diff --git a/kernel/sched/psi.c b/kernel/sched/psi.c
index 42890e19b3def5a3cd917327490729379ff75846..1f2fbbe31d72c8378d1d7f7d83b99c59c009a4dc 100644
--- a/kernel/sched/psi.c
+++ b/kernel/sched/psi.c
@@ -1051,7 +1051,7 @@ struct psi_trigger *psi_trigger_create(struct psi_group *group,
 
 	if (!rcu_access_pointer(group->poll_kworker)) {
 		struct sched_param param = {
-			.sched_priority = MAX_RT_PRIO - 1,
+			.sched_priority = 1,
 		};
 		struct kthread_worker *kworker;