diff --git a/fs/io-wq.c b/fs/io-wq.c
index 0a182f1333e87..149fd2f0927e6 100644
--- a/fs/io-wq.c
+++ b/fs/io-wq.c
@@ -676,6 +676,7 @@ static bool create_io_worker(struct io_wq *wq, struct io_wqe *wqe, int index)
 		kfree(worker);
 		return false;
 	}
+	kthread_bind_mask(worker->task, cpumask_of_node(wqe->node));
 
 	raw_spin_lock_irq(&wqe->lock);
 	hlist_nulls_add_head_rcu(&worker->nulls_node, &wqe->free_list);