diff --git a/block/blk-zoned.c b/block/blk-zoned.c
index 30cad2bb9291..3622211142cf 100644
--- a/block/blk-zoned.c
+++ b/block/blk-zoned.c
@@ -1902,7 +1902,7 @@ static int disk_alloc_zone_resources(struct gendisk *disk,
 		goto free_hash;
 
 	disk->zone_wplugs_wq =
-		alloc_workqueue("%s_zwplugs", WQ_MEM_RECLAIM | WQ_HIGHPRI,
+		alloc_workqueue("%s_zwplugs", WQ_MEM_RECLAIM | WQ_HIGHPRI | WQ_PERCPU,
 				pool_size, disk->disk_name);
 	if (!disk->zone_wplugs_wq)
 		goto destroy_pool;