diff --git a/drivers/scsi/bnx2fc/bnx2fc_fcoe.c b/drivers/scsi/bnx2fc/bnx2fc_fcoe.c
index 49bd99e49c64..9eefa8be605f 100644
--- a/drivers/scsi/bnx2fc/bnx2fc_fcoe.c
+++ b/drivers/scsi/bnx2fc/bnx2fc_fcoe.c
@@ -2290,9 +2290,9 @@ static void bnx2fc_percpu_thread_create(unsigned int cpu)
 
 	p = &per_cpu(bnx2fc_percpu, cpu);
 
-	thread = kthread_create(bnx2fc_percpu_io_thread,
-				(void *)p,
-				"bnx2fc_thread/%d", cpu);
+	thread = kthread_create_on_node(bnx2fc_percpu_io_thread,
+					(void *)p, cpu_to_node(cpu),
+					"bnx2fc_thread/%d", cpu);
 	/* bind thread to the cpu */
 	if (likely(!IS_ERR(thread))) {
 		kthread_bind(thread, cpu);