diff --git a/drivers/scsi/bnx2i/bnx2i_init.c b/drivers/scsi/bnx2i/bnx2i_init.c
index 1a947f1b9729..62c8c0a02a7c 100644
--- a/drivers/scsi/bnx2i/bnx2i_init.c
+++ b/drivers/scsi/bnx2i/bnx2i_init.c
@@ -393,8 +393,9 @@ static void bnx2i_percpu_thread_create(unsigned int cpu)
 
 	p = &per_cpu(bnx2i_percpu, cpu);
 
-	thread = kthread_create(bnx2i_percpu_io_thread, (void *)p,
-				"bnx2i_thread/%d", cpu);
+	thread = kthread_create_on_node(bnx2i_percpu_io_thread, (void *)p,
+					cpu_to_node(cpu),
+					"bnx2i_thread/%d", cpu);
 	/* bind thread to the cpu */
 	if (likely(!IS_ERR(thread))) {
 		kthread_bind(thread, cpu);