diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/marvell/octeontx2/af/rvu.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/marvell/octeontx2/af/rvu.c
index 937b085582b5..b8f81e068f53 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/marvell/octeontx2/af/rvu.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/marvell/octeontx2/af/rvu.c
@@ -3371,7 +3371,7 @@ static int rvu_flr_init(struct rvu *rvu)
 	}
 
 	rvu->flr_wq = alloc_workqueue("rvu_afpf_flr",
-				      WQ_HIGHPRI | WQ_MEM_RECLAIM, 0);
+				      WQ_HIGHPRI | WQ_MEM_RECLAIM | WQ_PERCPU, 0);
 	if (!rvu->flr_wq)
 		return -ENOMEM;