diff --git a/fs/btrfs/disk-io.c b/fs/btrfs/disk-io.c
index 8a11be02eeb9..f2a3b0705486 100644
--- a/fs/btrfs/disk-io.c
+++ b/fs/btrfs/disk-io.c
@@ -1928,7 +1928,7 @@ static int btrfs_init_workqueues(struct btrfs_fs_info *fs_info)
 {
 	u32 max_active = fs_info->thread_pool_size;
 	unsigned int flags = WQ_MEM_RECLAIM | WQ_FREEZABLE | WQ_UNBOUND;
-	unsigned int ordered_flags = WQ_MEM_RECLAIM | WQ_FREEZABLE | WQ_PERCPU;
+	unsigned int ordered_flags = WQ_MEM_RECLAIM | WQ_FREEZABLE;
 
 	fs_info->workers =
 		btrfs_alloc_workqueue(fs_info, "worker", flags, max_active, 16);