diff --git a/drivers/scsi/qla2xxx/qla_os.c b/drivers/scsi/qla2xxx/qla_os.c
index d668ed4bd53e68468151e9108a99ca8fa22a2608..fe5148899117e3bf335af342e8ec2d3a3e40a143 100644
--- a/drivers/scsi/qla2xxx/qla_os.c
+++ b/drivers/scsi/qla2xxx/qla_os.c
@@ -3170,7 +3170,7 @@ qla2x00_probe_one(struct pci_dev *pdev, const struct pci_device_id *id)
 	if (ha->mqenable) {
 		bool mq = false;
 		bool startit = false;
-		ha->wq = alloc_workqueue("qla2xxx_wq", WQ_MEM_RECLAIM, 1);
+		ha->wq = alloc_workqueue("qla2xxx_wq", WQ_MEM_RECLAIM, 0);
 
 		if (QLA_TGT_MODE_ENABLED()) {
 			mq = true;