diff --git a/drivers/acpi/ec.c b/drivers/acpi/ec.c
index 7855bbf752b1..59b3d50ff01e 100644
--- a/drivers/acpi/ec.c
+++ b/drivers/acpi/ec.c
@@ -2294,7 +2294,8 @@ static int acpi_ec_init_workqueues(void)
 		ec_wq = alloc_ordered_workqueue("kec", 0);
 
 	if (!ec_query_wq)
-		ec_query_wq = alloc_workqueue("kec_query", 0, ec_max_queries);
+		ec_query_wq = alloc_workqueue("kec_query", WQ_PERCPU,
+					      ec_max_queries);
 
 	if (!ec_wq || !ec_query_wq) {
 		acpi_ec_destroy_workqueues();