diff --git a/drivers/md/dm-crypt.c b/drivers/md/dm-crypt.c
index 750f8b34e69346fdf88053f659f6267f24fbbeb9..3a0aa8f1ff3f7f641a9e4782763c1304b39872c7 100644
--- a/drivers/md/dm-crypt.c
+++ b/drivers/md/dm-crypt.c
@@ -2822,17 +2822,16 @@ static int crypt_ctr(struct dm_target *ti, unsigned int argc, char **argv)
 	}
 
 	ret = -ENOMEM;
-	cc->io_queue = alloc_workqueue("kcryptd_io", WQ_HIGHPRI | WQ_CPU_INTENSIVE | WQ_MEM_RECLAIM, 1);
+	cc->io_queue = alloc_workqueue("kcryptd_io", WQ_MEM_RECLAIM, 1);
 	if (!cc->io_queue) {
 		ti->error = "Couldn't create kcryptd io queue";
 		goto bad;
 	}
 
 	if (test_bit(DM_CRYPT_SAME_CPU, &cc->flags))
-		cc->crypt_queue = alloc_workqueue("kcryptd", WQ_HIGHPRI | WQ_CPU_INTENSIVE | WQ_MEM_RECLAIM, 1);
+		cc->crypt_queue = alloc_workqueue("kcryptd", WQ_CPU_INTENSIVE | WQ_MEM_RECLAIM, 1);
 	else
-		cc->crypt_queue = alloc_workqueue("kcryptd",
-						  WQ_HIGHPRI | WQ_CPU_INTENSIVE | WQ_MEM_RECLAIM | WQ_UNBOUND,
+		cc->crypt_queue = alloc_workqueue("kcryptd", WQ_CPU_INTENSIVE | WQ_MEM_RECLAIM | WQ_UNBOUND,
 						  num_online_cpus());
 	if (!cc->crypt_queue) {
 		ti->error = "Couldn't create kcryptd queue";