diff --git a/drivers/virt/acrn/ioreq.c b/drivers/virt/acrn/ioreq.c
index ce5a4852159f..4fdf92a89bc8 100644
--- a/drivers/virt/acrn/ioreq.c
+++ b/drivers/virt/acrn/ioreq.c
@@ -596,7 +596,7 @@ int acrn_ioreq_intr_setup(void)
 {
 	acrn_setup_intr_handler(ioreq_intr_handler);
 	ioreq_wq = alloc_workqueue("ioreq_wq",
-				   WQ_HIGHPRI | WQ_MEM_RECLAIM | WQ_UNBOUND, 1);
+				   WQ_HIGHPRI | WQ_MEM_RECLAIM, 1);
 	if (!ioreq_wq) {
 		dev_err(acrn_dev.this_device, "Failed to alloc workqueue!\n");
 		acrn_remove_intr_handler();