diff --git a/drivers/scsi/fcoe/fcoe.c b/drivers/scsi/fcoe/fcoe.c
index c30fa27402d9eb1fb73b9aac5d37a1c22e0d0fa7..010432596eafd693ee9e72ed7854f91bb7fe6fd2 100644
--- a/drivers/scsi/fcoe/fcoe.c
+++ b/drivers/scsi/fcoe/fcoe.c
@@ -1113,8 +1113,9 @@ static void fcoe_percpu_thread_create(unsigned int cpu)
 
 	p = &per_cpu(fcoe_percpu, cpu);
 
-	thread = kthread_create(fcoe_percpu_receive_thread,
-				(void *)p, "fcoethread/%d", cpu);
+	thread = kthread_create_on_node(fcoe_percpu_receive_thread,
+					(void *)p, cpu_to_node(cpu),
+					"fcoethread/%d", cpu);
 
 	if (likely(!IS_ERR(thread))) {
 		kthread_bind(thread, cpu);