diff --git a/net/sunrpc/sched.c b/net/sunrpc/sched.c
index dc46130d46a0..b21457cec8a5 100644
--- a/net/sunrpc/sched.c
+++ b/net/sunrpc/sched.c
@@ -1232,8 +1232,7 @@ static int rpciod_start(void)
 	if (!wq)
 		goto out_failed;
 	rpciod_workqueue = wq;
-	/* Note: highpri because network receive is latency sensitive */
-	wq = alloc_workqueue("xprtiod", WQ_UNBOUND|WQ_MEM_RECLAIM|WQ_HIGHPRI, 0);
+	wq = alloc_workqueue("xprtiod", WQ_UNBOUND | WQ_MEM_RECLAIM, 0);
 	if (!wq)
 		goto free_rpciod;
 	xprtiod_workqueue = wq;