diff --git a/fs/nfs/inode.c b/fs/nfs/inode.c
index 6de41f741280..53604cc090ca 100644
--- a/fs/nfs/inode.c
+++ b/fs/nfs/inode.c
@@ -2151,7 +2151,7 @@ static int nfsiod_start(void)
 {
 	struct workqueue_struct *wq;
 	dprintk("RPC:       creating workqueue nfsiod\n");
-	wq = alloc_workqueue("nfsiod", WQ_MEM_RECLAIM, 0);
+	wq = alloc_workqueue("nfsiod", WQ_MEM_RECLAIM | WQ_UNBOUND, 0);
 	if (wq == NULL)
 		return -ENOMEM;
 	nfsiod_workqueue = wq;