diff --git a/kernel/cgroup/cgroup-v1.c b/kernel/cgroup/cgroup-v1.c
index 763343fbd5a1..0a23b65de013 100644
--- a/kernel/cgroup/cgroup-v1.c
+++ b/kernel/cgroup/cgroup-v1.c
@@ -1326,7 +1326,7 @@ static int __init cgroup1_wq_init(void)
 	 * Cap @max_active to 1 too.
 	 */
 	cgroup_pidlist_destroy_wq = alloc_workqueue("cgroup_pidlist_destroy",
-						    0, 1);
+						    WQ_PERCPU, 1);
 	BUG_ON(!cgroup_pidlist_destroy_wq);
 	return 0;
 }
diff --git a/kernel/cgroup/cgroup.c b/kernel/cgroup/cgroup.c
index 06a9b4a17d41..99d3b6c0f328 100644
--- a/kernel/cgroup/cgroup.c
+++ b/kernel/cgroup/cgroup.c
@@ -6346,7 +6346,7 @@ static int __init cgroup_wq_init(void)
 	 * We would prefer to do this in cgroup_init() above, but that
 	 * is called before init_workqueues(): so leave this until after.
 	 */
-	cgroup_destroy_wq = alloc_workqueue("cgroup_destroy", 0, 1);
+	cgroup_destroy_wq = alloc_workqueue("cgroup_destroy", WQ_PERCPU, 1);
 	BUG_ON(!cgroup_destroy_wq);
 	return 0;
 }