECLAIM, 0);
+					     WQ_FREEZABLE | WQ_MEM_RECLAIM | WQ_PERCPU,
+					     0);
 	if (!ctlr->rumble_queue) {
 		ret = -ENOMEM;
 		goto err;