diff --git a/fs/ntfs/super.c b/fs/ntfs/super.c
index 045656fa44f8..34d0040b385a 100644
--- a/fs/ntfs/super.c
+++ b/fs/ntfs/super.c
@@ -2533,7 +2533,7 @@ MODULE_ALIAS_FS("ntfs");
 
 static int ntfs_workqueue_init(void)
 {
-	ntfs_wq = alloc_workqueue("ntfs-bg-io", 0, 0);
+	ntfs_wq = alloc_workqueue("ntfs-bg-io", WQ_PERCPU, 0);
 	if (!ntfs_wq)
 		return -ENOMEM;
 	return 0;