diff --git a/drivers/infiniband/core/cm.c b/drivers/infiniband/core/cm.c
index 2a36a9345959..024df6ee239d 100644
--- a/drivers/infiniband/core/cm.c
+++ b/drivers/infiniband/core/cm.c
@@ -4517,7 +4517,7 @@ static int __init ib_cm_init(void)
 	get_random_bytes(&cm.random_id_operand, sizeof cm.random_id_operand);
 	INIT_LIST_HEAD(&cm.timewait_list);
 
-	cm.wq = alloc_workqueue("ib_cm", 0, 1);
+	cm.wq = alloc_workqueue("ib_cm", WQ_PERCPU, 1);
 	if (!cm.wq) {
 		ret = -ENOMEM;
 		goto error2;
diff --git a/drivers/infiniband/core/device.c b/drivers/infiniband/core/device.c
index b4f3c835844a..13e8a1714bbd 100644
--- a/drivers/infiniband/core/device.c
+++ b/drivers/infiniband/core/device.c
@@ -3021,7 +3021,7 @@ static int __init ib_core_init(void)
 {
 	int ret = -ENOMEM;
 
-	ib_wq = alloc_workqueue("infiniband", 0, 0);
+	ib_wq = alloc_workqueue("infiniband", WQ_PERCPU, 0);
 	if (!ib_wq)
 		return -ENOMEM;
 
@@ -3031,7 +3031,7 @@ static int __init ib_core_init(void)
 		goto err;
 
 	ib_comp_wq = alloc_workqueue("ib-comp-wq",
-			WQ_HIGHPRI | WQ_MEM_RECLAIM | WQ_SYSFS, 0);
+			WQ_HIGHPRI | WQ_MEM_RECLAIM | WQ_SYSFS | WQ_PERCPU, 0);
 	if (!ib_comp_wq)
 		goto err_unbound;