diff --git a/net/sunrpc/sched.c b/net/sunrpc/sched.c
index 96fdf6011c539639bc9368faec6dbaf3ddfa7467..25e6051e97f29be25fa9e63a542c37483ef2e5d0 100644
--- a/net/sunrpc/sched.c
+++ b/net/sunrpc/sched.c
@@ -1109,7 +1109,7 @@ static int rpciod_start(void)
 		goto out_failed;
 	rpciod_workqueue = wq;
 	/* Note: highpri because network receive is latency sensitive */
-	wq = alloc_workqueue("xprtiod", WQ_MEM_RECLAIM | WQ_HIGHPRI, 0);
+	wq = alloc_workqueue("xprtiod", WQ_UNBOUND|WQ_MEM_RECLAIM|WQ_HIGHPRI, 0);
 	if (!wq)
 		goto free_rpciod;
 	xprtiod_workqueue = wq;