diff --git a/drivers/staging/lustre/lustre/obdclass/obd_config.c b/drivers/staging/lustre/lustre/obdclass/obd_config.c
index fddfc9c039f0..bbed1b72d52e 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/lustre/lustre/obdclass/obd_config.c
+++ b/drivers/staging/lustre/lustre/obdclass/obd_config.c
@@ -738,7 +738,7 @@ static int process_param2_config(struct lustre_cfg *lcfg)
 	}
 
 	start = ktime_get();
-	rc = call_usermodehelper(argv[0], argv, NULL, 1);
+	rc = call_usermodehelper(argv[0], argv, NULL, UMH_WAIT_PROC);
 	end = ktime_get();
 
 	if (rc < 0) {