diff --git a/fs/bio-integrity.c b/fs/bio-integrity.c
index 4d0ff5ee27b8..e49cce234c65 100644
--- a/fs/bio-integrity.c
+++ b/fs/bio-integrity.c
@@ -782,7 +782,12 @@ void __init bio_integrity_init(void)
 {
 	unsigned int i;
 
-	kintegrityd_wq = create_workqueue("kintegrityd");
+	/*
+	 * kintegrityd won't block much but may burn a lot of CPU cycles.
+	 * Make it highpri CPU intensive wq with max concurrency of 1.
+	 */
+	kintegrityd_wq = alloc_workqueue("kintegrityd", WQ_MEM_RECLAIM |
+					 WQ_HIGHPRI | WQ_CPU_INTENSIVE, 1);
 	if (!kintegrityd_wq)
 		panic("Failed to create kintegrityd\n");