diff --git a/drivers/virt/acrn/irqfd.c b/drivers/virt/acrn/irqfd.c
index acf8cd5f8f8c..aab15f94166a 100644
--- a/drivers/virt/acrn/irqfd.c
+++ b/drivers/virt/acrn/irqfd.c
@@ -206,7 +206,7 @@ int acrn_irqfd_init(struct acrn_vm *vm)
 {
 	INIT_LIST_HEAD(&vm->irqfds);
 	mutex_init(&vm->irqfds_lock);
-	vm->irqfd_wq = alloc_workqueue("acrn_irqfd-%u", 0, 0, vm->vmid);
+	vm->irqfd_wq = alloc_workqueue("acrn_irqfd-%u", WQ_PERCPU, 0, vm->vmid);
 	if (!vm->irqfd_wq)
 		return -ENOMEM;