diff --git a/drivers/md/dm-verity-target.c b/drivers/md/dm-verity-target.c
index 1c8038c665ec..0d4596f100bf 100644
--- a/drivers/md/dm-verity-target.c
+++ b/drivers/md/dm-verity-target.c
@@ -1220,7 +1220,7 @@ static int verity_ctr(struct dm_target *ti, unsigned argc, char **argv)
 	}
 
 	/* WQ_UNBOUND greatly improves performance when running on ramdisk */
-	v->verify_wq = alloc_workqueue("kverityd", WQ_CPU_INTENSIVE | WQ_MEM_RECLAIM | WQ_UNBOUND, num_online_cpus());
+	v->verify_wq = alloc_workqueue("kverityd", WQ_MEM_RECLAIM | WQ_UNBOUND, num_online_cpus());
 	if (!v->verify_wq) {
 		ti->error = "Cannot allocate workqueue";
 		r = -ENOMEM;