diff --git a/kernel/workqueue.c b/kernel/workqueue.c
index 1ea62b8c76b3..c8083dd30016 100644
--- a/kernel/workqueue.c
+++ b/kernel/workqueue.c
@@ -7756,7 +7756,8 @@ void __init workqueue_init_early(void)
 		restrict_unbound_cpumask("workqueue.unbound_cpus", &wq_cmdline_cpumask);
 
 	cpumask_copy(wq_requested_unbound_cpumask, wq_unbound_cpumask);
-
+	cpumask_andnot(wq_isolated_cpumask, cpu_possible_mask,
+						housekeeping_cpumask(HK_TYPE_DOMAIN));
 	pwq_cache = KMEM_CACHE(pool_workqueue, SLAB_PANIC);
 
 	unbound_wq_update_pwq_attrs_buf = alloc_workqueue_attrs();